Sun., March 11, 2012

Jarod Palmer scored his fifth goal of the season and Jon DiSalvatore had his third goal in two games but the Houston Aeros fell 5-2 to the Grand Rapids Griffins Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,239 at Toyota Center.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
MARCH 11: GR 5, HOU 2

HOUSTON ---  Jarod Palmer scored his fifth goal of the season and Jon DiSalvatore had his third goal in two games but the Houston Aeros fell 5-2 to the Grand Rapids Griffins Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,239 at Toyota Center.

Joe Fallon made 32 saves for the Aeros.

Palmer put Houston ahead 1-0 at 3:42 in the second period with his first goal since Dec. 8. Gustav Nyquist tied the game at 1-1 on his 20th goal of the season 30 seconds later, and Garnet Exelby put the Griffins up with a goal at 7:36 in the second.

DiSalvatore knotted the score at 2-2 with his team-leading 24th goal of the season on a power play at 11:32 in the second, but Jamie Johnson put Grand Rapids back on top, 3-2 with a goal at 18:41 in the second.

DiSalvatore has scored 10 goals in the last 11 games and has points in 11 of his last 13 outings (10-6=16).

Chris Conner scored at 16:02 in the third and Francis Pare added an empty netter for Grand Rapids.

The Aeros continue their six-game homestand Tuesday against the Abbotsford Heat at 7:05 p.m. at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
C.J. Stretch has assists in two straight games and assists in three of the last four games and four of the last six games... Tyler Cuma has assists in two straight games and three of the last four games... Justin Fontaine has assists in four straight games... Fontaine has points in nine of the last ten games (1-11=12)... Chay Genoway has assists in two straight games... Genoway has points in three of the last four games (1-2=3).

NEXT GAME
Tuesday vs. Abbotsford, 7:05 p.m. CDT

RECORDS
HOU: 28-20-3-9
GR: 26-23-6-4

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: Palmer, DiSalvatore
GR: Nyquist, Exelby, Johnson, Conner, Pare

AEROS STARTERS
F – Almond, Foucault, McMillan
D – Fredheim, Cuma
G – Fallon

AEROS SCRATCHES
Penner, Mignardi, Lunden, McKenzie, Kuemper

DECIDING GOAL
Johnson (18:41, 2nd)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 1/3
GR: 0/3

GOALIES
HOU: Fallon (32/36)
GR: Conklin (23/25)