Aeros Fall to Stars 3-2
Published on December 21, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Houston Aeros News Release
HOUSTON ---- Chad Rau had a goal and an assist and Cody Almond added his fourth goal of the season, but the Houston Aeros surrendered three second period goals to the Texas Stars and fell 3-2 Wednesday at Toyota Center.
Matt Hackett made 22 saves in goal for Houston as the Aeros dropped to 16-6-2-7. The loss dropped the Aeros to third place in the AHL's West Division, three points behind first place Oklahoma City and one point behind No. 2 Abbotsford.
Rau, who has scored five of his six goals on the season against the Stars, gave the Aeros a 1-0 lead at 7:58 of the first period. The Stars tied it at 1-1 in the second period on a goal by Hubert Labrie at the 8:31 mark.
Almond put the Aeros back up 2-1 on a short-handed goal at 16:06 of the second period, but Ryan Garbutt answered for Texas with a goal at 17 minutes in the second period and another goal 1:08 later to put Texas up 3-2.
The Aeros finish a three-game homestand against the San Antonio Rampage at 7:05 p.m. Monday at Toyota Center.
BOMB DROPPINGS
Cody Almond has a goal in three straight AHL games and a five-game points streak (3-2=5)... Chad Rau had his first two-point game since Dec. 2 at Rochester and his third two-point game of the season... Rau also has a point in three straight games (2-2=4)... Almond's short-handed goal was Houston's first since Warren Peters scored a short-handed tally Dec. 6 at San Antonio... The loss marked just the second time the Aeros have fallen in regulation in back-to-back games this season.
NEXT GAME Monday vs. San Antonio (7:05 p.m CST)
RECORDS HOU: 16-6-2-7 TEX: 13-14-0-1
GOAL SCORERS HOU: Rau, Almond TEX: Labrie, Garbutt (2)
AEROS STARTERS F - DiSalvatore, Rau, Fontaine D - Prosser, Cuma G - Hackett
AEROS SCRATCHES Taffe, Montgomery
DECIDING GOAL Garbutt (18:08, 3rd)
POWER PLAYS HOU: 0/1 TEX: 0/1
GOALIES HOU: Hackett (22/25) TEX: Beskorowany (27/29)
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