AHL – Page 2

It’s JERSDAY! And you all know what that means!!

It’s our first weekly edition of our favourite hockey jerseys. We’ve chosen the brilliantly colour schemed Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL.

First off, the logo is money in the bank. How can you go wrong with a peg-legged pirate skeleton playing hockey?? It’s not overbearing or screaming out at you and it’s doesn’t have a million things going on. It’s just a pirate skeleton playing hockey. With one leg. I hope the genius who came up with that is sitting pretty and rolling in the dough by now. It’s definitely a step up from the one they had before.

THE COLOURS. Oh my. You can’t really go wrong with black as that seems to be the trend lately with NHL teams. (Although, they are starting to come around with more colour.) You also can’t go wrong with blue. The difference here is, Milwaukee is baby blue. A really pronounced baby blue which stands the out of the rest of the blue jersey wearing hockey teams out there. Lord knows there’s plenty.

The jersey itself is plain and I like it that way. You don’t need stripes everywhere. You don’t need to send a homage to old time hockey. It’s sleek, flowing and modern. Hell, there’s even a Milwaukee Brewers glove patch on some bringing in their sporting heritage. Bet you didn’t know they were associated with Nashville.

And for that Peg Leg Pete, you get an A+.

June 18, 2013

Syracuse, New York

What a moment for Michigan hockey. The Grand Rapids Griffins have won the Calder Cup for the first time in their 17 year history over the Syracuse Crunch. The Crunch were playing in their first ever Calder Cup final appearance and both teams put on a show.

The series went 6 games with the final curtain coming down to a 5-2 victory to finish the series 4 games to 2. Unfortunately for the Griffins, the title capture wasn’t at home but it was still cheers and happiness throughout a crowd of 6375 the War Memorial arena.

The Most Valuable Player award for the entire Calder Cup playoffs went to Tomas Tatar of Grand Rapids who scored twice in the win. He lead the playoffs in points with 21 in an astounding 24 games. Detroit Red Wings prospect goaltender Petr Mrazek made 24 stops in the win.

If this is a sign of things to come, Detroit Red Wings fans should be thrilled with their primary affiliate’s performance this season. The General Manager-less Griffins rely extensively on the Red Wings for support. That being said, Detroit must be doing something right over there with this young and striving team.