Aeros Game Day, March 29: Aeros Vs. Monsters

March 29, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Houston Aeros News Release


The Houston Aeros (32-23-4-9, 77 pts.) begin a five-game homestand on Thursday (7:05 p.m. CST) against the Lake Erie Monsters (32-27-3-7, 74 pts.) at Toyota Center.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

---The Aeros hold the No. 6 spot in the eight-team Western Conference playoff race. They are tied in points with San Antonio and Abbotsford but have fewer wins.

---The Aeros are winless in four games (0-3-1-0). The longest winless streak this season is six games (0-3-1-2, Jan. 14-28).

---Lake Erie is one point out of the playoff picture and is winless in six games (0-2-1-3).

---Eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs: the three division winners will be seeded first through third in order of points, and the next five teams in order of points will be seeded fourth through eighth.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES

Wednesday (March 28) --- at MIL (3-2 OTL)

Thursday (March 29) --- vs. LE (7:05 p.m. CST)

Saturday (March 31) --- vs. HAM (7:35 p.m. CST)

LAST GAME

David McIntyre had a goal and an assist and Chay Genoway scored for the Houston Aeros in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Admirals Wednesday at the Bradley Center.

AEROS BROADCASTS

Radio: 1070 KNTH-AM

Listen online: www.aeros.com

Watch online: www.ahllive.com

Listen on Smartphone including BlackBerry: Download the TuneIn Radio App; search Houston, then KNTH.

LIVE SCORING AND STATS

The AHL provides live scoring and stats via the GameCenter tab at www.theahl.com.

AEROS/MONSTERS HEAD-TO-HEAD

This is the fourth of four meetings this season... HOU is 3-0-0-0 against the Monsters this season (2-0-0-0 at home, 1-0-0-0 on the road) ... HOU PP is 2/12... LE PP is 2/8... All-time HOU is 13-6-0-0 (5-4-0-0 home, 5-5-0-0 road).

RECENT AEROS TRANSACTIONS

---March 28: F Chad Rau reassigned by MIN

---March 27: G Matt Hackett reassigned by MIN

---March 25: F Chad Rau recalled by MIN

---March 24: G Matt Hackett recalled by MIN

AEROS INJURIES

Jeff Penner has missed the last 29 games... Mike McKenzie has missed the last 26 games... Darcy Kuemper has missed the last 12 games.

AEROS MILESTONES

---Jon DiSalvatore's 20th goal (on March 3 at SA) was his 69th as an Aero, placing him first in franchise history (AHL only, 4th AHL/IHL). His 41st game on Jan. 21 at TEX was his 200th as an Aero, placing him 10th all-time in Aeros (AHL) history.

---Jeff Taffe notched his 400th AHL point with an assist on Jon DiSalvatore's goal on Jan. 8 at SA. Taffe had two assists while skating in his 500th AHL game on Jan. 21 at TEX.

---Drew Bagnall played in his 300th AHL game at TEX on Jan. 21.

AEROS PLAYER NOTES

--- Justin Fontaine has points in seven of the last 12 games (4-6=10) and 12 of the last 18 games (5-13=18).

---Jeff Taffe leads the Aeros with 13 multi-point games, including a pair of four-point outings. He has goals in two of three games.

---Chad Rau has points in two of the last three games (1-1=2).

---Chay Genoway has points in two of the last three games (1-1=2).

---Jon DiSalvatore has assists in two of three games.

---The Minnesota Wild has made 49 recalls from Houston this season involving 20 different players.

---The Aeros have made 168 transactions since opening day, involving 52 different players, both new team records.

---A total of 50 different players have seen ice time with the Aeros this season.

---Roster players by season (01-02/36, 02-03/35, 03-04/41, 04-05/31, 05-06/35, 06-07/26, 07-08/32, 08-09/42, 09-10/38, 10-11/43).

TEAM NOTABLES

---The Aeros are 10-4-0-0 against North Division teams this season.

---Houston is 21-0-1-3 when leading after two periods.

---Houston has earned at least a point in 20 of the 37 games (11-17-3-6) in which they have allowed the first goal. They are 21-6-1-3 when scoring first.

---The Aeros netted two power play goals in the same period for the first time since scoring twice in the middle period against San Antonio on Jan. 8

---Out of 32 wins this season, 29 have come when the Aeros allow three or fewer goals and 22 have come when scoring four or more.

---Houston has played 35 games that have been decided by one goal (14-8-4-9).

---The Aeros have won four straight shootouts after losing nine of the first 10 this season. The Aeros edged Grand Rapids 3-2 on Jan. 11 for their first shootout victory of the season.

--- The attendance of 13,390 on Feb. 5 was the largest crowd for the Aeros since moving to Toyota Center in the 2002-03 season. It was the largest Aeros crowd since 13,342 on Jan. 16, 2004. The crowd of 11,373 was the second largest crowd for the Aeros this season.

AEROS GOALIES

BRODEUR --- Has a 40-37-6 record in 102 AHL games with four shutouts, a 2.85 GAA and a .907 SV%. He also has appeared in seven NHL games, all with the Ottawa Senators, posting a 3-1-0 record with one shutout and 2.17 GAA and .922 SV%. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound Calgary native was selected to the Canadian all-star team for the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic, and joins the Aeros from the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL. Brodeur was a seventh-round selection (211th overall) of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

FALLON --- Signed PTO on March 3... Appeared in 47 games with Las Vegas of the ECHL this season, posting a 30-10-1-3 record along with a 2.39 GAA and .912 SV%... Led the ECHL in wins (26) and minutes played (2739) and was tied for second in shutouts (3) when signed by HOU... Stopped 29/30 in 5-1 W over GR on March 10 for his first Aeros win... Was selected as the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 18, 2012. Won all four starts, allowing just five goals on 125 shots (4-0-0, 1.20, .960) and stopping 11/13 in two shootouts.

GREENHAM --- Joins the Aeros from the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL, where he registered a 2-0-0 record with a 4.00 GAA and a .900 SV%. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Addison, Ont., native recently completed his collegiate career at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He finished as the school's career leader in wins (48), GAA (2.24), SV% (.916), and shutouts (11).

HACKETT - Is 6-8-3 (2.58 GAA/.904 SV%) at home and 11-6-1 (2.31, .925) on the road... Won six-straight road starts from Oct. 28-Dec. 30... Is 3-5-0 with a 2.30 goals against average (GAA) and a .927 save percentage (SV%) in 11 games with the Wild this season... Last Game: Stopped 22/25 in 3-2OTL at MIL on March 28.

POWER PLAY

Is 1/10 in the last three games... Went 8/38 in games 51-60 (21.1 %)... Went 8/43 in games 41-50 (18.6%)... Went 7/38 (18.4%) in games 31-40... Went 5/37 (13.5%) in games 21-30... Went 20/106 (18/9%) in games 1-20... Set a season-high going 3/5 in a 4-2 win at SAN on Oct. 28... Tied the 3/5 mark on March 10 vs. GR.

PENALTY KILL

Opponents are 2/14 on the PP in the last three games... Stopped 6/34 in games 51-60 (82.4%)... Stopped 30/39 (76.9 %) in games 41-50... Stopped 28/36 (77.7%) in games 31-40... Stopped 20/27 (74.0%) in games 21-30... Stopped 80/97 (82.4%) in games 1-20.

AEROS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

4 - BAGH-nawl

7 - FRED-haym

8 - MED-vekh

13 - FOO-koh

14 - deh-SAL-vuh-tohr

20 - ROWH (like now)

22 - TAYF

26 - MACK-in-tyre

27 - mick-MILL-uhn

35 - KEHM-puhr

39 - GEHN-oh-way

44 - pawl-MAIR-ee

61 - KOO-muh

Torchetti --- TOHR-cheh-TEE

Van Ryn --- VAN-RIGHN

LaPlante --- luh-PLAHNT



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