The Milwaukee Admirals announced Thursday that the team has assigned defenseman Rick Pinkston and goalie Jake Paterson to the Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) and loaned forward Derek Army to the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL).

Those moves set the Admirals opening night roster at 24 players.

Forwards (14): Cody Bass, Bobby Butler, Frederick Gaudreau, Justin Kirkland, Tyler Kelleher, Vladislav Kamenev, PC Labrie, Tyler Moy, Stephen Perfetto, Emil Pettersson, Anthony Richard, Trevor Smith, Yakov Trenin, and Harry Zolnierczyk.

Defensemen (8): Frederic Allard, Alex Carrier, Jack Dougherty, Petter Granberg, Joonas Lyytinen, Trevor Murphy, Andrew O’Brien, and Jimmy Oligny.

Goalies (2): Anders LIndback and Matt O’Connor

The Admirals begin the regular season with a pair of games this weekend against the Iowa Wild in Des Moines.

Milwaukee will open up the home portion of their schedule on Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. against the Hershey Bears at Panther Arena.

Tickets can be purchased at the Admirals office, located at 510 W. Kilbourn Ave, during the week from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. In addition, tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets are also available at the UWM Panther Arena and Milwaukee Theatre Box Office.