2013–14 Norfolk Admirals season

2013–14 Norfolk Admirals
Division 2nd East Division
Conference 4th Eastern Conference
2013–14 record 7–2–0–3 (17 pts)
Home record 2–1–0–1
Road record 5–1–0–2
Goals for 32
Goals against 25
Team information
General Manager Bob Ferguson
Coach Trent Yawney
Assistant Coach Jarrod Skalde
Arena Norfolk Scope
Team leaders
Goals Alex Grant (5)
Assists Kevin Gagne (5)
Points Alex Grant (7)
Maxime Sauvé (7)
Penalties in minutes Zach Stortini (66)
Plus/minus (+) Maxime Sauvé (+6)
(–) John Kurtz (–3)
(–) Charles Sarault (–3)
Wins John Gibson (3)
Goals against average Frederik Andersen (0.96)
< 2012–13 2014–15 >

The 2013–14 Norfolk Admirals season is the franchise's 25th season in the American Hockey League, which began on October 5, 2013.

Off season

Jarrod Skalde became the Norfolk Admirals assistant coach in July, having previously been head coach of the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones, was hired as Norfolk assistant coach in July.[1] Sudarshan Maharaj became the new goaltender coach,[2] and associate coach Mike Haviland, a past Norfolk head coach, departed from the Admirals to become Hershey Bears head coach.[3]

Most of Norfolk's roster was new to the team, with several making their American Hockey League debuts.[4] New additions included forwards Rickard Rakell, Brad Staubitz,[2] Joseph Cramarossa, Stefan Noesen,[5] Antoine Laganiere, Maxime Sauvé and Zack Stortini; and defensemen Andrew O'Brien, Stefan Warg,[6] Norm Ezekiel, Mike Little,[7] Brett Skinner,[8] Garnet Exelby and Nolan Yonkman;[2] and goaltender John Gibson.[5] The Admirals re-signed Mat Clark,[9] and defenseman Kevin Gagne and forwards Max Friberg, Steven Whitney and Charles Sarault rejoined the team after having played less than a dozen games with the team the prior season.[10] Harry Zolnierczyk was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins organization for defenseman Alex Grant,[11] and Admirals forward John Mitchell was traded to the Hershey Bears for center Mathieu Perreault.[12] Norfolk also saw several departures during the off-season, including forwards Luca Caputi,[13] Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond,[14] and Rod Pelly.[15] Patrick Maroon, a winger who scored 36 goals for Norfolk last year, will join the Anaheim Ducks this season.[16]

After a training camp that began on September 24 at Norfolk Scope,[5] the Admirals held a pair of preseason games against the Charlotte Checkers on September 27 and 28. Norfolk lost the first game 4–2 despite Grant scoring two goals,[17] but won the second game 4–3, in spite of giving Charlotte seven power play opportunities.[18]

2013–14 Preseason Game Log: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–1–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record
1 September 27 Norfolk 2–4 Charlotte Anderson 0–1–0–0
2 September 28 Charlotte 3–4 Norfolk Gibson 1–1–0–0

Regular season

October

Alex Grant recorded a hat-trick for Norfolk on October 11, scoring three power play goals within five minutes.

The Admirals opened the regular season with a pair of away games, both of which ended with a shootout. They won their season opener on October 5 against the Hartford Wolf Pack 3–2. The Wolf Pack tied the game with less than a second left in regulation, but Rakell and Devante Smith-Pelly both scored in the shootout and gave Norfolk the win.[19] They lost the second game 4–3 to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, in which Smith-Pelly and Max Friberg both scored short-handed goals. Rakell, who scored a power play goal in the game, had the only successful goal in the six-round shootout, his second in two games.[20] The Anaheim Ducks assigned forward Peter Holland to the Admrials after the opening weekend.[21] Norfolk next played two home games against the Binghamton Senators on October 11 and 12, winning the first in a 5–0 shutout, with all five goals in the first period. Grant scored a hat-trick with three power play goals within five minutes, and Smith-Pelly scored shorthanded, while Anderson made 32 saves.[22] The Admirals lost the second match-up 4–1, with Rakell scoring their only goal.[23]

In their first four games, only two of Norfolk's 12 goals were scored even-handed.[24] Noesen was declared out for the season on October 14 after suffering two torn knee ligaments during a team practice.[25] Norfolk split a pair of home games against the Albany Devils on October 18 and 19, winning the first one 2–1 in a shootout despite defensive mistakes by the Admirals, who allowed five penalties in the first period alone. Gibson stopped 31 of 32 shots, as well as four of five in the shootout.[26] Norfolk lost the next game 2–1, also in a shootout, despite Gibson stopping 28 of 29 shots.[27] The Admirals had been outshot in each of their first six games of the season.[26][28] Norfolk next won two games in a three-game road trip from October 25 to 27,[29][30] starting with a 3–0 shutout against the Adirondack Phantoms in which Holland scored two goals and Gibson earned his first career shutout.[29] Rakell was recalled to the Anaheim Ducks at the conclusion of the road trip.[31] By the end of the month, Zach Stortini lead the AHL in fighting majors.[32] Gibson was named AHL Goaltender of the Month for October, finishing the month with a .953 save percentage and a 1.44 goals-against average.[33]

November

Norfolk started November with a 3–0 shutout win over Albany, with Gibson making 40 saves and improving his GAA to 1.24. Coach Trent Yawney made the unusual mistake of circling the wrong player number when submitting his roster for the game, resulting in a minor penalty for "incorrect starting line-up".[34] The Admirals went to a shootout in their next two games, losing the first one against Bridgeport after tying the game with 4:06 left in regulation, but failing to score on the shootout.[35] They won on November 3 against the Hershey Bears after Gagne tied the game with 1:02 left in regulation after Gibson was pulled for an extra skater. Gibson made 40 saves and stopped all five Hershey shootout shots, while Wagner got Norfolk's only shootout goal.[36]

Standings

Divisional standings

    		 East Division[37] GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
    1 Binghamton Senators (OTT) 39 24 12 0 3 51 145 122
    2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) 39 23 12 1 3 50 115 97
    3 Norfolk Admirals (ANA) 39 20 13 1 5 46 111 107
    4 Syracuse Crunch (TB) 37 17 14 2 4 40 100 114
    5 Hershey Bears (WSH) 37 17 14 3 3 40 121 110

    After games of January 18, 2014

    Conference standings

      		 Eastern Conference[38] Div GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
      1 *y– Manchester Monarchs (LAK) AT 76 48 19 3 6 105 244 188
      2 *y– Springfield Falcons (CBJ) NE 76 47 23 1 5 100 247 212
      3 *y– Binghamton Senators (OTT) ET 76 44 24 3 5 96 276 232
      4 x– St. John's IceCaps (WPG) AT 76 46 23 2 5 99 258 207
      5 x– Albany Devils (NJD) NE 76 40 23 5 8 93 220 193
      6 x– Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) ET 76 42 26 3 5 92 206 185
      7 x– Providence Bruins (BOS) AT 76 40 25 2 9 91 233 210
      8 x– Norfolk Admirals (ANA) ET 76 40 26 3 7 90 201 192
      9 e– Hershey Bears (WSH) ET 76 39 27 5 5 88 221 213
      10 e– Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) NE 76 37 32 1 6 81 202 220
      11 e– Worcester Sharks (SJS) AT 76 36 34 4 2 78 189 226
      12 e– Syracuse Crunch (TBL) ET 76 31 32 4 9 75 198 232
      13 e– Adirondack Phantoms (PHI) NE 76 30 38 2 6 68 182 225
      14 e– Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) NE 76 28 40 2 6 64 183 238
      15 e– Portland Pirates (PHX) AT 76 24 39 3 10 61 222 284

      * = Division leaders are seeded 1, 2, and 3 in Conference standings.
      The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.
       y–  indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot
       x–  indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
       e–  indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention

      Schedule and results

      2013–14 Game Log – Regular season
      November: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0–1)
      # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet
      10 November 1 Norfolk 3–0 Albany Gibson 4,009 6–2–0–2 14 Gamesheet
      11 November 2 Norfolk 3–4 Bridgeport SO Bobkov 3,820 6–2–0–3 15 Gamesheet
      12 November 3 Norfolk 4–3 Hershey SO Gibson 10,760 7–2–0–3 17 Gamesheet
      13 November 8 Syracuse Norfolk
      14 November 9 Syracuse Norfolk
      15 November 13 Norfolk Manchester
      16 November 15 Norfolk Providence
      17 November 16 Norfolk Manchester
      18 November 22 Portland Norfolk
      19 November 23 Portland Norfolk
      20 November 27 Charlotte Norfolk
      21 November 29 Providence Norfolk
      22 November 30 Providence Norfolk

      Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1-point)

      Player statistics

      Skaters

      Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
      Updated as of November 3, 2013[39]

      Regular Season
      Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
      Grant, AlexAlex Grant 12 5 2 7 0 10
      Sauvé, MaximeMaxime Sauvé 7 4 3 7 6 0
      Holland, PeterPeter Holland 6 4 2 6 3 20
      Rakell, RickardRickard Rakell‡ 11 4 2 6 −1 6
      Gagne, KevinKevin Gagne* 12 1 5 6 3 2
      Whitney, StevenSteven Whitney* 12 3 2 5 1 10
      Sarault, CharlesCharles Sarault* 11 1 4 5 −3 7
      Friberg, MaxMax Friberg* 12 1 4 5 3 21
      Wagner, ChrisChris Wagner 12 1 3 4 −2 17
      Steckel, DaveDave Steckel 3 1 0 1 4 8
      Skinner, BrettBrett Skinner 8 0 3 3 −1 0
      Smith-Pelly, DevanteDevante Smith-Pelly‡ 6 2 0 2 2 2
      MacQueen, JamieJamie MacQueen* 6 1 1 2 0 0
      Stortini, ZackZack Stortini 12 1 1 2 0 66
      Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 2 0 2 2 1 0
      Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby 12 0 2 2 −1 13
      Cramarossa, JosephJoseph Cramarossa* 11 0 1 1 0 9
      Kurtz, JohnJohn Kurtz 12 0 1 1 −3 19
      Laganiere, AntoineAntoine Laganiere* 12 0 1 1 −1 12
      Yonkman, NolanNolan Yonkman 12 0 1 1 0 24
      Warg, StefanStefan Warg* 1 0 0 0 −1 2
      Ezekiel, NormNorm Ezekiel* 2 0 0 0 −1 7
      Noesen, StefanStefan Noesen* 2 0 0 0 0 4
      Parent, RyanRyan Parent 2 0 0 0 1 4
      Staubitz, BradBrad Staubitz 6 0 0 0 −1 10
      Clark, MatMat Clark 9 0 0 0 3 15

      †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only.
      ‡Left the team mid-season
      *Rookie

      Goaltenders

      Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty Minutes
      Updated as of November 3, 2013[40]

      Regular Season
      Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SV SA SV% SO G A PIM
      Anderson, FrederikFrederik Anderson 2 125:00 2 0 2 0.96 68 70 .971 0 1 1 0
      Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson* 9 374:40 5 3 14 1.61 271 285 .951 0 0 0 2
      Bobkov, IgorIgor Bobkov 2 101:49 0 2 5 2.95 62 67 .925 0 0 0 0
      Totals 748:50 7 5 21 1.68 401 422 .950 0 1 1 2

      ‡Left the team mid-season
      *Rookie

      Awards and records

      Awards

      Player Award Awarded
      John Gibson AHL Goaltender of the Month October 2013[33]

      Milestones

      Player Milestone Reached
      Rickard Rakell 1st AHL Game
      1st AHL Goal       		October 5, 2013[41]
      Joseph Cramarossa 1st AHL Game October 5, 2013
      Antoine Laganiere 1st AHL Game October 5, 2013
      Stefan Noesen 1st AHL Game October 5, 2013
      Joseph Cramarossa 1st AHL Assist October 6, 2013
      Stefan Warg 1st AHL Game October 6, 2013
      John Gibson 1st AHL Win October 18, 2013[42]
      Charles Sarault 1st AHL Goal October 19, 2013[42]
      John Gibson 1st AHL Shutout October 25, 2013[29]
      Max Friberg 1st AHL Assist October 26, 2013
      Rickard Rakell 1st AHL Assist October 27, 2013
      Antoine Laganiere 1st AHL Assist November 1, 2013[43]

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