All photos by ArtandHockey 2/27/2010
fighting for the face off!
Too Good A Start?
Beaudoin penaltyOfficials get between Earl
and fellow Star pugilistSAVED by BB
Fight, Fight..
Second intermission feature"Theater on Ice" a pleasant surprise!
Stunned fans - despondent - unbelieving - drooping
Driven to become "The Absinthe Drinker" ?(Picasso)
Stars have an incredible start 3 shots ON goal 3 shots INTO Aeros goal, minded by starter "Dubie", after that
" Brusty" comes out and .. lets in one more goal, gets dumped onto his face by McCulloch, then holds off 13 of 14 SoGs, then was pulled at the end and - of course Stars got an empty net goal by Lindgren at 19:04!
Bingo: Stars 5 Aeros 2.THE END!
Bingo: Stars 5 Aeros 2.THE END!
The goals by Houston: Fraser, Daoust, Gunderson in the 1. period. Followed by Stars goals Nr.1 Wathier, Stafford, Hutchison on a PP, Nr. 2: Hutchison,Sceviour, Korostin, Nr. 3 Tousignant, Beaudoin, Morin.
Second period sees another goal by Stars' Jancevski, Wathier, Rallo. Third period Sifers comes storming from the box, finds the puck and rushes toward Climie who wanders out from his net, and so Sifers gets an unassisted, shorthanded goal at 15:43. THAT WAS A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED ONE! FANS GASPING AND LAUGHING HAPPILY!
But a short while later, Better Half and I had started to wander toward the garage, when huge out cry by fans, Lindgren gets an empty netter (Nr. 5 goal for Stars).
I really like to ask ALMOND what he IS thinking of to start all these fights lately?
Mad because he did not stay up in Minnie? Or maybe he just doesn't think!
How can sitting out penalties not affect the team such that they have to kill said penalties wasting time!
Guys, THINK before you BRAWL!!
I expect fights from Kassian, Testwuide, Sifers, sometimes from Falk, Smith, Daoust, even Irmen and Noreau have lost their cool.
This said, the whole evening could have been a totally lost one.. IF NOT for running into Brandon, The Rock, Rogers who took the time to chat a bit, which was just what the doctor might have ordered to lift my spirit without conspicuous consumption OF spirits! ;-)
Apropos, I do NOT like Absinthe -just to set record straight, LOL.
Apropos, I do NOT like Absinthe -just to set record straight, LOL.
This was NOT a game, this was slaughter of the (alas not so) innocent!
These Aeros played -well, these Aeros played very hard at playing Junior league hockey : - ( ------;-)
NO defense to speak of, but then that was balanced out by the ABSENCE of offense. Unable to use Power Play opportunities, but they did manage to kill a few penalties, other than that very first goal by Wathier which got the Stars 'sparking' alas!
NO defense to speak of, but then that was balanced out by the ABSENCE of offense. Unable to use Power Play opportunities, but they did manage to kill a few penalties, other than that very first goal by Wathier which got the Stars 'sparking' alas!
Just trying to keep up with all the penalties in this "fight of a game
"on a pad of paper impossible...several were concurrent on BOTH sides...so, for the first time here's a reprint AHL boxscore of this LONG list!
"on a pad of paper impossible...several were concurrent on BOTH sides...so, for the first time here's a reprint AHL boxscore of this LONG list!
1 - HOU Milroy, 0:34 - Holding , 2 min (PP)
1 - TEX Morin, 10:19 - Roughing , 2 min
1 - HOU Kassian, 10:19 - Charging , 2 min
1 - TEX McCulloch, 16:40 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - HOU Earl, 2:05 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX McCulloch, 6:56 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX Beaudoin, 9:44 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX Ludwig, 16:56 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - HOU Daoust, 17:54 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Morin, 5:21 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Gagnon, 9:13 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Rallo, 10:24 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - TEX Stafford, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - TEX Stafford, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Almond, 10:24 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - HOU Daoust, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - TEX Peters, 11:15 - Slashing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Sifers, 13:38 - Boarding , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Falk, 14:30 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Almond, 16:29 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Sawada, 19:19 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - TEX Wathier, 19:19 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - HOU Falk, 19:19 - Charging , 2 min
3 - HOU Falk, 19:19 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Misconduct , 10 min
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Game misconduct - Third man in (47.15), 10 min
1 - TEX Morin, 10:19 - Roughing , 2 min
1 - HOU Kassian, 10:19 - Charging , 2 min
1 - TEX McCulloch, 16:40 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - HOU Earl, 2:05 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX McCulloch, 6:56 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX Beaudoin, 9:44 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - TEX Ludwig, 16:56 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
2 - HOU Daoust, 17:54 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Morin, 5:21 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Gagnon, 9:13 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Rallo, 10:24 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - TEX Stafford, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - TEX Stafford, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Almond, 10:24 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - HOU Daoust, 10:24 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - TEX Peters, 11:15 - Slashing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Sifers, 13:38 - Boarding , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Falk, 14:30 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Almond, 16:29 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - TEX Sawada, 19:19 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - TEX Wathier, 19:19 - Roughing , 2 min
3 - HOU Falk, 19:19 - Charging , 2 min
3 - HOU Falk, 19:19 - Fighting , 5 min
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Roughing , 2 min (PP)
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Misconduct , 10 min
3 - HOU Kassian, 19:19 - Game misconduct - Third man in (47.15), 10 min
Now Aeros slide back to 6th place?
They will face the Rampage on Wednesday in San Antonio.
I will be there and report on the outcome if any ;-)
4 comments:
Game IS over for Aeros this season!
Barring a miracle? Anyone has one, or better yet, several for sale?
Well, let me repeat myself, even if sounding like a broken record, HOCKEY is GOOD entertainment! So get a ticket, sit back, guzzle whatever is Your poison,
and ENJOY fast action, even misdirected fast action it may be ;-)!
I was still to sick to attend the game in person. So I watched in on Fox Sports Network. It did not look good the way the team was playing. I was glad to see such a huge crowd at the game (highest attendance all year, I believe). I did like the other announcer with Joe O'Donnell on Fox, he added a lot to the commentary. Coach Constantine looked so depressed when they would zoom in on him.
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I personally enjoy the comradery of the other STH's around me and non-STH's and first-timers that also sit near me (108-down low on Blue-Line). Win or lose, I enjoy the Aeros games and support them. It gets me out of the house. I just wish I could have been there the last two games, just too sick to get out for the games.
Sorry to hear that. Hope you will be up and feeling better soon! And yes, it was an entertaining game. As was USA vs Canada WOW!
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