Tues., March 13, 2012

Jeff Taffe had a goal and three assists and Justin Fontaine scored two goals to lead the Houston Aeros to a 4-1 win over the Abbotsford Heat Tuesday at Toyota Center.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
MARCH 13: HOU 4, ABB 1

HOUSTON ---  Jeff Taffe had a goal and three assists and Justin Fontaine scored two goals to lead the Houston Aeros to a 4-1 win over the Abbotsford Heat Tuesday at Toyota Center.

Jon DiSalvatore added a goal, and Chay Genoway had two assists for the Aeros. Joe Fallon made 26 saves for Houston, which improves to 29-20-3-9 and jumps into a tie for sixth place in the Western Conference with 70 points.

Fontaine put the Aeros up 1-0 at 11:06 in the first period with a power play goal, and he extended the lead to 2-0 two minutes later with another power play goal.

Fontaine has 13 goals this season and has 13 points in his last 11 games (2-11=13) with points in five straight games (2-4=6).

Taffe made it 3-0 with his 14th goal of the season at 4:30 in the second period, and DiSalvatore upped the lead to 4-0 at 15:08 in the second period with his team-leading 25th goal of the season.

Taffe has eight points in his last three games (2-6=8), with two multi-point games in his last three outings and a team-high 13 multi-point games this season. Taffe has two four-point games in his last three games for the first time since December 6, 2008, through December 27, 2008, when he had three four-point games in a five-game span.

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond scored a shorthanded goal at 1:25 in the third period to cut Houston's lead to 4-1.

The Aeros continue their six-game homestand Friday against the Rockford IceHogs at 7:35 p.m. at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Jeff Taffe has points in five of the last seven games (4-8=12)... Kris Fredheim has assists in two of the last three games... Chay Genoway has points in three straight games (0-4=4) and four of the last five games (1-4=5)... Genoway had his first two-point game since Nov. 10 against Abbotsford and his fourth two-point game of the season... Jon DiSalvatore has goals in three straight games... DiSalvatore has points in nine of the last ten games (10-4=14) and 12 of the last 14 games (11-6=17)... Drew Bagnall had his first assist since Feb. 11 at Grand Rapids.

NEXT GAME
Friday vs. Rockford, 7:35 p.m. CDT

RECORDS
HOU: 29-20-3-9
ABB: 32-25-3-3

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: Fontaine (2), Taffe, DiSalvatore
ABB: Letourneau-Leblond

AEROS STARTERS
F – DiSalvatore, Rau, Taffe
D – Fredheim, Cuma
G – Fallon

AEROS SCRATCHES
Penner, Mignardi, McKenzie, Kuemper

DECIDING GOAL
Fontaine (13:12, 1st)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 2/5
ABB: 0/3

GOALIES
HOU: Fallon (26/27)
ABB: Irving (23/27)