The Milwaukee Admirals are riding a ridiculous winning streak. Here's what to know about it

On Monday afternoon, the Milwaukee Admirals won a 4-3 battle over host Manitoba, with Liam Foudy scoring the game winner to give the Admirals a 17th consecutive victory.

That's tied for the second-longest winning streak in American Hockey League history, matching the 2004-05 Philadelphia Phantoms and 2018-19 Bakersfield Condors.

Here's what to know about the streak:

Is it the longest winning streak in Milwaukee Admirals history?

Yes, the Admirals tied a franchise record with a 13th consecutive win and have since just kept winning.

What's the longest winning streak in American Hockey League history?

The Admirals still have a ways to go. The 2011-12 Norfolk Admirals won 28 consecutive games to hold the record, but Milwaukee will have the second-longest streak with one more win.

When do the Milwaukee Admirals play next?

The Admirals face the host Chicago Wolves in Rosemont on Thursday with an 11 a.m. face-off.

When do the Milwaukee Admirals play next at home?

Milwaukee rematches with the Wolves on Saturday, with a 6 p.m. start. Those in attendance can get a T-shirt featuring goalie (and Brookfield native) Troy Grosenick and watch a postgame concert with country musician Jackson Dean.

Games are played in downtown Milwaukee at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.

Are the Milwaukee Admirals in first place?

Yes, the team's 69 points are good for first place in the Central Division, with the Texas Stars (53 points) and Grand Rapids Griffins (52) next on the list. The Hershey Bears have the most points of any AHL team with 80, though they've played five more games than the Admirals. The Bears are in the Atlantic Division of the 32-team league.

How many close calls have the Milwaukee Admirals had on this winning streak?

The win over the Moose marked the second one-goal win in February; Foudy's go-ahead goal came with 6:43 off the clock in the third period, and Juuso Parssinen scored twice, including the tying goal off a defender on a power play in the second period.

The closest call came in a shootout win over Belleville on Jan. 24, a 4-3 victory in which Zach L'Heureux, Jordan Gross and Foudy scored in the shootout to give the Admirals a 3-2 win in that portion of the competition, with Foudy's goal and Yaroslav Askarov's stop on the seventh shooter tipping the scales.

Shootouts feature three shots for each team, then additional rounds if necessary until a tie is settled.

In a 2-1 shootout win over Texas on Feb. 10 for the 14th straight win, Jordan Gross scored in the shootout and Grosenick turned away all three shots he faced.

On Jan. 30, Foudy scored 1:16 into overtime to beat San Diego, 4-3. On Jan. 5, Milwaukee landed a 1-0 win over Colorado in overtime on Mark Del Gaizo's goal, with Askarov stopping all 30 shots he saw in the game. In all, the Admirals have had seven one-goal wins or shootouts in this stretch, which began with the turn of the calendar to 2024.

Who are the best players on the Milwaukee Admirals?

The Admirals have an affiliation with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League; the Predators are in the middle of the pack in the Central Division of the Western Conference. Frequently, players on the Admirals will bounce back and forth with the parent club; center Mark Jankowski, for example, has more than 320 games of NHL experience and was recently recalled to the big-league club.

Jankowski leads the Admirals in points this year with 47 (third in the AHL), and left-winger Egor Afanasyev has 42, but he was also recalled by the Predators on Feb. 12. Center Fedor Svechkov has 33 points to lead those on the current roster, followed by 31 from L'Heureux.

Foudy only has 12 points but he's done it in just 19 games.

Askarov allows just 2.12 goals per game in his 27 contests, ranking third among qualified AHL goalies, and Grosenick allows 2.34 in 19 games.

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Where does the Milwaukee Admirals streak rank among longest winning streaks in Wisconsin sports?

The Milwaukee Bucks franchise-record winning streak of 20 games marked an NBA record in 1971, when Milwaukee was on its way to winning the NBA title. That streak was quickly obliterated by the Los Angeles Lakers (and ended by the Bucks at 33 games during the 1971-72 season).

The Bucks more recently won 18 straight games in 2019.

The Packers won 13 straight games to open the 2011 season and can technically consider that a streak of 19 wins, including four playoff games to close the 2010 season (including the Super Bowl) and two regular-season victories to finish 2010.

The Brewers famously won 13 games in a row to open the 1987 season, a streak that technically dates to the end of the 1986 season and thus represents a 16-game run over two seasons.

The win-loss records have four numbers; what do those all mean?

In the hockey standings, you'll see records with four numbers instead of a traditional win/loss ledger; the Ads, for example, are 34-10-1-0. The wins all count the same regardless of when they happen (and are worth two points in the point totals), and the next number is regulation losses. The next numbers (overtime losses and shootout losses) will still yield your team one point in the standings. If nobody breaks the tie in the sudden-death overtime period (5 minutes of 3-on-3 hockey — plus a goalie), the teams head to a shootout.

When are the Calder Cup playoffs and have the Admirals won the title before?

The regular season in the AHL runs through April 21, with the Calder Cup playoffs to follow. Last year, 23 teams made the playoffs, which features a series of first-round byes depending on divisional alignment.

Last year, the Admirals lost to Coachella Valley in the Western Conference Finals, 4-2, falling one step short of the Calder Cup Finals.

The Admirals won their first and only Calder Cup title in 2004. They made the Calder Cup Finals two years later and fell to the Hershey Bears.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about the Milwaukee Admirals' 17-game winning streak