Admirals lose their opener in the playoffs 7-0 in the least surprising score in sports history.
On the positive side, the PK killed 8 of 9 penalties, with the only PPG being the final goal of the game. Despite 9 PP opportunities for Iowa vs 3 for Milwaukee, I thought the officiating (other than the uncalled Liambas hit on Ross) to be pretty fair. Siemens was doing uncharactaristicly stupid things (delay of game, then punching a guy in the head after knocking him to the ice), while Donovan was back to his usual antics at the end of the game (cross checking a guy repeatedly until someone pulled him off).
While I know some of the goals were rushes during line changes, Tinordi was -5 yet also on the ice for those (5) goals were the following d-men: Allard, Donovan (2x), Plant, Carrier... which is beyond me, after how much I've commented about having consistency in the lines, the defensive pairings kept juggling all game. Plant was in over his head on at least one goal, so would be nice to see Fabbro replace him, should the Preds falter.