Now that I have calmed down a little from yesterday's blow-up, I can take the promised look back at Wednesday and deliver some additional recapiness.

It was pretty obvious that the Admirals made quite a few positional mistakes in Wednesday's game against Chicago.

"We didn't manage the game well at all," said Coach Lambert. "We turned the puck over too many times in the neutral zone against a team that is a high octane, transition team. We gave up as many outnumbered rushes in this game as we have all year."

Another result of all those turnovers was a low shot total for the Admirals. 17, in fact - which is a season-low.

 "You're not going to win too many games getting seventten shots," continued Lambert. "That's something we've done a pretty good job of up until now - generating chances and shots. Give them credit, they played pretty well systematically  and kept us to the outside."

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One highlight in the game was actually Nolan Yonkman. While he was partially to blame for the 3-on-1 that le dto the Wolves first goal, he also set a physical tone for the game. (Pictured above by Chris Jerina)

Late in the first when Joey Crabb hit Ryan Jones into the boards, Yonkman went over and doubly roughed Crabb for a while. Truth be told, Yonkman beat the piss out of him. Crabb actually pulled his own sweater up over his head and turtled on the ice. How Yonkman avoided a fighting major is beyond me.

The Captain also had a big hit on Riley Holzapfel in the Admirals defensezone. He absolutely lit him up.

Despite the penalty, Coach Lambert is pleased with the way #43 is playing this season.

"He's leading our team through his physicality. When he plays with an edge like that, he's effective. There's not a lot of guys in this league that like playing against him when he's playing like that."

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It sounds like we won't be seeing Ryan Maki any time soon. The Admirals forward broke his leg on this hit from teammate Triston Grant early in the third period Wednesday (Paul Oetlinger with the pic).

Maki tried to come back out for his next shift...but had to go off immediately after the faceoff. Word yesterday is that Maki could miss about 6 weeks. Chris Mueller was recalled to take his roster spot.

It was horrible timing for Maki - who got credited for his first goal of the season earlier in the game. We happen to think it was Nick Spaling's goal, but Spaling played the good teammate and didn't argue. He said he was just happy to get a point on the assist (his first point of the year).    

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