Aeros put spring into their skates with corrections



Face Off

 



Buck chasing after puck



Big Ben Save!



Kalus going afer puck

Fast paced, respectable passing, agressive skating, chasing puck into corners and behind net... that was a good game to watch. Buck and Kalus chasing after pucks-see photos.
Speedy skating by Buck, Kalus, Almond and others.

Several Aeros (Buck and Earl) ALMOST had a goal, but Big Ben Bishop was just too....big....too good

Big Ben Bend
The so admired "Big Ben Bend" Bishop shut out Aeros
through 3 periods (36 sog) .

"Dimples" Khudobin made some spectacular saves (32 sog).
Both teams skated well, Peoria a mite more 'dirty' perhaps!
But the one fight 'MacAttack' McMillan (5 min penalty) had with Peoria's Cundari, alas, ended with Cundari the clear winner, for which he got 5 for fighting plus 2 for roughing, part of it sat by Reaves.

At the end of period 3 officials added one second but no team was able to score.

And so it went into a 4 on 4 sudden death Overtime after 1 minute of rest.

Neither team could convert their Powerplays into goals. Aeros had 7, Peoria 6 PP.



Peoria celebrates



Both teams managed their penalty kills well. Peoria which had several  concurrent penalties to kill in 3 on 5, 3 on 4 and 4 on 5 did IMO extremely well.

Aeros seemed energized, Wellman stood out with some fast reactions and kept puck in. But in the end after 2:25 into OT Cracknell with Spina and Boyle got Peoria on the board.

 For that he received Nr. 1*, Bishop with 36 saves in regulation was Nr. 2 * and Khudobin with 32 saves in regulation was named Nr 3 *.

Defense in front of AK



Last drop before OT



I really felt that neither team should feel guilty about their performance tonight. The Aeros showed their days

of rest - ahem - practice,  practice, practice under Coach Yeo gave them renewed courage and the believe in 'we can do this'! So, even if Peoria won in OT, Aeros proved that they can work together, can improve on previous failures and battle back.

GO AEROS!