CHICAGO, Ill. – The Houston Aeros took it to the Milwaukee Admirals as center Carson McMillian scored the game winning goal at 3:35 into the overtime period. The win for Houston tied up the West Division Finals at two games apiece.
The Aeros got two goals in the first period as left winger Colton Gillies potted his fifth goal of the playoffs at the 1:58 mark. Jed Ortmeyer and Warren Peters assisted on the goal. The second goal came on the power play as Chad Rau and Maxim Noreauprovided the helpers on right winger Patrick O’Sullivan’s goal at just under ten minutes into the period.
Milwaukee came back with two of their own to finish the game in regulation tied at two. Andreas Thuresson scored with the loan assist from Kelsey Wilson with 5:32 left in the first. Aaron Johnson finished the scoring in regulation at the 13:12 mark of the second. Chris Muellar and Mark Santorelli provided the helpers on the power play goal.
Milwaukee gave goaltender Matt Hackett a walk in the park as he faced only 13 shots on net in the whole game allowing two goals. Jeremy Smith suffered the loss taking 33 shots.
Friday night, all teams in the division finals are playing. In the East Binghamton and Charlotte can advance to the finals with a win While all the teams in the West are deadlocked at two games apiece. SECOND ROUND Atlantic Division Finals PORTLAND vs. BINGHAMTON Binghamton leads series 3 – 2 Game 1 – Wed Apr 27 7:00 PM Binghamton 3, PORTLAND 2 Game 2 – Thu Apr 28 7:00 PM Binghamton 5, PORTLAND 3 Game 3 – Sat Apr 30 7:05 PM Portland 3, BINGHAMTON 2 Game 4 – Mon May 2 7:05 PM BINGHAMTON 6, Portland 1 Game 5 – Tue May 3 7:05 PM Portland 6, BINGHAMTON 2 Game 6 – Fri May 6 7:00 PM Binghamton at Portland Game 7 – Sat May 7 7:00 PM * Binghamton at Portland East Division Finals W-B/SCRANTON vs. CHARLOTTE Charlotte leads series 3 – 1 Game 1 – Thu Apr 28 7:05 PM Charlotte 3, W-B/SCRANTON 2 Game 2 – Sat Apr 30 7:05 PM W-B/SCRANTON 3, Charlotte 0 Game 3 – Mon May 2 7:00 PM CHARLOTTE 2, W-B/Scranton 1 OT Game 4 – Wed May 4 7:00 PM CHARLOTTE 1, W-B/Scranton 0 Game 5 – Fri May 6 7:00 PM W-B/Scranton at Charlotte Game 6 – Sat May 7 7:05 PM * Charlotte at W-B/Scranton Game 7 – Mon May 9 7:05 PM * Charlotte at W-B/Scranton North Division Finals HAMILTON vs. MANITOBA series tied 2 – 2 Game 1 – Thu Apr 28 7:30 PM HAMILTON 4, Manitoba 1 Game 2 – Sun May 1 4:00 PM HAMILTON 4, Manitoba 2 Game 3 – Tue May 3 7:30 PM MANITOBA 5, Hamilton 4 Game 4 – Wed May 4 7:30 PM MANITOBA 2, Hamilton 1 OT2 Game 5 – Fri May 6 7:30 PM Hamilton at Manitoba Game 6 – Sun May 8 7:30 PM Manitoba at Hamilton Game 7 – Mon May 9 7:30 PM * Manitoba at Hamilton West Division Finals MILWAUKEE vs. HOUSTON series tied 2 – 2 Game 1 – Fri Apr 29 7:00 PM MILWAUKEE 3, Houston 1 Game 2 – Sun May 1 5:00 PM Houston 2, MILWAUKEE 0 Game 3 – Tue May 3 7:05 PM Milwaukee 5, HOUSTON 3 Game 4 – Thu May 5 7:05 PM HOUSTON 3, Milwaukee 2 OT Game 5 – Fri May 6 7:35 PM Milwaukee at Houston Game 6 – Sun May 8 5:00 PM Houston at Milwaukee Game 7 – Tue May 10 7:00 PM * Houston at Milwaukee FIRST ROUND Atlantic Division Semifinals PORTLAND vs. CONNECTICUT Portland wins series 4 – 2 Atlantic Division Semifinals MANCHESTER vs. BINGHAMTON Binghamton wins series 4 – 3 East Division Semifinals W-B/SCRANTON vs. NORFOLK W-B/Scranton wins series 4 – 2 East Division Semifinals HERSHEY vs. CHARLOTTE Charlotte wins series 4 – 2 North Division Semifinals HAMILTON vs. OKLAHOMA CITY Hamilton wins series 4 – 2 North Division Semifinals LAKE ERIE vs. MANITOBA Manitoba wins series 4 – 3 West Division Semifinals MILWAUKEE vs. TEXAS Milwaukee wins series 4 – 2 West Division Semifinals HOUSTON vs. PEORIA Houston wins series 4 – 0
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