Tues., Feb. 7, 2012

The Houston Aeros (23-12-3-9, 58 pts.) begin an 11-game road trip at Chicago on Tuesday at 11 a.m. against the Wolves (25-17-1-3, 54 pts.) at Allstate Arena.

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OVERVIEW
The Houston Aeros (23-12-3-9, 58 pts.) begin an 11-game road trip at Chicago on Tuesday at 11 a.m. against the Wolves (25-17-1-3, 54 pts.) at Allstate Arena.

 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
---The Aeros snapped a six-game (0-3-1-2) winless skid with a 3-1 win over Texas on Thursday and won two straight before Sunday’s 2-1 loss to MIL.
---Houston is on the longest road trip in franchise history (11 games).
---Houston’s 58 points is third-best in the Western Conference behind OKC (65) and Charlotte (60).
--- The attendance of 13,390 on Feb. 5 was the largest crowd for the Aeros since moving to Toyota Center in the 2002-03 season. It was the largest Aeros crowd since 13,342 on Jan. 16, 2004.
---The Wolves are one of two teams (TOR is the other) yet to win in the shootout with a 0-2 record.

THIS WEEK’S GAMES
Tuesday (Feb. 7) --- at CHI (11 a.m. CST)
Friday (Feb. 10) --- at GR (6 p.m. CST)
Saturday (Feb. 11) --- at GR (6 p.m. CST)

AEROS BROADCASTS
Radio: 1070 KNTH-AM
Listen online: www.aeros.com
Watch online: www.ahllive.com
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LIVE SCORING AND STATS
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AEROS/WOLVES HEAD-TO-HEAD
This is the second of four meeting this season… The teams play again on March 25 at CHI and April 6 at HOU… HOU 51-41-14-5 all-time vs. CHI (31-15-8-2 at home, 20-26-6-3 on the road).

RECENT AEROS TRANSACTIONS
---Feb. 3: Chad Rau reassigned by MIN… Casey Wellman recalled/traded by MIN… Harrison Reed signed PTO
---Feb 1: Chris Clackson, Mike Montgomery, Mike Radja and C.J. Stretch signed PTO
---Jan. 30: Matt Kassian, Jed Ortmeyer and Chad Rau recalled by MIN
---Jan. 29: Chris Clackson, David Fischer, Joey Martin and Mike Radja released from PTO

AEROS INJURIES
Jeff Penner has missed the last eight games… Marco Scandella has missed the last five games… Mike McKenzie has missed the last five games.

AEROS MILESTONES
---Jon DiSalvatore’s 20th goal will be 69th as an Aero, placing him first in franchise history (AHL only, 4th AHL/IHL). His 22nd goal will be his 200th AHL goal. His 41st game on Jan. 21 at TEX was his 200th as an Aero, placing him 10th all-time in Aeros (AHL) history.
---Jeff Taffe notched his 400th AHL point with an assist on Jon DiSalvatore's goal on Jan. 8 at SA. Taffe had two assists while skating in his 500th AHL game on Jan. 21 at TEX.
---Drew Bagnall played in his 300th AHL game at TEX on Jan. 21.

AEROS PLAYER NOTES
---Chay Genoway had goals in two straight games for the first time in his career Feb. 2-4. Genoway scored his first goal in 17 games, a GWG, on Feb. 2 vs. TEX. His last goal prior to that was on Dec. 16 versus Texas.
 ---Justin Fontaine has points in six of the last eight games (2-6=8) and eight of the last 12 games (3-7=10).
--- David McIntyre had his second goal in three games on Feb. 4 and has points in three of the last five games (2-2=4).
---Joel Broda scored his 10th goal of the season and second in three games on Feb. 2. Broda has points in three of his last five games (2-1=3).
--- Cody Almond returned to the lineup on Feb. 2 after missing the previous seven games and had a shot to go along with seven PIM.
---Mike Radja scored his first two goals as an Aero on Jan. 21 at TEX. Radja has points in four of the last seven games (2-3=5) and five of the 10 games he has played for the Aeros (2-4=6).
---The Aeros have been involved in 74 transactions since Dec. 1 involving 27 different players. Overall the Aeros have been involved in 107 transactions since the start of the season.
---The Aeros were involved in 38 transactions since from Jan. 1-31 involving 18 different players. The team was involved in 33 transactions from Dec. 1-Dec. 31 involving 17 different players. The Dec/Jan. combined transaction totals include 27 different players and 71 transactions.
---A total of 17 different players have been recalled from Houston to Minnesota this season.

TEAM NOTABLES
---Houston has earned at least a point in 19 of the 28 games (10-9-3-6) in which they have allowed the first goal. They are 13-3-0-3 when scoring first.
---The Aeros played nine of 11 games at home from Dec. 8-Jan. 6 and posted a record of 3-4-0-2 in those contests.
---Houston played seven of 10 games on the road from Jan. 8-Feb. 2 and notched a 3-3-0-1 record away from home in that time.
---Houston has played 24 games that have been decided by one goal (9-3-3-9).
---The Aeros edged Grand Rapids 3-2on Jan. 11 for their first shootout victory of the season.
---The Aeros broke the 100,000 mark in attendance this season with the 4,608 who attended the game on Dec. 18.
---The Aeros drew 27,048 fans in three games over four days from Feb. 2-5, including a Toyota Center best-ever crowd of 13,390 on Saturday, Feb. 4.

AEROS GOALIES
HACKETT – Is 6-8-4 (2.58 GAA/.904 SV%) at home and 9-1-1 (2.24 GAA/.933 SV%) on the road… Won six-straight road starts from Oct. 28-Dec. 30… Made his NHL debut on Dec. 6 and made 34 saves in a 2-1 win at SJ after entering the game early in the first period to relieve an injured Josh Harding… Last Game: Stopped 26 of 28 in a 2-1 L to MILO on Feb. 6.

KUEMPER --- Is 1-1-2 at home (2.01 GAA/.934 SV%) and 4-3-2 on the road (2.31 GAA/ .924 SV%)… Led the ECHL in both GAA (1.74) and save percentage (.941) at the time of his recall on Nov. 29 and posted a 7-1-0 record with the Ontario Reign… Recorded his first pro shutout with 1-0 win on Dec. 9 vs. SAN (33 saves)… Last Game: Stopped 25/29 in 5-2 L at SA on Jan. 28.

POWER PLAY
Is 2/12 in the last three games… Went 7/38 (18.4%) in games 31-40…  Went 5/37 (13.5%) in games 21-30… Went 20/106 (18/9%) in games 1-20… Set a season-high going 3/5 in a 4-2 win at SAN on Oct. 28.

PENALTY KILL
Opponents are 2/12 on the PP in the last three games… Stopped 28/36 (77.7%) in games 31-40… Stopped 20/27 (74.0%) in games 21-30… Stopped 80/97 (82.4%) in games 1-20.

AEROS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
4 – BAGH-nawl
7 – FRED-haym
8 – MED-vekh
10 – RAHD-juh
14 – deh-SAL-vuh-tohr
20 – ROWH (like now)
22 – TAYF
26 – MACK-in-tyre
27 – mick-MILL-uhn
35 – KEM-per
39 – GEHN-oh-way
41 - ORT-migh-er
42 – KASS-ee-uhn
61 – KOOH-muh
Torchetti --- TOHR-cheh-TEE
Van Ryn --- VAN-RIGHN
LaPlante --- luh-PLAHNT