From: Ryan Stanzel
Director of Communications
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
713.361.7930 (Direct Line)

AEROS REASSIGN TWO; AEROS.COM HITS UP 23 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY

Bararuk back to Louisiana, Kinkel to Pensacola

HOUSTON, Texas – The Houston Aeros have reassigned left wing David Bararuk to ECHL Louisiana and left wing Bill Kinkel to ECHL Pensacola, the teams announced Tuesday.

Bararuk scored one goal and was a plus-one in seven games with Houston. Kinkel went scoreless in one game last week versus Utah.

The Aeros return home after their five-game road trip this Wednesday to take on arch-rival San Antonio on Texas Independence Day at 7:05 p.m. It's an Aeros Happy Hour. Get a club level ticket (normally $28), free parking and $10 in Toyota Bucks to be used on concessions for only $30! Or, receive a $20 corner ticket and free parking, plus enjoy drink specials at The Bus II, for only $15. Packages are available via www.aeros.com/themenights. Username is Happy, password is Hour.

In addition, the Aeros announced today that unique February visitors to aeros.com, the team’s official website, were up 23.2 percent over February 2004. An average of 2,357 fans logged on to aeros.com each day in February, compared to 1,919 last year. Aeros.com has seen increases of 28.8 percent in October, 40.8 percent in November, 13.1 percent in December, 12.5 percent in January and now 23.2 percent in February. For the entire season, an average of 2,327 visitors log on daily, an increase of 21.7 percent over the 2003-04 season.


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