The Norfolk Admirals are a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Admirals play in Norfolk, Virginia, USA at the Norfolk Scope.

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History

The Admirals were admitted to the American Hockey League as an expansion franchise for the 2000–01 season. Norfolk is one of two franchises in the AHL with the Admirals, sharing the nickname with the Milwaukee Admirals. The Milwaukee franchise transferred from the defunct International Hockey League, and were allowed to keep their previous moniker.

Norfolk's geographically closest rivals are the AHL's Pennsylvania-based teams: the Hershey Bears, Philadelphia Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Admirals have two mascots. A dog named Salty and dog/rabbit hybrid named Hat Trick.

On March 19, 2007, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that their affiliation with the Admirals would end after the 2006–2007 season. On March 29, 2007, the Tampa Bay Lightning officially announced the Admirals as their new affiliate.

The market was previously home to:

• Tidewater Wings (1971–1972 AHL)
• Virginia Wings (1972–1975 AHL)
• Hampton Gulls (1974–1977 SHL, 1977–1978 AHL)
• Hampton Roads Gulls (1982–1983 ACHL)
• Hampton Roads Admirals (1989–2000 ECHL)

Season-by-season results

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2000–01	80	36	26	13	5	—	90	241	208	3rd, South
2001–02	80	38	26	12	4	—	92	222	205	1st, South
2002–03	80	37	26	12	5	—	91	201	187	1st, South
2003–04	80	35	36	4	5	—	79	172	187	5th, East
2004–05	80	43	30	—	6	1	93	200	188	3rd, East
2005–06	80	43	29	—	4	4	94	259	246	3rd, East
2006–07	80	50	22	—	6	2	108	301	257	3rd, East
2007–08	80	29	44	—	2	5	65	213	267	7th, East
2008–09	80	33	38	—	4	5	75	236	269	6th, East

Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2000–01	—	W, 3–1, Cincinnati	L, 1–4, Hershey	—	—
2001–02	—	L, 1–3, Hershey	—	—	—
2002–03	—	W, 3–0, San Antonio	L, 2–4, Houston	—	—
2003–04	W, 2–0, Binghamton	L, 2–4, Philadelphia	—	—	—
2004–05	—	L, 2–4, Philadelphia	—	—	—
2005–06	—	L, 0–4, Hershey	—	—	—
2006–07	—	L, 2–4, Wilkes-Barre	—	—	—
2007–08	Out of Playoffs.
2008–09	Out of Playoffs.

Notable players

NHL alumni of the Norfolk Admirals include: Tyler Arnason, Michal Barinka, Cam Barker, Mark Bell, Rene Bourque, Dustin Byfuglien, Kyle Calder, Aaron Downey, Vern Fiddler, Duncan Keith, David Koci, Michael Leighton, Craig MacDonald, Colin Fraser, Martin St. Pierre, Travis Moen, Nathan Perrott, Brent Seabrook, Paul Szczechura, Shawn Thornton, Reed Low and James Wisniewski.

Current roster

As of June 23, 2009. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		align=left	Player	Catches	Place of Birth
35		Riku Helenius	L	Palkane, Finland
56		Mike McKenna	R	St. Louis, Missouri

Defencemen
#		align=left	Player	Shoots	Place of Birth
2		Matt Smaby	L	Minneapolis, Minnesota
7		Ty Wishart	L	Comox, British Columbia
22		Scott Jackson	L	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
41		Daryl Boyle	R	Lethbridge, Alberta
44		Vladimir Mihalik	L	Prešov, Slovakia

Forwards
#		align=left	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Place of Birth
9		Blair Jones	C	R	Central Butte, Saskatchewan
11		Bracken Kearns	C	R	Vancouver, British Columbia
13		Peter Zingoni	C	L	Bridgeport, Connecticut
14		Juraj Simek	LW	L	Prešov, Slovakia
18		Chris Lawrence	RW	R	Toronto, Ontario
19		Justin Keller	LW	L	Nelson, British Columbia
20		Grant Potulny	RW	L	Grand Forks, North Dakota
21		Matthew Curadeau	C	L	Montreal, Quebec
24		Steve Downie	RW	R	Newmarket, Ontario
27		Brandon Bochenski -A	RW	R	Blaine, Minnesota
28		Zenon Konopka -C	C	L	Niagara Falls, Ontario

Team records

Single Season

Career

References

1. Norfolk Admirals roster