Milwaukee Admirals beat Griffins on New Year’s Eve

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – John Leonard scored two objectives, main the Milwaukee Admirals to a 4-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday, Dec. 31 at Van Andel Area.

Milwaukee gained its second straight recreation, each towards the Griffins. It’s the primary time the Admirals have gained consecutive video games since a three-game profitable streak that began Nov. 26.

With the sport tied 2-2 within the third interval, Luke Evangelista scored a power-play purpose at 11:53 to offer the Admirals the lead. It was Evangelista’s fifth purpose of the season and his second on the facility play.

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Milwaukee scored the primary purpose of the sport at 12:51 of the primary interval. Cole Schneider freed the puck alongside the precise wing boards within the Griffins zone for Leonard. Leonard skated into the slot and snapped a shot over the left shoulder of goalie Jussi Olkinuora for his fifth purpose of the season.

Grand Rapids tied the sport after a pair good shifts simply 1:03 after the Admirals purpose. Pontus Andreasson’s shot from the left circle clanged off the crossbar over the precise shoulder of Milwaukee goalie Devin Cooley to make the sport 1-1.

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Late within the first body, Cooley slid to his left to make an excellent glove save on a Jakub Vrana one-timer. Quickly thereafter, within the waning seconds of the interval, Phil Tomasino sped into the offensive zone on a breakaway and scored his eighth of the season at 19:57.

The groups performed 19:39 of scoreless hockey within the second interval earlier than Griffins defenseman Brian Lashoff’s shot from the left level discovered its well past Cooley to tie the rating at 2-2.

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Leonard added an empty-net purpose at 19:20 of the third interval to shut the scoring.

Cooley stopped 32 photographs to earn the victory.

The Admirals return to Milwaukee Friday, Jan. 6 for a house recreation towards the San Diego Gulls.