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Areos come back in SO

February 28, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Abbotsford Heat News Release


The Houston Aeros came from behind to beat Quad City 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday. With the win, the Aeros open up a nine-point lead over the Flames for the final playoff spot in the West Division. Aki Seitsonen, John Vigilante and Brett Sutter supplied the goals for Quad City in the shootout loss. The Flames haven't lost in regulation in their last six home games, a franchise record for consecutive home games without a regulation loss.

Aki Seitsonen scored the only goal of the opening period when he blasted a shot past Houston's Nolan Schaefer from the left wing wall at 1:51 of the frame. The tally stood up as both goaltenders were solid for the remainder of the first period. Schaefer denied seven Flames shots in the first including Kris Chucko on a point-blank chance late in the period. Quad City's Kevin Lalande made ten saves in the period including a spectacular stop on Matt Beaudoin during a mid-period rally by the Aeros.

The Flames extended their lead to 2-0 when John Vigilante netted his second goal in as many nights at 3:26 of the middle period. Vigilante accepted a feed from behind the net by Cam Cunning and slammed his chance home to open up the two-goal cushion. Marco Rosa put Houston on the board three minutes later when he scored on a power play. The man advantage marker sliced the Flames lead to 2-1 and held up as the final goal of the second frame.

The Aeros tied the game when Jesse Schultz scored on the power play just 82 seconds into the third period. Brett Sutter scored to re-claim the lead for Quad City at 4:33 of the closing period. Another power-play tally by Marco Rosa tied the game at three with just 3:18 left in regulation. The teams skated scoreless through the overtime and into the shootout.

In the extra session, Nolan Schaeffer stopped four of the five shooters he faced while Marco Rosa and Krys Kolanos scored for the Aeros to secure the win.

The Flames are in Chicago on Sunday for a 3:00 p.m. face-off with the Wolves. The game can be heard on 93.9 FM WYEC beginning at 2:35 p.m. with The Hayman's Ace Hardware Pre-Game Show. Fans can also watch the game for just $6.00 at ahllive.com.

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