Sunday, Nov.  13, 2011

Jon DiSalvatore scored twice, Drew Bagnall had a goal and an assist and Jed Ortmeyer scored as the Houston Aeros defeated the Charlotte Checkers 5-2 Sunday at Toyota Center.  The Aeros moved back into a tie for first place in the West Division with the win.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
NOV. 13, 2011: HOU 5, CHA 2

HOUSTON --- Jon DiSalvatore scored twice, Drew Bagnall had a goal and an assist and Jed Ortmeyer scored as the Houston Aeros defeated the Charlotte Checkers 5-2 Sunday at Toyota Center.

Casey Wellman had a goal and an assist, and Matt Hackett made 31 saves for the Aeros, which improved to 9-3-0-3 and moved back into a tie for the first place in the West Division.

DiSalvatore gave the Aeros a 1-0 lead at 6:47 in the first, and Bagnall extended the lead to 2-0 with his first goal of the season at 17:12 in the first.

After Matthew Pistilli cut the lead to 2-1 with a power play goal at 6:49 in the second, DiSalvatore scored on a breakaway at 7:44 in the second to give Houston a 3-1 lead. Ortmeyer made it 4-1 at 9:33 in the second with his fourth goal of the season.

Jon Matsumoto scored for Charlotte at 7:53 in the third period before Wellman added an empty net power play goal at 19:19 in the third for his team-leading tenth goal of the season. Mike Murphy had 26 saves for Charlotte.

The Aeros finish their four-game homestand at Toyota Center against Texas Friday at 7:35 p.m.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Jon DiSalvatore has five two-point games this season. ...Casey Wellman has points in four straight games (2-3=5). ...Wellman has points in ten of his last 11 games and at least a point in all but two games this season... Drew Bagnall had his first two point game since February 20, 2010 and first game with a goal and an assist since October 2009. ... Chay Genoway has a point in the last five games (0-6=6).

NEXT GAME
Friday vs. Texas (7:35 p.m.)

RECORDS
HOU - 9-3-0-3
CHA - 9-6-0-1

GOAL SCORERS
HOU - DiSalvatore (2), Bagnall, Ortmeyer, Wellman
CHA - Pistilli, Matsumoto

AEROS STARTERS
F – DiSalvatore, Wellman, Almond
D – Fredhiem, Cuma
G – Hackett

AEROS SCRATCHES
Taffe, Reid

DECIDING GOAL
DiSalvatore (7:44, 2nd)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 1/6
CHA: 1/5

GOALIES
HOU: Hackett (31/33)
CHA: Murphy (26/30)