SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Milwaukee Admirals ahead Cal O’Reilly is skating in his 1,000th regular-season American Hockey League recreation right this moment because the Admirals go to the Chicago Wolves at Allstate Enviornment in Rosemont, Ailing.
O’Reilly is the ninth participant within the league’s 89-year historical past to achieve that milestone, becoming a member of Willie Marshall (1,205 profession video games), Fred Glover (1,201), Bryan Helmer (1,117), Brett Sutter (1,090), Harry Pidhirny (1,071), Mike Nykoluk (1,069), Jody Gage (1,038) and Rob Murray (1,018). Aside from Sutter, who retired in 2024, the entire different gamers are all members of the AHL Corridor of Fame.
A 38-year-old native of Toronto, O’Reilly is within the second season of his second stint with Milwaukee, returning to the Nashville Predators group that chosen him within the 2005 NHL Draft. After three seasons with Windsor within the Ontario Hockey League, O’Reilly made his skilled debut with the Admirals on Apr. 14, 2006 – additionally towards the Wolves – and has gone on to skate for Milwaukee (2006-10, 2023- ), the Portland Pirates (2011-12), the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (2011-12), the Utica Comets (2013-15), the Rochester Individuals (2015-17), the Toronto Marlies (2016-17), the Iowa Wild (2017-19) and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (2019-23).
O’Reilly has compiled 172 targets, 592 assists (rating sixth in AHL historical past) and 764 factors (twentieth all-time) coming into right this moment. Within the postseason, O’Reilly has amassed 17 targets and 48 assists in 105 contests, reaching the Calder Cup Finals with Milwaukee in 2006 and with Utica in 2015. He’s one in every of 22 gamers in AHL historical past to look in 100 Calder Cup Playoff video games.
O’Reilly has worn the captain’s “C” for 4 totally different AHL golf equipment (Utica, Rochester, Iowa, Lehigh Valley), and has participated in 5 AHL All-Star Classics (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019). In 2020-21, he was the recipient of the AHL’s Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for sportsmanship, willpower and dedication to hockey.
O’Reilly has additionally skated in 145 Nationwide Hockey League video games with Nashville, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Buffalo, the place he was teammates along with his youthful brother Ryan in the course of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
| Participant | Date of 1,000th recreation | Staff | Opponent |
| Harry Pidhirny | Feb. 2, 1965 | Baltimore Clippers | vs. Pittsburgh |
| Fred Glover | Feb. 3, 1965 | Cleveland Barons | vs. Springfield |
| Willie Marshall | Mar. 2, 1968 | Baltimore Clippers | at Portland (WHL) |
| Mike Nykoluk | Mar. 20, 1971 | Hershey Bears | vs. Cleveland |
| Jody Gage | Nov. 25, 1994 | Rochester Individuals | vs. Cornwall |
| Rob Murray | Feb. 28, 2003 | Springfield Falcons | vs. Hartford |
| Bryan Helmer | Feb. 18, 2011 | Oklahoma Metropolis Barons | vs. Abbotsford (@ Calgary) |
| Brett Sutter | Dec. 21, 2022 | Calgary Wranglers | vs. Ontario |
| Cal O’Reilly | Feb. 20, 2025 | Milwaukee Admirals | at Chicago |
