Bosom buddies, what ?

Well, well, the new Aeros' Addition, Nr. 29 - Brandon Straub (D), sure did Cody Almond a BIG favor, Almond now has only to score, which alas he is not able to do. Straub is taking over the brawling...in this instance his 'buddy' was the Ads' Grant.
Had they met before and are just renewing being friends ;-) ;-)?
I (and other loyal fans) in the respectable crowd (Spring Break, March Madness, Rodeo not withstanding)

was glad to see an energized Aeros storm out on the ice..but an evenly energized Admirals(after their loss to the Stars) kept the Aeros energy on short leash! Due to the huge saves by Goalie Dekanich (1.Star of the game) (all saves but one)..see below.
No, this is NOT the new AEROS back up goalie LOL!

In the second period the Ads seemed to open "season on "Dimples" Khudobin; the net behind him was dislodged, spun around several times with an Admiral player in it, what fun, eh? Aeros did not like that one bit so 'close encounters' ensued ;-)! With 'Dimples' looking on approvingly (I think!).

BTW, this event did not create any penalties, not for goalie interference by the Ads, nor for much else!

Counting down to ZERO for the start of the 3. period..the scoreboard pretty much tells the story...Ads get ONE goal in the second by Jessiman all by himself! The penalty on "Irms" is for goalie interference (?) carried over into 3. At 5:56 Ads score again Laasko(Nr. 2 Star of the game) and Sulzer. And wow, Aeros finally get a powerplay goal at 10:45 by "The Scrapper" Daoust-giving him the Nr. 3 Star of the game-(his 20th of the season) with "Ironman" Noreau and "Speedy" DiSalvatore. After that Ads came back at 18:31 with their 3. goal by Maki and Guite. "Dimples" gets pulled and we end with Admirals 3 Aeros 1, with Hrkac (really?)in the box for hooking at 19:34.

Lady Luck was truly absent..so many close calls, so many missed opportunities, so many overlooked penalties...

BUT,after all 'THE THANG' was on the ice and a highly visible THANG at that..fast with seemingly great sense of where he ought to be, when he ought to do this or that. The THANG is :-), of course Ryan THANG fresh from College, the newest addition to the Ads team.