Thurs., March 29, 2012

Jon DiSalvatore scored his 26th goal of the season and had an assist for the Houston Aeros in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Lake Erie Monsters Thursday at Toyota Center.

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AEROS POSTGAME REPORT
MARCH 29: LE 4, HOU 3 (SO)

HOUSTON --- Jon DiSalvatore scored his 26th goal of the season and had an assist for the Houston Aeros in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Lake Erie Monsters Thursday at Toyota Center.

Nick Palmieri and Kris Fredheim scored for the Aeros, and Justin Fontaine and Jeff Taffe each had two assists. Matt Hackett had 25 saves and stopped two of four shots in the shootout for Houston, which is now 32-23-4-10 this season and has 78 points.

Fredheim scored a power play goal at 14:56 in the third period to tie the score at 3-3, but in the shootout Ryan Stoa and David van der Gulik scored for Lake Erie to give the Monsters the win.

DiSalvatore tied the game at 2-2 with a power play goal at 1:13 into the second period, but Mike Connolly put Lake Erie back on top 3-2 with a goal at 11:17 in the second.

After van der Gulik put Lake Erie ahead 1-0 on a power play goal at 8:41 in the first, Palmieri tied the score at 1-1 with a goal 25 seconds later.

Karl Stollery gave the Monsters a 2-1 lead with a power play goal at 19:30 in the first.

The Aeros continue a five-game homestand Saturday against the Hamilton Bulldogs at 7:35 p.m. at Toyota Center.

BOMB DROPPINGS
Nick Palmieri scored his first goal as an Aero and first since February 10 as a member of the Albany Devils... Drew Bagnall had his first assist since March 13 against Abbotsford... Jon DiSalvatore scored his first goal in eight games... DiSalvatore has assists in three of the last four games... DiSalvatore had his first multi-point game since March 10 against Grand Rapids and his 11th multi-point game of the season... Justin Fontaine had his first assist in five games... Fontaine had his first multi-point game since March 16 against Rockford... Fontaine has 11 multi-point games this season... Jeff Taffe had an assist for the first time in eight games... Taffe has points in three of the last four games (2-2=4)... Taffe had his first multi-point game since a four-point game March 13 against Abbotsford... Taffe has 14 multi-point games this season... Kris Fredheim scored his first goal in seven games.

NEXT GAME
Saturday vs Hamilton (7:35 p.m. CST)

RECORDS
HOU: 32-23-4-10
LE: 33-27-3-7

GOAL SCORERS
HOU: Palmieri, DiSalvatore, Fredheim
LE: van der Gulik, Stollery, Connolly

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

AEROS SCRATCHES
Penner, Medvec, Mignardi, Lorenz, Palmer, McKenzie, Greenham, Fallon, Kuemper

DECIDING GOAL
Stoa (2nd round, SO)

POWER PLAYS
HOU: 2/10
LE: 2/6

GOALIES
HOU: Hackett (25/28; 2/4)
LE: Desjardins (24/27; 4/4)