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THE NORFOLK ADMIRALS
RETURN TO NORFOLK SCOPE
ARENA TOMORROW
NIGHT FOR A WEEKEND
EASTERN
CONFERENCE-LEADING
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS.
THE ADMIRALS ARE COMING
OFF A FOUR-GAME ROAD TRIP
THAT SAW THEM
LOSE 3 OF THEIR FOUR
GAMES, BUT IT IS A LONG
AND ONE OF THE TEAM'S
BRIGHT SPOTS IS ROOKIE
CHRIS WAGNER,
TONIGHT, CHRIS RECKLING
TELLS US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE YOUNG
MAN--CHRIS.
THE NORFOLK ADMIRALS HAVE
COOLED OFF A BIT SINCE
THEIR 4-0
START AND HEADING INTO
HOME AGAINST
SPRINGFIELD, THE ADMIRALS
RECORD SITS AT 7 AND 5.
BUT A YOUNG TEAM GETS
BETTER EACH TIME OUT.
CHRIS WAGNER IS ONE OF
THE YOUNG GUNS ON THIS
THE 21 YEAR OLD
PLAYED HIS COLLEGE HOCKEY
AT COLGATE. ANAHEIM
DRAFTED WAGNER IN THE 5TH
ROUND OF THE 2010
DRAFT. NOW AS AN AHL
ROOKIE, WAGNER IS PAYING
HIS DUES.
"YEA YOU PROBABLY JUST
SAW ME PICKING UP PUCKS.
I LOST A
GAME WITH THE REST OF THE
ROOKIES. IT HASNT BEEN
THAT BAD SO
FAR. YOU KNOW PICKING UP
PUCKS AND WATER BOTTLES
AND
STUFF." WAGNER SCORED
HIS FIRST AHL GOAL EARLY
IN THE SEASON AGAINST
CONNECTICUTT. FOR A
ROOKIE, THAT FIRST GOAL
IS ALWAYS A BIG
MOMENT. "YEA IT WAS A BIG
RELIEF TO GET IT
EARLY. YOU KNOW, SO MANY
GUYS HAVE TO WAIT A LONG
TIME BEFORE
THEY GET THAT FIRST GOAL,
SO IT WAS NICE TO SNEAK
TENDER."
AT 5-11, 200 POUNDS,
WAGNER SKATES AMONGST
GIANTS. THAT SIZE
ROOKIE IN THE FACE.
"OH YEA ITS A HUGE
ADJUSTMENT FROM COMING
STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE.
GUYS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER,
STRONGER AND FASTER, BUT
LUCKLY I HAVE
GREAT LINEMATS IN TROY
BRODY AND ROSEHILL TOO.
NICE TO HAVE GUYS
THAT HUGE OUT ON THE ICE
WITH YOU. THEY ARE GOING
TO PROTECT YOU. NOT
SO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT
BUT GETTING YOUR SPEED UP
TO THE
AHL LEVEL." IN NORFOLK,
CHRIS RECKLING FOR THE
SPORTSWRAP.
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