The View From Wisconsin
Just a random set of rants from a Sports Fan from Wisconsin.
Monday, May 01, 2006
It's Over... Or Is It?
The Nashville Predators' season officially ended Sunday night at the GEC with a 2-1 loss to the Sharks. The season realistically ended back on April 10, when the Predators announced that Tomas Vokoun would be out the rest of the season and playoffs because of pelvic thrombophlebitis.
The Milwaukee Admirals looked like they were headed that way as well, when Brian Finley went down after an injury suffered in pre-game warmups (the dreaded "lower body injury") forced him to sit in game six on Friday. Fortunately, the Admirals got Jordin Tootoo back from Nashville, and also got a big game from Jake Moreland - who played in only his seventh AHL game. Moreland came within 1:33 of posting his first shutout, but managed to stop 32 other shots to clinch the Series (finally) for the Ads.
Milwaukee now goes on to take on the Houston Aeros - and, as a bonus, they should get back three other players from the Predators: Pekka Rinne, Shea Weber, and Scott Upshall. All three, and Tootoo, were on the Admirals' "Clear Day" roster back in early April.
The Milwaukee Admirals looked like they were headed that way as well, when Brian Finley went down after an injury suffered in pre-game warmups (the dreaded "lower body injury") forced him to sit in game six on Friday. Fortunately, the Admirals got Jordin Tootoo back from Nashville, and also got a big game from Jake Moreland - who played in only his seventh AHL game. Moreland came within 1:33 of posting his first shutout, but managed to stop 32 other shots to clinch the Series (finally) for the Ads.
Milwaukee now goes on to take on the Houston Aeros - and, as a bonus, they should get back three other players from the Predators: Pekka Rinne, Shea Weber, and Scott Upshall. All three, and Tootoo, were on the Admirals' "Clear Day" roster back in early April.
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