CHICAGO, Ill. – The Houston Aeros showed some rust after being off for nine days before having to face their West Division Finals rivals in the Milwaukee Admirals. They couldn’t get it going having hit on only 14 shots on goal against Jeremy Smith in the first two periods.
The Admirals scored the first three goals in their Game 1 victory by the score of 3-1. Mark Van Guilder and Ryan Thang assisted on veteran center Steve Begin goal at 9:49 into the first period. Right wing Taylor Beck added to the lead under a minute later with helpers from Gabriel Bourque and Ryan Ellis to give Milwaukee the 2-0 lead after the first.
The lead stayed that way after the second period but 32 seconds into the third, Begin and Thang combined again with the favor returned as Thang scored his third of the playoffs. Houston finally got on the board too little too late as Colton Gillies scored the final tally with 13:07 left in the game.
Smith stopped all but one of the 26 shots for the win; while across the way, Matt Hackett suffered the loss with 18 saves on 21 shots.
This was the only game on Friday night and two slated for Saturday as Binghamton will try to take a 3-0 against Portland and in the second game, Charlotte will continue their memorable season against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. SECOND ROUND Atlantic Division Finals PORTLAND vs. BINGHAMTON Binghamton leads series 2 – 0
After taking the first two games against the Pirates in Portland, the Binghamton Senators come home with the home-ice advantage with a three game set. The Senators Bobby Butler has scored in each of the first two games giving him six goals in the playoffs. Fellow forward Kaspars Daugavins also has two goals which both came at the last game in the 5-3 victory. Goalie Robin Lehner has both wins and has been outstanding facing a combined 81 shots on goal. The Pirates have used both of their goalie in Jhonas Enroth and David Leggio but can’t seem to get the win with either one. Right wing Mark Mancari leads the team with 2 goals in the series.
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 at Binghamton Game 4 – Mon May 2 7:05 PM Portland at Binghamton Game 5 – Tue May 3 7:05 PM * Portland at Binghamton 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 1 – 0
The Charlotte Checkers score a goal in each period to take the 3-2 victory in Game 1. The team was paced by two goals from Jon Matsumoto while the team only had 19 shots for against the Penguins.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 28 7:05 PM Charlotte 3, W-B/SCRANTON 2 Game 2 – Sat Apr 30 7:05 PM Charlotte at W-B/Scranton Game 3 – Mon May 2 7:00 PM W-B/Scranton at Charlotte Game 4 – Wed May 4 7:00 PM W-B/Scranton at Charlotte 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 Hamilton leads series 1 – 0
Goaltender Drew MacIntyre, with a record of 5-2, and left wing Nigel Dawes, 6 goals, continue their dominance in the playoffs.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 28 7:30 PM HAMILTON 4, Manitoba 1 Game 2 – Sun May 1 4:00 PM Manitoba at Hamilton Game 3 – Tue May 3 7:30 PM Hamilton at Manitoba Game 4 – Wed May 4 7:30 PM Hamilton at Manitoba 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 Milwaukee leads series 1 – 0
Rusty Houston hopes to get it back on track against the Milwaukee Admirals as they finally got a game under their belt after a long layoff.
Game 1 – Fri Apr 29 7:00 PM MILWAUKEE 3, Houston 1 Game 2 – Sun May 1 5:00 PM Houston at Milwaukee Game 3 – Tue May 3 7:05 PM Milwaukee at Houston Game 4 – Thu May 5 7:05 PM Milwaukee at Houston 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 (* if necessary)
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