Congrats Doug!

A message to Admirals Fans from the newest Admirals Alum: Athletic Trainer Doug Agnew

The Road to Nashville goes through Milwaukee; it says so on the Admirals locker room wall. Well, after 32 seasons, 2,487 regular season games and many more playoff games, I’m finally hitting that “Road,” as I am leaving the Admirals for a position on the Nashville Predators’ medical staff.

People always ask me how I could stay in the same job for so many years with the Admirals. It’s no secret, I am fortunate to have the four essential ingredients for a long and happy career. First and foremost, a loving, supportive family. My wife Melanie and I have raised three great children, Lauren, Lindsey, and Sandon, during my Admirals tenure, who, like me, are all now out creating their own successes. Second, I love the job. Third, I love Milwaukee, and fourth, I love of the people I work with.

So why the change now, after all these wonderful years in the Admirals organization?

Well, as it was when I originally came to Milwaukee; when a NHL team asks if you’re interested, you quickly respond “of course, hell yay!”. It was a call from legendary Vancouver Canucks GM Pat Quinn in 1989 that gave me the opportunity to join the Admirals, and it was a similar call this summer from Predators Assistant GM Brian Poile that has allowed me to achieve my career dream to work in the NHL.

I will certainly miss many things about Milwaukee on my new endeavor. I want to give a huge shout out to the medical professionals that help on game nights, always giving their valuable time to the players. I will miss the city of Milwaukee that has changed so much over the years. I will miss the comforts of a training room I helped design, and I will miss the friendships in the front office (I knew I could never challenge Wojo’s record of number of Admirals seasons worked).