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“But when the finality came of this scenario, it stung. “When you look at what we accomplished this season, it was very special and I think our group understands that,” said the Admirals second-year bench boss, who compiled a 77-38-19-5 record in 139 games as Milwaukee’s coach. Pieri Memorial Award, given to the AHL’s outstanding coach for the 2019-20 season. That is a bitter pill to swallow for Admirals coach Karl Taylor, who was a deserving choice for the AHL’s Louis A.R.

With the league’s best defense (Milwaukee allowed just 144 goals in its 63 games), plus an offense that finished second in the league in scoring (211 goals scored), the Admirals would have been the favorite to win the franchise’s second AHL title. It’s just too bad because as an organization we would have liked the chance to challenge for the Calder Cup.” “The 50th season of Admirals hockey began with such excitement, and we just had an outstanding team on the ice and an outstanding team off the ice.

“This is a bittersweet championship if you want to call it that,” said Admirals Owner/CEO Harris Turer, whose franchise was awarded its second ever Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the AHL’s regular season champions. The AHL’s record book will be left blank when referring to the 2020 postseason, but Milwaukee will never forget all that its professional hockey team accomplished in the franchise’s 50th anniversary season, or what could have been in the magical spring that never was. However, on March 12, 2020, when the music stopped on the 2019-20 AHL campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Admirals had best record in the league (41-14-5-3-90 points). That statement comes with an asterisk, as Milwaukee did not actually finish the 2019-20 AHL season as the team carrying around the Calder Cup. Milwaukee Admirals-2020 American Hockey League (AHL) champions.