Six Different Scorers Help Admirals Snap Four-Game Slide 6-2

“Joey Willis scored a goal and dished out two assists for the first three‑point night of his career as the Ads pulled away from Manitoba for a 6-2 win on Saturday night at historic Panther Arena.” That line summed a lot: Willis’ breakout night, six different goal scorers, and a Milwaukee club that ended a four-game slide with a statement win on Feb. 28, 2026 at UW‑Milwaukee Panther Arena.

Cole O’Hara opened the scoring 12:34 into the contest with his 14th of the season. “Manitoba carried the puck through the neutral zone when O’Hara executed a perfect poke check and went in alone Moose goalie Thomas Milic before beating him five‑hole,” a play that set the tone for Milwaukee’s transition attack and pressure on Manitoba’s breakouts.

The second period built the margin. Willis pushed the Ads to 2-0 at 8:54 when “he found a loose puck in the slot and fired a wrister over Milic’s shoulder.” Brayden Yager answered less than a minute later with his seventh of the year on a converted 2-on-1, but Fedor Svechkov restored a two-goal lead on the power play by cleaning up a Ryan Ufko rebound for his third of the season. Later in the frame Tyson Empey cut the lead again for Manitoba, only for Reid Schaefer to answer shorthanded with 3:28 remaining in the second. “Ufko won a race to the puck and shoveled it up the boards to Shaefer who went in 2-on-1 with Jake Lucchini before going bardown on Milic,” the play-by-play recounts, delivering a momentum-swinging marker while Milwaukee killed penalties flawlessly.

Milwaukee closed the scoring in the third with goals from Kyle Marino and Isaac Ratcliffe, the latter finishing a multi-point night to push the final to 6-2. The six goal scorers for the Admirals were Cole O’Hara, Joey Willis, Fedor Svechkov, Reid Schaefer, Kyle Marino, and Isaac Ratcliffe — the first time the Ads reached six goals in a game since January 8.

Special teams were decisive on the defensive side: the Admirals were a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and converted 1-for-3 on the power play. Between the pipes, Matt Murray “stopped 22 shots to earn his 13th win of the season in net,” giving Milwaukee the steady netminding the scoring outburst required.

Willis’ 1-2-3 line is a clear individual milestone, and the scoring depth underlines why Milwaukee avoided letting the four-game skid extend. The win also keeps the Ads’ homestand rolling; Milwaukee and Manitoba are scheduled to rematch the following afternoon at 3 p.m. back at UW‑Milwaukee Panther Arena.