Everything was bigger in Texas tonight

Yep,
Casey Wellborn, the California boy, made history.
He got three goals in the First Period.. a natural hat trick.
He wasn 't done yet however, a 4th goal on one of the very few power plays in this game made it a so-called 'Texas hat trick'!
Chad Rau (still wearing the cage) assisted 3 times.

Casey Wellman



First Wellman Goal - Rah Rah Rah

with Rau-Wow and Cuma



Another Goal



A scuffle breaks out



Kassian Victorious-both sit 5 minutes for fighting

Super save by Kudobin in the last few minutes

 After the save..Daoust dis-entangles himself from Khudobin :-)

Fallon re-places Climie, who skates out, pouting and slamming his stick

Cuma, Earl, Prosser, Noreau, Daoust and Di Salvatore each got one assist.
Fast, aggressive, very physical game.
The Aeros seemed NEW.
Systems in place, systems working, passing very passable, stick on puck 85-90 % of time, puck steals at last minute, 7 or was 6 defenders on ice..seems to work.
Rampage  seemed stunned by early "just let me slap 'em in" goals in the First.
Then rev'ed it up, but to no avail, they still only had 3 goals,
thanks to Khudobin's super save late in the 3rd!
Referee Ryan Hersey -  he must be new to the game!?
He just let the boys play.
Called VERY few penalties, which worked to the Aeros advantage,
since Rampage has/had (?) a great power play game.
To our sorrow, Rampage Nr. 26 was only on ice for a few minutes during the First,
then became invisible. Just read that he was injured (lower body)...so Rampage lost one of theiur best scorers. Wishing him a speedy recovery!

Aeros of note in this really amazing game:

• WELLMAN, Wellman, Wellman, Wellman (lol).

• Anton Khudobin..the second goal by Rampage was unavoidable!

He stopped the puck once, then stopped the rebound,
only to have McClean sneak it past OVER his shoulder and raised hand!

• Rau-Wow-almost had a break away goal!
• Mc Bride, Buck, Earl, Cuma. Prosser.

Seemed to me the guys got their lead out and JUST played an amazing game as well oiled team!
Can they keep it up during the next away games?
At Christmas time, no less?
Perhaps, sending some less than effective players Broda, Fraser(?), Zingoni)
to the minors shook up the rest of guys, a bit or even more than a bit?
Most amusing but heart warming moment:
The Scrapper Daoust, true to his pet name, took on a bigger opponent, fearlessly,
at least twice that I caught!
The other 'scrapper' McBride was quick on the draw (that is snatching the puck away)..
kinda glad he was signed for good!
All in all: a great exciting, fast paced, physically well played game.
And,  IMHO, having refs that do not call many penalties, makes the game flow swiftly...too swiftly, almost.
Before we knew it, it was finished!
Apropos Khudobin, will he be called to skate for his country in the up coming 2011 Asiatic Games in  Khazakstan?
Kalus skated during warm up, but - as we understand - was scratched due to an injury (minor we hope) as was Palmer. Lampman was ahealthy scratch, and Peters, we were told went ot the NHL!
GO AEROS.