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AEROS DOWN ADMIRALS 4-1

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From: Patrick Armstrong, Director of Communications
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Scott Henninger, Communications Manager
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March 25, 2009

AEROS EXTEND WIN STREAK TO FOUR GAMES

MILWAUKEE, Wisc.- The Houston Aeros won their fourth straight game Wednesday night defeating the West Division-leading Milwaukee Admirals 4-1 at Bradley Center. Benoit Pouliot scored two goals and Nolan Schaefer stopped 15 of 16 shots for his 26th win of the season. Houston (36-25-1-8) has won 14 of their last 18 games and will return home for a game Friday night at Toyota Center at 7:35 p.m. against the Rockford IceHogs. It’s Lyme Night on Friday and fans are encouraged to wear lime green to the game in support of the cause. Tickets are available by calling (713) 974-PUCK or visiting AEROS.com.

GAMESHEET

Pouliot opened the scoring at the 7:59 mark of the first period when he scored his sixth goal of the season on assists from Jesse Schultz and Tomas Mojzis. Just 31 seconds later, defenseman Maxim Noreau scored his 12th goal of the season when took a pass from Robbie Earl and beat Admirals’ goaltender Drew MacIntyre. That proved to be all the Aeros would need for the win. Houston only allowed three shots in the first period and took the 2-0 lead into the intermission.

Houston continued the pressure in the second period again outshooting the Admirals 11-5 and Pouliot made it a 3-0 game with 94 seconds remaining in the period. He tipped a shot by Mojzis over the shoulder of MacIntyre for the first of two power play goals in the game.

Kelsey Wilson cut the Aeros lead to 3-1 at the 8:56 mark of the third period on an assist from Cody Franson, but that was as close as the home team would get. Krys Kolanos scored the Aeros’ second power play goal of the game and his team-leading 26th of the season at the 16:56 mark of the period to finish the scoring. He was assisted by Corey Locke who extended his point streak to 10 games, and Noreau who recorded his ninth multiple-point game of the season with a goal and an assist.

The Aeros finished the game outshooting the Admirals 27-16 and Houston went 2-5 on the power play while killing all three of Milwaukee’s man-advantages. Houston improved their record to 3-1-1-1 against Milwaukee this season.

Notes:
- The Aeros started a stretch of eight games in 11 days tonight and six of the eight games are on the road including tonight.
- Benoit Pouliot tallied his first multiple-goal game of the season in scoring his sixth and seventh goals of the year. The Aeros are now 4-2-0-0 when he scores a goal and 11-2-0-0 when he has a point in a game.
- Corey Locke assisted on Krys Kolanos’ third-period goal extending his point streak to 10 games. The streak is the longest current streak in the AHL and he has 12 points (4-8=12) in the 10 games.
- Aeros’ center Tony Hrkac returned to the Bradley Center where his #26 jersey is retired. Hrkac returned to pro hockey and the Aeros on March 11th and hadn’t played pro hockey since the 2005 Calder Cup finals with the Admirals. He played in a total of 340 games with Milwaukee and scored 320 points (97-223=320).

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