We're pretty excited to be able to expand the early season program section. We'll be breaking out the 1971/72, 72/73 and 73/74 years thanks to an addition of 55 programs from those years. In the coming months/weeks, we'll be digitizing the centerfold bios & rosters from each of those games. Stay tuned!
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A new addition to the website, under the "Miscellaneous" section, are pages for the souvenir programs sold by the Admirals from 1971/72 to the final IHL season in 2000/01.
We've slowly been scanning and converting the programs to PDF, allowing for digital viewing of the programs. For the first time since the 2010/11 season, the Admirals jerseys are featuring a commemorative patch to celebrate the 50 year history of the team. Its been a rarity through the Admirals history to have commemorative patches on the jersey, besides the various sponsorship patches since the 1999/2000 season. A quick run-down of the patched Admirals jerseys: 1976/77: Featured a circular USHL patch on the right sleeve above the numbers. 1991/92: The Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA) celebrated 25 years and most IHL and AHL teams wore a circular patch on their jerseys. 1994/95: The IHL celebrated their 50th anniversary with patches on the front of each team's jerseys. 1997/98: The PHPA again featured patches to celebrate their 30th anniversary. 2001/02: Like most AHL teams, the Admirals jerseys featured the flag of the United States, located on the right shoulder. 2005/06: The Admirals wore KS patches in remembrance of radio announcer Kyle Schultz. Additionally, when the team made the Calder Cup Finals, a patch to commemorate this occurrence was placed on the back hem. 2010/11: The AHL celebrated their 75th anniversary with patches on the back hem of each team's jerseys. I noticed recently on an eBay auction for a "1997/98 Mike Harder" Admirals jersey, that the nameplate font was significantly different from what we have seen on most 1993-1998 Milwaukee Admirals jerseys. Based on the Bauer tagging on the hem, the jersey is either a 1995/96 Trevor Sim or a 1996/97 Patrice Robitaille/Mike Harder jersey.
eBay: Mike Harder 1996/97 Milwaukee Admirals Jersey This is not the first time that a jersey with this style nameplate/font has shown up. A 1992/93 #18 Scott Robinson MSport jersey with a Trevor Sim nameplate was sold through Milt Byron's website, while I purchased a 1993/94 Bauer Alexander Galchenyuk from a dealer in Columbus. The only navy jersey seen with this nameplate is a 1991/92 Paul Guay, later restored with the original nameplate. The correct nameplate material is of a similar material of the jersey, with thin serged edges. These nameplates are of a more satin material with thicker serged edges and different font. As these jerseys typically had nameplates removed for the upcoming preseason, it appears likely that someone was adding these replica nameplates to increase the resale value of the jerseys. Another nuance from this era of jerseys is nameplates of differing players attached to jerseys, for example, a 1994/95 #39 Jim Hrivnak goalie jersey had a Steve Tuttle nameplate and a 1993/94 #33 Ladislav Tresl with a Patrice Robitaille nameplate attached. Do you have a jersey with one of these 'replica' nameplates or a differing nameplate? Would love to hear what else is out there. |
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