A Trip Out to Minor League Hockey: Chicago Wolves vs. Milwaukee Admirals-- Part 1: Sorting Them Out

This past Friday, January 31, a bunch of us guys from Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg, Illinois, took a trip down to Rosemont, Illinois, to All State Arena to see the game between the Milwaukee Admirals and Chicago Wolves of the AHL, American Hockey League, which serves as the minor league teams of the NHL, National Hockey League.

The Admirals are the affiliate of the Nashville Predators in the NHL and the Wolves are with the Vegas Golden Knights.  I read this past week that the Knights are looking to get an AHL team closer to home.

Right now, the Admirals are in first place in the Central Division of the Western Conference and the Wolves are in third.  Our own Chicago NHL team, the Blackhawks, has their AHL team in nearby Rockford named the IceHogs and they are in fifth.

I'd never been to a minor league hockey game and just one NHL game in my life.

And, even better, the tickets were compliments of Anheuser-Busch.  I was a bit shocked at the price we would have had to pay which was $39.  Wow, $39 for a minor league game.  Definitely more than I pay for a Clinton Lumber Kings game of the baseball Class A Midwest League which is $8 for a box seat right by the dugout.

A Hockey We Go.  --RoadPuck