AEROS BLANKED BY WOLVES 4-0

ROSEMONT, Ill.– Robert Gherson stopped all 27 shots he faced as the Chicago Wolves defeated the Houston Aeros 4-0 Saturday night at Allstate Arena. It marked the first time this season that the Aeros have been shutout. Brett Sterling had a goal and an assist and Jesse Schultz added two assists and the Wolves still have not lost a game in regulation (13-0-1-0).

Barry Brust stopped 15 of 19 shots for his first loss in the last four games. The Aeros will head home for three games next week at Toyota Center starting on Tuesday, November 20th against the San Antonio Rampage. The Aeros are having a Thanksgiving special in which center ice seats are just $20 and corner seats are just $15. Call (713) 974-PUCK to order tickets.

Jason Krog notched his sixth goal of the season and put the Wolves up 1-0 on a power play goal at the 9:37 mark of the first period. It was a five-on-three goal with as Peter Olvecky and Brandon Rogers went to the penalty box just nine seconds apart. Krog was assisted by Steve Martins and Jesse Schultz and the goal proved to be the game winner.

The Wolves took a 2-0 lead on a shorthanded goal by Alexandre Giroux on assists from Schultz and the goaltender Gherson.
Houston outshot the Wolves 9-6 in the period but faced a two-goal deficit. The last time the Aeros had more than a one-goal deficit after one period was opening night against the Wolves in which they found themselves down 3-0 after one period.

In the second period, Houston again poured more shots on Gherson, but couldn’t solve the netminder. The Aeros had 14 shots compared to eight for Chicago and the teams skated to a scoreless second period.

Brett Sterling made it a 3-0 lead in favor of Chicago just 1:15 into the third period on assists from Jordan LaVallee and Nathan Oystrick. Finally, Joey Crabb ended the scoring at the 7:15 mark on an even-strength goal on an assist from Sterling. Chicago scored on two of their five shots in the final frame and defeated the Aeros 4-0.

Houston finished 0-3 on the power play and Chicago was 1-6. The Aeros have allowed a power play goal in 14 of their 15 games this season and they did not score a goal with the man-advantage for the first time in three games.

Notes:
- The last time the Aeros were shutout was an 8-0 loss to the Wolves on February 18, 2007 at Toyota Center.
- The Aeros two-game win streak came to an end. The team has not won more than two consecutive games in over a year. Their last winning streak of more than two games was a five-game streak ending November 17, 2006.
- Defenseman Jon Awe played in his first game for Houston after being called up from ECHL Gwinnett.  Awe finished with three shots in the game.