Aeros End Trip With 3-1 Win Over Lake Erie
Published on November 14, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Houston Aeros News Release
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Houston Aeros ended a three-game losing streak with a convincing 3-1 win over the Lake Erie Monsters Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Goaltender Barry Brust stopped 30 of 31 shots in net and Maxim Noreau tallied the game-winning goal as the Aeros improved their record to 8-7-0-0. Aeros' forwards Corey Locke and Jesse Schultz each recorded two assists in the win, and Tom Fritsche scored the lone goal for the Monsters who fell to 5-7-0-1. Houston finished their five-game road trip with two wins and will head home for a game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Sunday at Toyota Center at 4:05 p.m. CST. Tickets are available by calling (713) 974-PUCK or visiting AEROS.com.
Box Score
Houston pressured the Monsters early in the first period and out shot Lake Erie 13-8 in the period. Ryan Hamilton gave the Aeros a 1-0 lead on the team's last shot of the opening period at the 19:01 mark. Hamilton came down the left wing boards, left a drop pass for Corey Locke who feathered a return pass back to Hamilton and he backhanded the puck past Monsters' goaltender Tyler Weiman. The Aeros killed two penalties in the opening period and finished 0-for-1 on the power play.
At the 11:05 mark of the second, both Chris Mueller and Nathan Smith went to the penalty box for the Monsters giving the Aeros a two-man advantage. Noreau scored on a one-timer blast on a pass from Locke on the ensuing five-on-three to make it 2-0. Only 37 seconds later, and with the Aeros on a five-on-four advantage, Marco Rosa buried a rebound off the back boards to give the Aeros a three-goal lead. The Monsters out shot Houston 11-5 in the period, but the two power play goals gave the visitors a 3-0 lead heading into the intermission.
Fritsche broke up Brust's bid for a shutout just 3:13 into the final period when he banged in a rebound in a scrum in front of the net. The goal ended the Aeros shutout streak against the Monsters that lasted 202:43 dating back to last season. Houston held on killing two Monsters' power plays in the final period to win 3-1 and end their three-game losing streak.
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