"Storming"AEROS win in OT and SO tonite

What a difference a day makes!
The Aeros came out fighting and kept the momentum going throughout the 3 regulation periods, 5 Minute Overtime and 4 rounds in Shoot Out to win 2-1 vs Stars.

With about 2 and half minutes left in the first, Aeros' Zingoni #10 assisted by McMillan scored the first goal.
Penalties were for Kalus (interference) at 12 minutes to end of period, Smith for high sticking with under two minutes to go. But Stars could not utilize their Power Plays.
Neither did Aeros when Stars #9 (DeVergilio) was in the box for Holding.
Newcomer Cody Almond, healthy again, impressed with speed, winning face offs, good passing and getting shots on goal, his reputation seems well deserved.

McMillan seemed an almost different person, he skated well, maybe he needed to 'warm up', compared to yesterday LOL. So did Gunderson. Stoner, Irmen, Rogers, Earl(who had maybe the least ice time)skated sturdily. The passing was better by far, and Noreau held his own well.
"Dimples"Khudobin held off 23 shots, while Stars Goalie Climie shone (and we know too well, what he can do from last year's play offs)keeping the score to 2 by holding off 29 shots.

The only Stars' Goal came about 1/3 into the 2.period. And it did seem to me that the puck bounced off Dimples glove and into the net.

It appears that with Almond, Rau and Smith, the Aeros have a set of face offs winners. Weller, Hilbert, and Smith easily replaced Kassian and Falk in the aggression department :-), plus having greater speed, as well.

The one that kept popping out from the bench most frequently was "The Scrapper" Daoust, the 5'7 skater had lots of ice time during the past games incl. Pre-Season. He seemed unafraid of the taller and bigger guys confronting him. GO Daoust! Although once Weller had to step in front of him to protect him from the Stars ;-)
Just try to keep out of the 'sin bin'... he was 'binned' for one infraction earlier and later for misconduct (unsportsman like) (no relations to T3I Ms. Conduct-LOL), although from my vantage point it seemed 2 or more Stars kept crowding him into the board and that not just the once but often.

Stars # 11 Gagnon, did get 2 min. for Boarding. Relative few penalties were called on either team. Approximately 7 minutes to 3. period end, a major pile up of bodies in and around and on top of the Aeros goal made it somewhat impossible to see.. but Referee Wiebe literally climbed ONTO the net and disallowed that Stars goal, which looked to be good. GOOD show, Wiebe.

Th game went into 5 minutes overtime without any score. A four round Shoot out followed. Shooting for the Stars: DeVergilio, Lindgren, Stafford, Morin and Beaudoin (who skated well with the best chance for the goal, and also during most of the time-too sad, he's now the BADDIE) - all without goals.

Fo the Aeros: DiSalvatore - GOAL, Zingoni, Hilbert and McMillan - did not score.
The game ended with 2 - 1 Aeros.

Stars of the game # 3 Climie of the Stars, #2 Zingoni and # DiSalvatore.

Aeros scratches: Testwuide, Gillies, Madsen, 'Feisty Fergie', Milroy,
'2G' Johnson, Kassian, Falk and Brust.
Stars Scratches: Straub, Sawada, Stephenson, Ludwig, Vishnevskiy (who skated the best last night IMO)