HOUSTON - G Mark Dekanich continued his dominant play over the Houston Aeros (29-30-6-4) as the Milwaukee Admirals (36-26-1-6) took a 3-1 victory in front of 6,575 at Toyota Center Saturday night. Dekanich (22-14-4) stopped 31 of 32 shots on goal for his third win in four outings this season against Houston. G Anton Khudobin (11-17-4) made 26 saves in the defeat pushing his winless streak to five games (0-3-2).

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     After a scoreless opening frame, the Admirals tallied the game’s first goal 13:13 into the second period. A cross-ice pass was intercepted at the Milwaukee blue line by RW Hugh Jessiman who broke into the Aeros zone with D Maxim Noreau the only man to beat. Jessiman outraced Noreau around the edge, cut through the crease and beat Khudobin for his 19th of the season.

     Milwaukee extended its lead 5:56 into the third period when D Teemu Lasko jumped on a rebound in front of the Aeros cage and buried it for his second goal of the campaign. The Aeros took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play at the 10:45 mark to cut the lead in half. Noreau fired a point bid wide of the net, but RW J-M Daoust took a fortunate bounce off the end boards and beat Dekanich five-hole. The goal is Daoust’s 20th of the season passing RW Jon DiSalvatore for the club-lead. RW Ryan Maki sealed the game for Milwaukee with a goal at 18:31.

     Houston outshot the Admirals 32-29 on the evening. Each side had five chances on the man advantage with the Aeros scoring the game’s lone power play marker. Houston falls to 1-5-1-0 on the season against Milwaukee as they drop below the .500 mark for the first time since Nov. 1, 2009 (6-7-0-0). Dekanich has allowed just four goals in four games against the Aeros including two shutouts.

     “Kids Free Weekend” concludes with a 3:05 p.m. Sunday matinee at Toyota Center as the Aeros finish their season series with the Admirals. Call 713.974.PUCK (7825) to take advantage of this great offer. Watch the game live on ahllive.com or listen to Joe O’Donnell's broadcast on 1070 AM-KNTH. Follow the interactive in-game blog on aeros.com.