Ads up 2-0 on Rockford late in the 1st. Goals from Kemell and LHeureux.
Good news- Askarov is dressed. Not playing, but it's a front end of a b2b so maybe tomorrow.
Prokop making his AHL debut.
Those were PPG by Kemell (4), his first PPG on a 5-on-3 with assists to McKeown (2) and Afanasyev (1) at 8:34 over the right shoulder. L'Heureux (4) scored from the bottom of the right circle with assists to Svechkov (4) and Del Gaizo (2) at 10:41. The Ads have only 4 PPG this year, with 2 in this period. The SOG were Milwaukee 11-8.
In period 2, the Admirals had a flock of penalties, receiving the last seven called in the period. The SOG were Rockford 14-4 as they tied the game. The tying goal was a 5-on-3.
In period 3, Denis Gurianov (4) scored at 2:37 to make it 3-2 Ads. The assists were by O'Reilly (3) and Kemell (4) from the bottom of the left circle. Gurianov scored on the short side as the goalie was leaning the wrong way. There was a fight behind the goal 90 seconds later between Anthony Angello and Andrew Perrott, the son of former Admiral Nathan Perrott. Rockford tied it up about the time when their 5 minute penalties expired.
At 18:40, McKeown went 5-hole and scored his second goal of the season to make it 4-3 Ads. The assists went to Del Gaizo (3) and Afanasyev (2), both being their second assists in this game.
Rockford pulled their goalie, Drew Commesso (16 saves), formerly of Boston University, who has a 2.20 GAA. Rockford scored on a rebound at 19:48 to tie it. That is the second game in a row where Milwaukee allowed a goal in the last minute! Troy Grosenick had 33 saves.
In OT, at 2:20, Cal O'Reilly scored his second goal of the season from the right circle to win!
That was Cal's 25th GWG. Previously, he had his 200th assist for the Admirals. He is moving up the franchise charts in a few catagories. The assists were to Livingstone (2) and Svechkov (5), giving Milwaukee ten assists in their 5-4 OT win.
Prokop got a minor for Hooking in period 2, his only stat.
Milwaukee is 4-0 in OT games this year, three of those were on the road. The Ads are 6-5 so far, in third place. Rockford is one point behind in 4th place.