A WIN...

Giant team hug after Aeros win in OT.

Did THIS Monster scare the Lake Eerie Monsters? ;-)

Dimples in goal in 1. The sign seems to identify what made this game a good one: good wingmen close always help you ;-)!

Stopping all those shots on gaol is a thirsty job, alright! Weiman takes a gulp!

Aeros get on board early in the First by Sifers with feeds from DiSalvatore(Speedy) and Kalus ("The Avalanche"), who had some excellent passes in the 2nd).

LEM 1. goal by Marcias, Cohen and Hensick

Huge saves by Khudobin (Dimples)

and a mad 'calf scramble' for the loose puck behind him!
And the 2. goal on a power play in the 2.period by Willsie, Haydar and Hensick.

Going into 3. period which saw a Power play goal for Aeros by DiSalvatore(Speedy) with "Sunny"Fraser and "Son of a Gun"derson.

The Third also saw: a palpable hit (shoulder/stick) on Almond-Joy by Dupuis, which resulted in his being led off the ice to the locker room by Aeros trainer and some lengthy repairs to the glass next to Aeros bench, BUT no penalty on Dupuis (LEM) despite TWO replays which showed clearly that this was MEANT! Shortly thereafter "Irms" Irmen took on Dupuis in sort of a fight, which gave them both a 5' major for fighting. Aeros found their energy again after a less than stellar 2. period, and battled on to the end of regulation,

keeping it 2 : 2.

"The Scrapper: Daoust in front of the opposing goal-where he can be found most of time - alas NO goal - but as usual he chases after the puck as best as only he can and watch out, he never hesitates to slam into you if you get in his way ;-)..

Going into overtime:
Aeros Earl, "the Pearl" gets his 8th goal of the season, helped by "Ironman" Noreau and Rau-"Wow" and Aeros WIN - Aeros 3 : Lake Eerie Monsters 2. Both teams were 1/3 PP with 4 penalties on LEM and 4 for Aeros.

All three Stars of the game were Aeros: Sifers, DiSalvatore and Earl!

As expected few penalties were called by Ref Jeff Smith, but that he missed calling goalie interference on a LEM at least once, and the LEM hit on Almond, is truly unbelievable.

Otherwise a good game, fast action (except perhaps in 2.) and ahappy ending for the embattled Aeros who are on their way to face off against Peoria Saturday AND Sunday on their home ground, ending the moth of March back to Houston with a Chicago Wolves (The leader in the pack of the West ;-) game on Wednesday.

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.