AEROS POSTGAME FEB. 11: HOU 5, GR 4

By: Rich Bocchini/Aeros.com
Postgame, Feb. 11
Sat., Feb. 11, 2012

Jon DiSavatore scored with 29 seconds left in regulation to lead the Houston Aeros to a 5-4 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday at Van Andel Arena.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
FEB. 11: HOU 5, GR 4

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ---
  Jon DiSavatore scored with 29 seconds left in regulation to lead the Houston Aeros to a 5-4 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday at Van Andel Arena.

Kris Foucault, David McIntyre, Jed Ortmeyer and Marco Scandella also scored for Houston, and Justin Fontaine notched two assists. Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves for Houston, which improved to 25-13-3-9 and has won two-straight.

DiSalvatore's goal came 17 seconds after Jaokim Anderrson tied it for Grand Rapids with goaltender Tom McCollum pulled in favor of the extra attacker. Drew Bagnall earned the assist and the Aeros improved to 16-6-0-3 on the road.

Houston battled back from a 3-2 deficit after two periods to score three times in the final 20 minutes. Foucault started the rally with his 10th goal of the season at the 2:55 mark, and McIntyre put the Aeros up 4-3 at 8:31 with his 13th goal of the season. Anderrson tied at 19:14, but DiSalvatore responded at 19:31 with his team-leading 15th goal of the season and second game-winner.

The Aeros continue their franchise record 11-game road trip at 7 p.m. CST on Tuesday at Milwaukee.The team returns home March 10 against Grand Rapids at 7:35 p.m at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Jon DiSalvatore has points in eight of the last nine games (3-5=8)... Justin Fontaine had his second two-point game in an as many nights and his seventh of the season... Marco Scandella has points in the last five games he has played with the Aeros (2-3=5)... Kris Foucault scored his third goal in the last five games... Foucault has points in four of the last five games (3-2=5)... David McIntyre had his third goal in five games... Darcy Kuemper earned his first road win since Jan. 13 and improved to 5-3-2 away from Toyota Center.

NEXT GAME
Tuesday at Milwaukee (7 p.m. CST)

RECORDS

HOU: 25-13-3-9
GR: 19-20-4-4

GOAL SCORERS

HOU: Scandella, Ortmeyer, Foucault, McIntyre, DiSalvatore
GR: Minard, Johnson, Brunnstrom, Anderrson

AEROS STARTERS
F – DiSalvatore, Rau, Taffe
D – Fredheim, Cuma
G – Kuemper

AEROS SCRATCHES
Penner, McKenzie, Broda

DECIDING GOAL
DiSalvatore (19:31, 3rd)

POWER PLAYS

HOU: 0/3
GR: 0/3

GOALIES
HOU: Kuemper (30/34)
GR: McCollum (17/22)




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