Sat., March 17, 2012

Joe Fallon made 32 saves in regulation and stopped all six shots in the shootout, and David McIntyre had the lone shootout goal as the Houston Aeros defeated the Abbotsford Heat 1-0 in a shootout Saturday at Toyota Center.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
MARCH 17: HOU 1, ABB 0 (SO)

HOUSTON ---  Joe Fallon made 32 saves in regulation and stopped all six shots in the shootout, and David McIntyre had the lone shootout goal as the Houston Aeros defeated the Abbotsford Heat 1-0 in a shootout Saturday at Toyota Center.

For Houston, the shootout win was its first ever 1-0 shootout win and improves the Aeros to 31-20-3-9.

Houston has won three straight and four of their last five games to jump into lone possession of fourth place in the Western Conference with 74 points.

Fallon posted the third shutout of his AHL career and first since April 11, 2011 as a member of the San Antonio Rampage. He recorded the first shootout win of his career.

McIntyre had the lone shootout goal for the Aeros in the sixth round of the shootout.

Danny Taylor made 21 saves for Abbotsford and stopped five of six shots in the shootout.

The Aeros finish their six-game homestand Sunday against the Oklahoma City Barons at 5:05 p.m. at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
The win was the first 1-0 shootout win in Aeros franchise history... The shutout was Houston's second of the season and first since Darcy Kuemper made 33 stops in a 1-0 win over San Antonio on Dec. 9

NEXT GAME
Sunday vs. Oklahoma City, 5:05 p.m. CST

RECORDS
HOU: 31-20-3-9
ABB: 32-25-3-3

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: None
ABB: None

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

AEROS SCRATCHES
Penner, Mignardi, McKenzie, Clackson, Kuemper

DECIDING GOAL
McIntyre (6th round SO)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 0/4
ABB: 0/4

GOALIES
HOU: Fallon (32/32; 6/6)
ABB: Taylor (21/21; 5/6)