Preview: Aeros-Admirals, Game 2
Published on May 1, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Houston Aeros News Release
HOUSTON AEROS (2nd seed, West Division)
at MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS (1st seed, West Division)
BEST-OF-7 (MIL LEADS 1-0)
BRADLEY CENTER (5:00 p.m. CST)
OVERVIEW
The Houston Aeros and Milwaukee Admirals battle in a best-of-seven series in the second round of the 2011 Calder Cup Playoffs. Milwaukee took a 1-0 series lead with a 3-1 victory in Game 1. The series is a 2-3-2 format.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
Houston swept its opening round series versus the Peoria Rivermen by a 4-0 count while the Admirals edged the Texas Stars in seven games.
PLAYOFF NUGGETS
--- The Aeros have allowed the first goal in each of the first five games of the 2011 Calder Cup Playoffs.
--- Houston is 3-7 all-time in playoff series when losing Game 1.
--- The Aeros are 6-5 in Game 2 of a playoff series after losing Game 1.
--- The Aeros have been outscored 7-3 in the first period, but have outscored opponents 6-2 in the second period and 5-1 in the third.
--- Two of the four games in the first round versus PEO were decided by one goal.
--- Brett Bulmer, Minnesota ¬â¢s second round draft pick in 2010, made his pro debut on April 28 at MIL in Game 1.
--- In AHL playoff action, Houston is 10-7 in Game 1 with a 3-6 record on the road.
--- Patrick O ¬â¢Sullivan has a point in all five playoff games this season.
--- Colton Gillies scored twice in Game 3 and became the 29th Aeros player to record two goals in a playoff game. No Aero has ever scored a hat trick in postseason play.
NHL AFFILIATES
Houston Aeros (Minnesota Wild)
Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville Predators)
SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
West Division Final ¬" Series ¬ÅL ¬Â (best-of-7)
W1-Milwaukee Admirals vs. W2-Houston Aeros
Game 1 ¬" Fri., Apr. 29 ¬" Houston 1 at Milwaukee 3
Game 2 ¬" Sun., May 1 ¬" Houston at Milwaukee, 5:00
Game 3 ¬" Tue., May 3 ¬" Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05
Game 4 ¬" Thu., May 5 ¬" Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05
*Game 5 ¬" Fri., May 6 ¬" Milwaukee at Houston, 7:35
*Game 6 ¬" Sun., May 8 ¬" Houston at Milwaukee, 5:00
*Game 7 ¬" Tue., May 10 ¬" Houston at Milwaukee, 7:00
PLAYOFF HISTORY VERSUS MILWAUKEE
--- This is the fifth playoff clash between the Aeros and Admirals. The series is tied at 2-2.
--- In 19 playoff games versus MIL the Aeros are 8-11 (5-4 at home, 3-7 on the road).
--- Lost 3-1 in 1998 Western Conf. Quarterfinals.
--- Won 3-0 in 2003 Western Conf. Quarterfinals.
--- Lost 4-0 in 2006 West Division Finals.
--- Won 4-3 in 2009 West Division Finals.
REGULAR SEASON SERIES NOTES
--- The Aeros went 2-3-0-1 (2-1-0-0 at home, 0-2-0-1 on the road).
--- HOU went 5/30 on the PP while MIL went 7/26.
--- MIL won three games in regulation while wins for HOU came in extra time (one OT, one SO)
--- MIL scored five goals against the Aeros twice while HOU scored four goals once.
--- Five of the six games were decided by one goal, with the lone exception being a 5-2 win by MIL on April 1.
--- Patrick O ¬â¢Sullivan led the Aeros (5-2-7) in scoring while Chris Mueller (3-4-7) led the Admirals.
--- MIL scored the first goal in four of the six games. HOU was 1-1-0-0 when scoring first.
REGULAR SEASON NOTES
The Aeros finished the regular season with a 46-28-1-5 (98 pts.) record for the No. 2 spot in the West Division. The Aeros had the most wins in both the division and the Western Conference. Only two other teams finished with more wins (WBS ¬" 58, Portland -47). Milwaukee won the West Division title for the fourth time in eight years and topped 100 points for the fifth time since 2003-04. They finished with a 44-22-6-8 record.
LAST GAME QUICK RECAP
Ryan Thang and Steve Begin each registered a goal and an assist for the Milwaukee Admirals while Colton Gillies scored the lone goal for the Houston Aeros as the Admirals took a 3-1 victory in Game 1 of the American Hockey League ¬â¢s West Division Finals at the Bradley Center on Friday night. Milwaukee opened up a 2-0 lead midway through the first period with goals 41 seconds apart.
BROADCAST INFO
Follow the Aeros on News Talk 1070 KNTH and online at AEROS.COM with Joe O ¬â¢Donnell providing the play-by-play call. Watch every game at www.ahllive.com.
AEROS GOALIES
--- Matt Hackett went 4-0 in the first round versus PEO with a 1.68 GAA and .932 SV%.
--- Hackett won a personal season-high four in a row from March 13-20.
--- Hackett went 1-1-1 against the Admirals (2-1 SOL, 3-2 OTW, 5-1 L) in the regular season.
--- Josh Tordjman was 4-1-0 in six overall appearances during the regular season.
AEROS SPECIAL TEAMS
POWER PLAY --- Went 3/24 in the opening round ¬Â¦ Ranked 6th (20.2%) in the regular season ¬Â¦ Jon DiSalvatore led the team with 14 PPG ¬Â¦ Finished the season with goals in six-straight to set a season-high streak (18/45) ¬Â¦Also had goals in six-straight from Feb. 22-Mar. 4 ¬Â¦ Had multiple PPG in 16 games and was 12-2-0-2 in those games.
PENALTY KILL --- PEO went 3/12 on the PP in the first round ¬Â¦ Ranked 22nd (81.0%) in the regular season ¬Â¦ Carson McMillan led the team with three SHG ¬Â¦ Opponents were 16/46 on the PP in the final eight games of the season ¬Â¦ Allowed at least a goal in a season-high seven straight (Mar. 22 ¬" Apr. 2) ¬Â¦ Held opponents to one or no PPG in 15 straight games until TOR went 2-for-5 on Jan. 23.
AEROS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
6 - scan-DELL-uh
8 ¬" LOFF-kwist
10 ¬" FOO-coh
14 ¬" deh-SAL-vuh-tohr
20 ¬" ROWH (like now)
22 ¬" ORT-migh-uhr
26 ¬" Max-uhm naw-roh
32 ¬" FRED-haym
42 ¬" KAS-ee-uhn
61 ¬" KOO-muh
62 ¬" DAH-ooh
Yeo ¬" YOH
Sydor ¬" sugh-DOHR
Tretiak ¬" TREE-tee-ack
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