Norfolk Admirals

Norfolk Admirals
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Franchise history
Norfolk Admirals

City:	Norfolk, Virginia
League:	American Hockey League
Conference:	Eastern Conference
Division:	East Division
Founded:	2000
Home Arena:	Norfolk Scope
Colors:	Blue, Red, Gold, White
Owner(s):	Ken Young and Tides Baseball, LP
General Manager:	Mike Butters
Head Coach:	Darren Rumble
Media:	The Virginian-Pilot
Affiliates:	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)(2007-Present) Augusta Lynx (ECHL) (2008-Present)
2000 to present:	Norfolk Admirals
Championships
Division Championships:	2 (2001–02, 2002–03)

The Norfolk Admirals are a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Admirals play in Norfolk, Virginia, USA at the Norfolk Scope.

1 History
2 Season-by-season results
- 2.1 Regular Season
- 2.2 Playoffs
3 Notable players
4 Roster
5 Team records
- 5.1 Single Season
- 5.2 Career
6 External links

History

The Admirals were admitted to the American Hockey League as an expansion franchise for the 2000–01 season. Norfolk is one of two franchises in the AHL with the Admirals, sharing the nickname with the Milwaukee Admirals. The Milwaukee franchise transferred from the defunct International Hockey League, and were allowed to keep their previous moniker.

Norfolk's geographically closest rivals are the AHL's Pennsylvania-based teams: the Hershey Bears, Philadelphia Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Admirals have two mascots. A dog named Salty and dog/rabbit hybrid named Hat Trick.

On March 19, 2007, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that their affiliation with the Admirals would end after the 2006–2007 season. On March 29, 2007, the Tampa Bay Lightning officially announced the Admirals as their new affiliate.

The market was previously home to:

Tidewater Wings (1971–1972 AHL)
Virginia Wings (1972–1975 AHL)
Hampton Gulls (1974–1977 SHL, 1977–1978 AHL)
Hampton Roads Gulls (1982–1983 ACHL)
Hampton Roads Admirals (1989–2000 ECHL)

Season-by-season results

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2000–01	80	36	26	13	5	—	90	241	208	3rd, South
2001–02	80	38	26	12	4	—	92	222	205	1st, South
2002–03	80	37	26	12	5	—	91	201	187	1st, South
2003–04	80	35	36	4	5	—	79	172	187	5th, East
2004–05	80	43	30	—	6	1	93	200	188	3rd, East
2005–06	80	43	29	—	4	4	94	259	246	3rd, East
2006–07	80	50	22	—	6	2	108	301	257	3rd, East
2007–08	80	29	44	—	2	5	65	213	267	7th, East

Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2000–01	—	W, 3–1, Cincinnati	L, 1–4, Hershey	—	—
2001–02	—	L, 1–3, Hershey	—	—	—
2002–03	—	W, 3–0, San Antonio	L, 2–4, Houston	—	—
2003–04	W, 2–0, Binghamton	L, 2–4, Philadelphia	—	—	—
2004–05	—	L, 2–4, Philadelphia	—	—	—
2005–06	—	L, 0–4, Hershey	—	—	—
2006–07	—	L, 2–4, Wilkes-Barre	—	—	—
2007–08	Out of Playoffs.

Notable players

NHL alumni of the Norfolk Admirals include: Tyler Arnason, Michal Barinka, Cam Barker, Mark Bell, Rene Bourque, Dustin Byfuglien, Kyle Calder, Aaron Downey, Vern Fiddler, Duncan Keith, David Koci, Michael Leighton, Craig MacDonald, Colin Fraser, Martin St. Pierre, Travis Moen, Nathan Perrott, Brent Seabrook, Shawn Thornton, Reed Low and James Wisniewski.

Roster

Forwards
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
9	Blair Jones	C	R	6' 2"	193 lbs.	Central Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada
10	Radek Smolenak	LW	L	6' 3"	204 lbs.	Prague, Czech Republic
11	Bracken Kearns	C	R	6' 0"	195 lbs.	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12	Paul Szczechura	C	L	5' 11"	205 lbs.	Their River Falls, Minnesota, USA
13	Peter Zingoni	C	L	5' 10"	190 lbs.	Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
14	Juraj Simek	W	L	6' 1"	189 lbs.	Presov, Slovakia
18	Chris Lawrence	RW	R	6' 4"	199 lbs.	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19	Justin Keller	LW	L	5' 11"	182 lbs.	Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
21	A Wyatt Smith	C	L	5' 11"	205 lbs.	Their River Falls, Minnesota, USA
26	Brandon Segal	RW	R	6' 2"	210 lbs.	North Delta, British Columbia, Canada
27	A Brandon Bochenski	RW	R	6' 0"	193 lbs.	Blaine, Minnesota, USA
28	C Zenon Konopka	C	L	6' 0"	215 lbs.	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
33	Brady Leavold	RW	R	5' 11"	190 lbs.	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Defencemen
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
2	Matt Smaby	D	L	6' 5"	220 lbs.	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
5	A Andrew Hutchinson	D	R	6' 2"	198 lbs.	Evanston, Illinois, USA
7	Ty Wishart	D	L	6' 5"	203 lbs.	Comox, British Columbia, Canada
8	Jay Rosehill	D	L	6' 3"	210 lbs.	Olds, Alberta, Canada
17	Brent Henley	D	R	6' 7"	250 lbs.	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
22	Scott Jackson	D	L	6' 4"	213 lbs.	Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
24	Jeff May	D	L	6' 1"	186 lbs.	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
25	Andy Rogers	D	L	6' 5"	206 lbs.	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
41	Daryl Boyle	D	R	6' 1"	191 lbs.	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
44	Vladimir Mihalik	D	L	6' 7"	222 lbs.	Presov, Slovakia

Goaltenders
#	Player	Pos.	Catches	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
31	Karri Ramo	G	R	6' 2"	192 lbs.	Asikkala, Finland
35	Riku Helenius	G	L	6' 3"	203 lbs.	Pälkäne, Finland
56	Mike McKenna	G	L	6' 2"	190 lbs.	St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Team records

Single Season

Goals: 41

Troy Brouwer (2006–07)

Assists: 72

Martin St. Pierre (2006–07)

Points: 99

Martin St. Pierre (2006–07)

Penalty Minutes: 286

Mike Brown (2004–05)

Wins: 38

Corey Crawford (2006–07)

GAA: 1.94

Craig Anderson (2002–03)

SV%: .923

Craig Anderson (2002–03)

Career

Career Goals: 76

Casey Hankinson

Career Assists: 141

Marty Wilford

Career Points: 175

Ajay Baines

Career Penalty Minutes: 1016

Shawn Thornton

Career Goaltending Wins: 75

Michael Leighton

Career Shutouts: 18