KHUDOBIN SHINES, NOREAU WINS AS CANADA TOPS PLANETUSA

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From: Robert Desimone, Communications Manager
(713) 361-7920
Palmer Hestley, Asst. Communications Manager
(713) 361-7930
January 19, 2009


KHUDOBIN MAKES 20 SAVES IN SECOND PERIOD


    After an 18-12 win in Monday’s Skills Competition, the Canadian AHL All-Stars completed a sweep of the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic tonight with a come-from-behind 10-9 shootout win over PlanetUSA in the 2010 AHL All-Star Game at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

    BOXSCORE

    Aeros G Anton Khudobin played the second period for PlanetUSA, making a game high 20 saves on 23 shots faced. "It was lots of fun," Khudobin said. "
It was like the ECHL All-Star game, I saw 17 shots in one period and today I faced 23. But it's good experience."

    Aeros D Maxim Noreau did not figure in the scoring, but finished the game a plus-1 with one shot. He also fired a shot off the crossbar late in the third period before Team Canada scored the tying marker.

    Rookie Tyler Ennis of the hometown Portland Pirates, one of 10 former NHL first-round draft picks in the game, was named most valuable player after notching a goal and two assists for the Canadians.

    The Canadians were down by four goals when the Worcester Sharks’ Logan Couture began the comeback at 7:48 of the third period. The Binghamton Senators’ Ryan Keller collected his second goal of the night at 12:30 and Dustin Jeffrey of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins cut the deficit to 9-8 at the 14:41 mark. Then, with their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, the Canadian squad evened the score when reigning league MVP Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears banged home a shot with 18.0 seconds remaining.

    Couture and Hamilton Bulldogs rookie P.K. Subban scored in the shootout while Hamilton’s Cedrick Desjardins stopped four of five PlanetUSA attempts to seal the win, establishing the largest third-period comeback in AHL All-Star Game history.

    PlanetUSA’s offense was led by Brett Sterling of the Chicago Wolves, Mikko Lehtonen of the Providence Bruins and Sergei Shirokov of the Manitoba Moose with two goals apiece.

    Former Aero Corey Locke of the Hartford Wolf Pack picked up an assist for the Canadian side to set a league record with his ninth career All-Star point. He set an All-Star Game record last season with four goals when he represented Houston in the All-Star Classic at Worcester.

    The road to the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs continues when the American Hockey League’s 74th season resumes on Friday. The Aeros travel to Abbotsford for a pair of games against the Heat, Friday at 9:30 PM (CST) and Saturday at 6:00 PM (CST) from the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. Watch the games live on ahllive.com or listen to the game on 1070 AM - KNTH. Follow the interactive in-game blog at aeros.com

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