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Admirals Fall in Season Opener
Milwaukee, WI--Seven different players scored a goal for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights as they topped the Milwaukee Admirals 7-1 in the 2006-07 season opener for the Ads.
The highlight of the evening for the Admirals certainly came before the contest even started when they dropped the banner on the Western Conference Crown that they captured last season. After that it was all down hill, as Milwaukee surrendered a short-handed breakaway goal to Omaha forward Andrei Taratukhin just 53 seconds into the game.
Dustin Boyd and Brett Palin added goals for the Knights in the first period and they entered the locker room with a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
Ads Coach Claude Noel repalced starter Karl Goehring with back-up Scott Reid after the first period, but the results were still the same. Ryan Donnally made it 4-0 at the 9:09 mark of the second and Richie Regehr added the fifth Omaha goal with 2:15 remaining in the stanza.
David Van der Gulik's tally 5:30 into the third made it six-zip, Knights. It looked as though the Admirals had finally got on the board when Kim Staal flipped a backhand over Omaha backstop Curtis McElhinney at 10:49 of the third, but the referee ruled that the puck had bounced off of the cross-bar.
Milwaukee finally gots its first goal of the 06-07 campaign when Alexander Radulov fired a wrister that beat McElhinney far to the glove side. John Vigilante and Rich Peverley assisted on the Russian Rookie's first professional goal.
Boyd and David Moss both notched a goal and two assists to pace the Knight's offense, while McElhinney stopped 26 shots to earn his first win of the year
The Admirals will go for their first win of the year next Friday night, October 13th, when they take on the Chicago Wolves at 7:00 pm at the Bradley Center. At that game the Admirals will honor recently retired Executive Vice-President/General Manager Phil Wittliff. Wittliff called it quits this past summer after 30-plus years with the organization as a player, coach, and front office executive.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (414) 276-4545 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Season tickets for the 2006-07 season are on sale now starting at just $135. For more information or to order season tickets fans can call the Admirals office at (414) 227-0550.
Milwaukee, WI--Seven different players scored a goal for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights as they topped the Milwaukee Admirals 7-1 in the 2006-07 season opener for the Ads.
The highlight of the evening for the Admirals certainly came before the contest even started when they dropped the banner on the Western Conference Crown that they captured last season. After that it was all down hill, as Milwaukee surrendered a short-handed breakaway goal to Omaha forward Andrei Taratukhin just 53 seconds into the game.
Dustin Boyd and Brett Palin added goals for the Knights in the first period and they entered the locker room with a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
Ads Coach Claude Noel repalced starter Karl Goehring with back-up Scott Reid after the first period, but the results were still the same. Ryan Donnally made it 4-0 at the 9:09 mark of the second and Richie Regehr added the fifth Omaha goal with 2:15 remaining in the stanza.
David Van der Gulik's tally 5:30 into the third made it six-zip, Knights. It looked as though the Admirals had finally got on the board when Kim Staal flipped a backhand over Omaha backstop Curtis McElhinney at 10:49 of the third, but the referee ruled that the puck had bounced off of the cross-bar.
Milwaukee finally gots its first goal of the 06-07 campaign when Alexander Radulov fired a wrister that beat McElhinney far to the glove side. John Vigilante and Rich Peverley assisted on the Russian Rookie's first professional goal.
Boyd and David Moss both notched a goal and two assists to pace the Knight's offense, while McElhinney stopped 26 shots to earn his first win of the year
The Admirals will go for their first win of the year next Friday night, October 13th, when they take on the Chicago Wolves at 7:00 pm at the Bradley Center. At that game the Admirals will honor recently retired Executive Vice-President/General Manager Phil Wittliff. Wittliff called it quits this past summer after 30-plus years with the organization as a player, coach, and front office executive.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (414) 276-4545 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Season tickets for the 2006-07 season are on sale now starting at just $135. For more information or to order season tickets fans can call the Admirals office at (414) 227-0550.