Fri. Dec. 30, 2011

Four different Aeros scored goals and Matt Hackett made 38 saves as the Houston Aeros beat the San Antonio Rampage 5-2 on Friday at AT&T Center.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
DEC. 30: HOU 5, SA 2

SAN ANTONIO --- Four different Aeros scored goals and Matt Hackett made 38 saves as the Houston Aeros beat the San Antonio Rampage 5-2 on Friday at AT&T Center.

Jeff Taffe's seventh goal of the season at 7:52 of the second period was the eventual game-winner for the Aeros. David McIntyre scored twice for Houston. Cody Almond, Jeff Penner and Jon DiSalvatore also bagged goals for the Aeros, who improved to 11-2-0-2 on the road this season and 18-6-2-7 overall.

Angleo Espostio and Evan Barlow scored for the Rampage.

Houston hosts the Oklahoma City Barons on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Jeff Penner's empty-net goal was Houston's fourth short-handed goal since Dec. 1.

NEXT GAME
Sunday vs. OKC (5:05 p.m CST)

RECORDS
HOU: 18-6-2-7
SA: 14-15-2-0

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: McIntyre (2), Almond, DiSalvatore, Penner
SA: Esposito, Barlow

AEROS STARTERS
F – Almond, Taffe, Broda
D – Fredheim, Cuma
G – Hackett

AEROS SCRATCHES
Ortmeyer

DECIDING GOAL
Taffe (7:52, 2nd)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 1/4
SA: 1/6

GOALIES
HOU: Hackett (38/40)
SA: Grumet-Morris (7/11), Markstrom (12/13)