Sun., April 15, 2012

Joel Broda and Kris Foucault each had a goal as the Houston Aeros defeated the Texas Stars 2-1 to clinch the eighth seed in the AHL's Western Conference Sunday night at the Toyota Center in front of a sellout crowd of 10,652.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
APRIL 15: HOU 2, TEX 1

HOUSTON ---  Joel Broda and Kris Foucault each had a goal as the Houston Aeros defeated the Texas Stars 2-1 to clinch the eighth seed in the AHL's Western Conference Sunday night at the Toyota Center in front of a sellout crowd of 10,652.

Matt Hackett made 28 saves for the Aeros, which finish the regular season 35-25-5-11 with 86 points. The Aeros advanced to the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs for the second straight year and fourth time in the last five years.

Broda scored his 14th goal of the season 31 seconds into the third period to give the Aeros a 2-1 advantage.

Foucault tied the game at 1-1 at 17:27 in the second period with his 14th goal of the season.

Brenden Dillon scored at 11:28 in the second to put Texas ahead 1-0.

Houston will face the top-seeded Oklahoma City Barons at 7:05 p.m. Thursday at Toyota Center in Game 1 of a best-of-five first round playoff series. Game 2 will be at 7:35 p.m. Friday at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Kris Foucault has scored in two straight games and has three points in the last two games (2-1=3)... Chay Genoway has assists in five of the last six games and points in six of the last seven (1-6=7)... Jeff Taffe has points in three of the last five games (1-3=4)... Joel Broda scored in back-to-back games for this first time in his career... Justin Fontaine has points in three straight games (1-2=3) and five of the last six games (1-4=5).

NEXT GAME
Thursday vs. Oklahoma City (7:05 p.m. CDT)

RECORDS
HOU: 35-25-5-11
TEX: 31-40-3-2

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: Foucault, Broda
TEX: Dillon

AEROS STARTERS
F – McIntyre, Fontaine, Broda
D – Bagnall, Fredheim
G – Hackett

AEROS SCRATCHES
Olson, Penner, Scandella, Medvec, Mignardi, Lorenz, Kampfer, Palmer, Jobke, Clackson Caron, Kuemper

DECIDING GOAL
Broda (0:31, 3rd)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 0/4
TEX: 0/1

GOALIES
HOU: Hackett (28/29)
TEX: Campbell (31/33)