JERSEY AUCTION RAISES $31,700 FOR MDA

NORFOLK, VA - Today, the Norfolk Admirals announced that the club's
annual MDA Jersey Auction held this past Saturday raised $31,700.
Following Norfolk's game against Portland on March 25th, the team
auctioned off the players' game-worn jerseys to benefit the Muscular
Dystrophy Association of Hampton Roads.

Once again this year, the Admirals donned special black third jerseys,
which were then auctioned off to the highest bidders. The highest
winning bids were made for the sweaters of Mike Brown at $4,000 and
Quintin Laing at $3,400, the second- and third-highest winning bids in
Norfolk's AHL history. In addition to the 22 players currently on
Norfolk's roster, jerseys were also auctioned for Dustin Byfuglien,
Mark Cullen and James Wisniewski, who are currently playing with the
Blackhawks.

The winning bids on each jersey were as follows:


Mike Brown - $4,000
Quintin Laing - $3,400
Martin St. Pierre - $1,850
Adam Munro - $1,500
Shawn Thornton - $1,300
Matt Keith - $1,200
Danny Richmond - $1,200
Nick Kuiper - $1,100
Jason Morgan - $1,100
Scott Bertoli - $1,000
Dustin Byfuglien - $1,000
Carl Corazzini - $1,000
Mark Cullen - $1,000
Pavel Vorobiev - $1,000
Michael Blunden - $ 900
Colin Fraser - $ 900
Cody Blanshan - $ 850
James Wisniewski - $ 850
Brian Lee - $ 800
Eric Meloche - $ 800
Steve Munn - $ 800
Corey Crawford - $ 750
Nathan Barrett - $ 700
Jordan Hendry - $ 700
Brandon Rodgers - $ 650


Additionally, the Admirals held a silent auction on Scope's concourse
for jerseys of Milan Bartovic and Michal Barinka who are also
currently with Chicago. Those jerseys sold for a
combined $1,350.