The Ads are playing at 5th place Chicago. Milwaukee has won 9 in a row. Chicago has won 5 in a row. Something has to give!
Troy Grosenick is in goal. Chicago is wearing an Atlanta Thrashers-like medium blue jersey. Milwaukee is wearing their whites. Milwaukee is 3-0 at Chicago, so far, 5-1 overall.
The Wolves have five former Admirals players, Donovan, Grimaldi, Conacher, Schneider and Ratcliffe. Two of them are on the Chicago PP unit. I Chicago has become the AHL old folks home.
Chicago dominated the play until 8:18 into the game, when the Ads scored on their first shot. Wilsby scored from the point. It was unassisted, but Egor screened the goalie.
Parsnip hit the left post and the puck died in the crease after running down 2/3 of the goal line. There is a TO so the Wolves players can change their hockey shorts! Parssinen is too strong for the aged Wolves players to handle.
At 13:37, Liam Foudy (3) scored when his pass was blocked back to him. The assist went to Del Gaizo. The Wolves goalie has a 50% save average over 14 minutes.
The Wolves fans got excited after they won a face off. That is just SAD. The Wolves have not had a SOG in at least 9 minutes, after getting the first 3 SOG in the game. With 2:38 remaining, the SOG are 4-3 Ads. Milwaukee hit the post (again), that was not counted as a SOG. It is 5-on-5, but the Ads look like they are on the PP. Chicago keeps flashing 30 on the scoreboard, because this is their 30th season, not because their team is all over 30 years of age and playing like it.
The score is 2-0 Admirals. Aaron Sims is talking to team Captain Kevin Gravel about his 2 year, 2 way contract extension through the 2025-26 season and about the team's recent road trip to Las Vegas. Gravel said that the team enjoyed playing a different team in a different city. I think part of that is winning both games by a combined score of 9-0.
In period 2, the Ads won the face off and iced the puck. The SOG are now 4-4. More icing by the Ads and they finally get a line change. Del Gaizo just stapled somebody. Chicago is having problems getting out of their own end. After 2 minutes, the SOG are 6-5 Ads, so the Wolves save percentage has increased to 66%. WOOHOO.
Wolves with a 2-on-1 and a shot from 5 feet. Troy Grosenick with a left pad save!
Kemell was punched in the head and another Admiral was wrestling after the play. It was that goon Parssinen and Fitzgerald from Chicago for Roughing.
Fedor Svechkov (12) scores off the skate of Matt Donovan with an assist to Stastney. It is 3-0 with the Ads having 7 SOG to 3 for the hapless Wolves in this period. Svechkov is holding his knee. Jake Livingstone (1) shoots high past the right arm for his first goal. The assists went to Egor and Stastney. There are 9 minutes and 36 seconds remaining in the second period. The Wolves are going to burn these jerseys after the game. It 4-0 Admirals. Troy with a pair of good saves as Chicago is disparate to score. Grimaldi, Schneider and Conacher are out for a face off, for Chicago.
Grimaldi with a Penalty Shot and he was stoned by Grosenick with 4:22 remaining. Franco swung his stick at Svechkov, no call. Fedor does not take any garbage from anybody! I will be watching Svechkov. He is taking a face off. Ads Gravel gets a penalty. No, it is Svechkov for Holding? SOG 19-11 Ads. The score is 4 to nil Milwaukee.
The Ads killed off the penalty and L'Heureux just headed for the dressing room. Chicago keeps trying post jams and Troy stops them like he is Stonewall Jackson. There is 11:30 remaining in the third period and L'Heureux has not returned. The Ads were called for icing and the puck did not cross the goal line. Parsnip passed to Jankowski, who did the triple deke for a goal. It is 5-0. I can not believe all of the single assist goals.
The Ads get a PP with 9:34 remaining. The Ads are playing two Dmen. The Ads are 2 of 15 on the PP versus Chicago this season. Foudy sure is having a good game. So is Livingstone. Six minutes remaining.
L'Heureux returned. I think he got a new skate. Livingstone for Holding. Assists added to Wilsby and two other Admirals. Ads lead SOG 10-2 in this period, with 3 minutes remaining. The total SOG were 33-18 Ads.
That was Troy's 10th win in a row, tying a team record set by Frank Caprice in 1988 and tied by Brian Finlay. It was the Admirals 10th win in a row in 2024. The team record is 11.
The #1 Star of the Game was Wilsby.
Chicago looked like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.