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Winchester joins the Admirals

January 23, 2013 By

Former Wisconsin Badger hockey standout Brad Winchester has joined the Milwaukee Admirals for a professional tryout.

The veteran of nearly 400 NHL games, Winchester played last season with the San Jose Sharks where he totaled six goals and four assists for ten points in 67 games.  In his NHL career he has scored 37 goals, dished out 31 assists and amassed 552 penalty minutes in 390 games with the Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers.

Winchester played at Wisconsin from 1999 through 2003 and was a second round draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers in the 2000 NHL entry draft, splitting time between the Oilers and their AHL affiliate from 2003 through 2007.

Winchester will look to make his Admirals debut tonight against the Houston Aeros at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

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Admirals set to name new coach today

June 20, 2012 By

Washington Capitols assistant coach Dean Evason will be named the next head coach of the Milwaukee Admirals at a press conference this morning in Milwaukee.

Evason will replace Ian Herbers, who left to take a college job in Canada a few weeks ago.

Herbers took over 17-games into last season when Kirk Muller left to take the head coaching job of the Carolina Panthers.

Evason was selected by Washington in the 5th round of the 1982 draft and spent 13 seasons in the NHL with the Capitals, Hartford, San Jose, Dallas and Calgary.  He finished with 139 goals and 233 assists in 803 career NHL games.

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Admirals facing 1st round playoff elimination

April 23, 2012 By

The Milwaukee Admirals dropped the first two games in their best-of-five AHL playoff series and now face a must win on Wednesday night in Abbotsford. 

Krys Kolanos scored a pair of goals on Sunday to lead Abbotsford to a 4-2 win and a 2-games-to-none lead in the series.  Abbotsford will host game 3 on Wednesday night with a chance to sweep Milwaukee.

The Heat has now won 9-straight games and Kolanos has 15 goals in the last 10 contests.

 

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Admirals attendance on the rise

April 18, 2012 By

Attendance was up for the Milwaukee Admirals at the Bradley Center this season.

The American Hockey League (AHL) franchise drew an average 6,226 fans per game.  That’s up 7.4% over the 2010-11 season.  It’s also the highest per-game average for the Admirals since the 2001-02 season.

The Admirals kick off their Western Conference quarterfinal match-up against the Abbotsford Heat on Friday night.

 

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Admirals clinch playoff berth

April 16, 2012 By

The Milwaukee Admirals clinched a playoff berth on the final day of the American Hockey League’s regular season. 

The Admirals beat Charlotte 6-1 before nearly 8,000 fans at the Bradley Center on Sunday to take second place in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Admirals will face fourth-seeded Abbotsford in a Best-of-five series starting Friday night at the Bradley Center.

 

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