Top 10: #9 Max Noreau

#9: Max Noreau officially makes the list with this blue line shot that assisted on Nathan Smith's 2nd period Power Play goal to put the Aeros up 4-1, finally winning 6-2 over Milwaukee on January 1, 2010.

Preseason: Rockford Icehogs @ Chicago Wolves

Decided to get some practice and take in the preseason game in West Meadows last night:

Mauro Juri (#21) puts the Wolves on the board, 1-0 beating Rockford goalie Danny Battachio on the backdoor



Wolves forward Patrick Gallivan (#29) shoots wide after putting some moves on Battachio.



Rockford's Kyle Hagel (#14) and Chicago's Adam Huxley (#27) square off in a spirited bout against each other for the 6th time in their careers.



Akim Aliu's (#17) wrister made the score 3-1.



While Dan Kissel (#10) put a determined effort in the back of the net to increase it to 4-1, before the Wolves finally winning 5-3

Top 10: #10 Chris Mueller

#10: This shot of Chris Mueller makes the list thanks to his Patrick Kane style use of his mouthguard and the snow spray from Peoria Rivermen defenseman Bryce Lampman's attempt to block the passing lane.

And if you have not noticed, I have lightened up on the Admirals updates of late. This is primarily due to the fact that there are two excellent Admirals sites for updates, the newly unveiled Admirals Roundtable from the makers of ASS (Admirals Shoft Shifts) and the venerable MilwaukeeHockey.com. There will still obviously be some Admirals undertones (due to my season tickets with the Ads) despite an attempted focus at the entire Western Conference of the AHL, but I feel these two blogs spend alot of time putting together the same critical info, and frankly, why re-hash it a third time?

Tomorrow starts the Top 10

Starting tomorrow to count down the start of the 2010/11 AHL season, I will be posting one photo each day that I consider one of the Ten Best from last year.

But today I'll kick it off with some photoshop magic for #11.



One thing I noticed towards the end of every warmup was that Max Noreau would set about 5 pucks on the blueline and practice taking slapshots. This shot was the blending of multiple shots taken during one of his attempts.

9/27 Dex stands on his head

One of the most impressive saves of last season, as Johnny Pohl shoots the puck straight at a sprawling Mark Dekanich's mask. Chicago Wolves at Milwaukee Admirals, April 9, 2010.

9/24/10 Pascal Pelletier

Peoria Rivermen forward Pascal Pelletier briefs with center Cam Paddock, Peoria Rivermen at Milwaukee Admirals, April 2, 2010.

And if you haven't noticed (or use Google Reader), to kick off the new season, I've added a new logo banner at the top.

9/23/10 Chris Mueller

We'll continue looking at players contending for a roster spot in Milwaukee with forward Chris Mueller and Wolves forward Joey Crabb giving chase to the puck. Milwauke Admirals at Chicago Wolves, April 26, 2010.