Looks like it's coming out next week.
Looks like it's coming out next week.
Better for the fans to see some variety on the visitor bench. And maybe the Wild have gotten tired of the Ads beating them.Admirals released their opponents ... Surprised they only play Iowa 6 times.
Chicago ... will continue to play 12 games against the Rockford IceHogs and the Milwaukee Admirals. The Wolves suit up eight times against each of the Central Division’s other teams: Grand Rapids, Iowa, Manitoba, San Antonio and Texas.
The Wolves dip into the Pacific Division pool with four games apiece against the Colorado Eagles and the Tucson Roadrunners. They’ll also engage an Eastern Conference foe for the first time since Nov. 25, 2008, when they play their first of four contests with the Cleveland Monsters.
Better for the fans to see some variety on the visitor bench.
Copy 'n' paste makes for easy schedule making, I reckon.It's literally the exact same opponents they had this year.
Admirals released their opponents
12 Chicago
12 Rockford
10 Grand Rapids
8 Texas
8 San Antonio
8 Manitoba
6 Iowa
4 Cleveland
2 San Diego
2 Ontario
2 Hershey
2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Surprised they only play Iowa 6 times.
Better for the fans to see some variety on the visitor bench. And maybe the Wild have gotten tired of the Ads beating them.
Thanks AF24! My wife was too lazy to tell me this yesterday.
I knew from reading Wolfkeeper's site that Milwaukee was playing Chicago 12 times; I just assumed 12 more against Rockford.
As much as the Milwaukee schedule is the same old, same old; Chicago's is worse.
Milwaukee played Stockton last season. That is the only change that I have noticed.
Uuuuum, you do know this is a public forum, right? You've either been married way too long or not nearly long enough.Thanks AF24! My wife was too lazy to tell me this yesterday. ...
Uuuuum, you do know this is a public forum, right? You've either been married way too long or not nearly long enough.
We played Stockton two years ago. Our Pacific opponents last year were Ontario and San Diego.
You're right. For some reason I thought we only played two Pacific teams.
That scheduling strategy worked when hockey team rivalries were a thing. These days one visiting team "Sucks!" just as much as the next, and most of the ticketholders know & care far more about the music blaring over the arena speakers than they do about play on the ice. It's all taken the edge off of the game night experience.I blame that on the mind numbing caused by playing the Wolves and IceHogs TWELVE times a season!
I have become like "Hey, didn't we play the same two teams at home last week, or was it the week before that?"
That scheduling strategy worked when hockey team rivalries were a thing. These days once visiting team "Sucks!" just as much as the next, and most of the ticketholders know & care far more about the music blaring over the arena speakers than they do about play on the ice. It's all taken the edge off of the game night experience.
Agreed. My wife & I drive to places like Milwaukee, Chicago, Rockford, Des Moines & other Midwest cities to see a variety of hockey teams compete. But we had to fly to California - twice - to see Stockton, San Diego & Ontario (and San Francisco & Bakersfield) play at home. The AHL could have saved us some serious money if they had just mixed up the opponents in the Central season-to-season, but the shortened schedule in the Pacific didn't help that cause.I look forward to seeing Stockton, SD, Ontario and any other "unusual team", like Rochester, coming to Milwaukee. ...
I blame that on the mind numbing caused by playing the Wolves and IceHogs TWELVE times a season!
I have become like "Hey, didn't we play the same two teams at home last week, or was it the week before that?"