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Krys Kolanos Is Awesome. The Rest of the Aeros (and the Uniforms), Not So Much.

Photo by Fred Trask It's been about a month since I've seen the Houston Aeros play a game - they've been on the road and I've been on vacation. So I'm not really sure about what's going on with this team. They leapt out to a 5-0-0-0 start, which was the second best in team history. The 2008-09 Ae ... More >>

Houston Aeros Leave November on High Note

Photo by Fred Trask Krys Kolanos scores the game-winner. Morton Madsen is not exactly the first person one thinks of when thinking of great Houston Aeros pugilists. Yet it was Morten Madsen who received the game puck after Sunday's 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals, and it was Madsen who r ... More >>

Houston Aeros at the Crossroads

Photo by Fred Trask Corey Locke rushes for the puck. When last I wrote about the Aeros, the team was coming off a fight-filled 4-2 victory that left head coach Kevin Constantine hoping his team had turned the corner on what was quickly becoming a disappointing season. The team then proceeded to w ... More >>

Good Week for the Houston Aeros, with Free Wings and Flying Teddy Bears

Photo by Fred Trask In many ways, the Aeros had a very good week last week. They won two of three games by rather convincing margins. They lost another game, 2-1, in the shootout, and improved their record to 13-10-1-3 (30 points). The week started with the Aeros 2-1 shootout loss on Wednesday ... More >>

Houston Aeros, Now with Boos and Bikinis

I heard something on Friday night in Toyota Center I don't think I've ever heard before. The fans were booing the Houston Aeros. Of course, the Aeros were playing some piss poor and rather lackluster hockey, but I'm just not used to hearing fans in Toyota Center boo the team. And on Friday night, ... More >>

Aeros: Consistently Inconsistent at the Halfway Point

Photo by Fred Trask Tonight the Houston Aeros will take on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in Bridgeport, CT. It will be the fifth game of an eight game road trip and their sixth game in their sixth state in nine days. It will also be their 40th game of the season, meaning they will have reached the ... More >>

Aeros Can't Seem to Come Back from Breaks

Photo by Fred Trask The best offensive force the Houston Aeros have had this season, Krys Kolanos, was returned to the Aeros from the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. And this seemed to be a good thing since the Aeros had a game on Thursday night. Northwest Airlines had a different idea however, and ch ... More >>

Uncanny Ricochet Heralds Aeros Victory

Photo by Fred TraskMitch Love head-butts the puck into the goal. You usually only see that in soccer. The Houston Aeros don't depend on Mitch Love for scoring goals. They depend on him for muscle. For being physical. For throwing the occasional punch when needed. But they don't depend on him for ... More >>

Houston Aeros Bounce Back

Photo by Fred Trask With the end of the regular season fast approaching, the Houston Aeros chose last week to play some of their best hockey of the past month, defeating the Grand Rapids Griffins, one of the AHL's best teams, by a 2-1 margin on Thursday night. And though they played an error-filled ... More >>

Aeros Salvage Bad Weekend With Come-From-Behind Victory

Photo by Fred Trask "We had a feeling in the locker room that we were going to get this thing done," Danny Irmen said from the Houston Aeros locker room after Sunday's 5-4 come from behind victory over the Rockford IceHogs. But midway through the second period, Irmen and his teammates might have b ... More >>

Hrkac Returns to Hockey With the Aeros

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionTony Hrkac On March 12, the day the Houston Aeros announced their Clear Day Roster - that roster of players who are eligible to play for the Aeros in the playoffs - the Aeros also announced the signing of Tony Hrkac. And this signing was a bit of a shock ... More >>

Aeroes Plagued With Goalie Problems

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionKhudobin makes one of many saves his teammates kindly afforded him the opportunity to make Before their Friday night game against the Rockford IceHogs, the Aeros sat in second place of the AHL's West Division by three points with ten games to play. After ... More >>

Aeroes Plagued With Goalie Problems

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionKhudobin makes one of many saves his teammates kindly afforded him the opportunity to make Before their Friday night game against the Rockford IceHogs, the Aeros sat in second place of the AHL's West Division by three points with ten games to play. After ... More >>

Hrkac Returns to Hockey With the Aeros

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionTony Hrkac On March 12, the day the Houston Aeros announced their Clear Day Roster - that roster of players who are eligible to play for the Aeros in the playoffs - the Aeros also announced the signing of Tony Hrkac. And this signing was a bit of a shock ... More >>

Aeros Salvage Bad Weekend With Come-From-Behind Victory

Photo by Fred Trask "We had a feeling in the locker room that we were going to get this thing done," Danny Irmen said from the Houston Aeros locker room after Sunday's 5-4 come from behind victory over the Rockford IceHogs. But midway through the second period, Irmen and his teammates might have b ... More >>

Houston Aeros Bounce Back

Photo by Fred Trask With the end of the regular season fast approaching, the Houston Aeros chose last week to play some of their best hockey of the past month, defeating the Grand Rapids Griffins, one of the AHL's best teams, by a 2-1 margin on Thursday night. And though they played an error-filled ... More >>

Aeros Can't Seem to Come Back from Breaks

Photo by Fred Trask The best offensive force the Houston Aeros have had this season, Krys Kolanos, was returned to the Aeros from the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. And this seemed to be a good thing since the Aeros had a game on Thursday night. Northwest Airlines had a different idea however, and ch ... More >>

Aeros: Consistently Inconsistent at the Halfway Point

Photo by Fred Trask Tonight the Houston Aeros will take on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in Bridgeport, CT. It will be the fifth game of an eight game road trip and their sixth game in their sixth state in nine days. It will also be their 40th game of the season, meaning they will have reached the ... More >>

Good Week for the Houston Aeros, with Free Wings and Flying Teddy Bears

Photo by Fred Trask In many ways, the Aeros had a very good week last week. They won two of three games by rather convincing margins. They lost another game, 2-1, in the shootout, and improved their record to 13-10-1-3 (30 points). The week started with the Aeros 2-1 shootout loss on Wednesday ... More >>

Aeros Limp Into The Playoffs, But They Keep Hope Alive

Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionThe Aeros were struggling badly coming into this weekend.  With the playoffs on the line, they had suddenly forgotten how to score, and with injuries to their top goalies, the team was having trouble stopping the puck.The Aeros lost 3-2 to the San ... More >>

Aeros Beat The Rivermen And The Travel Gods

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third Intermission "I'm proud of our guys," a tired Kevin Constantine said from his office Saturday night. "It was a travel day from hell. I've never been part of that. Something that crazy travelwise, and still played a game. I couldn't imagine a more adverse conditi ... More >>

Aeros Get Back To Their Winning Playoff Ways

Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionBefore yesterday's Game Three against the Milwaukee Admirals, Houston Aeros coach Kevin Constantine wanted his team to focus less on what the Admirals were doing and to focus more on their own play. He wasn't entirely happy with how his team ended up handlin ... More >>

Aeros Get A Birthday Gift, Look To Close Out Milwaukee

Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionAnton Khudobin stood at mid-ice, blushing, a huge smile on his face. He was the number-one star of the game for the Houston Aeros. But that's not why he was blushing. He was blushing because, in unison, 3,189 fans inside of Toyota Center were singing "Happy ... More >>

Reeling Aeros Face Elimination Tomorrow Night

Thursday night, Houston Aeros goalie Anton Khudobin stood on top of the world. He had just shut out the Milwaukee Admirals to put the Aeros up 3-1 in their best-of-seven series. It was his birthday, and he was standing at center ice as over 3,100 people sang Happy Birthday to him.But things change.W ... More >>

Aeros Make Another Game Seven Escape, Head To Conference Finals

Photo by Fred Trask/The Third Intermission"If you can't get yourself ready for a game like this," Houston Aeros captain Clayton Stoner said Wednesday morning, "then you don't deserve to be here."The "here" was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The game was Game Seven of the West Division Finals. The Aeros, who ... More >>

Aeros' Improbable Playoff Run Finally Ends

The Cinderella Calder Cup playoff run of the Houston Aeros finally ended last night with the Aeros losing to the Manitoba Moose 3-1. But the fact that the Aeros actually made it to a Game Six should mean something, especially as, at this time last week, the Aeros were down 0-3 and only one game from ... More >>

The Aeros' Award Winners, Acccording To Us

I thought that, with the Houston Aeros season now over, I would do one of those end-of-season award things. So here goes.  MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:  Krys Kolanos. Kolanos barely played in half of the team's regular season as he was constantly up and down with the Minnesota Wild. But he w ... More >>

Never Too Hot For A Hockey Update

Just because it's the off-season in hockey doesn't mean that things aren't happening with the Houston Aeros. Since the end of the season, head coach Kevin Constantine and his coaching staff have been retained by the new management regime of the parent Minnesota Wild. But Aeros general manager Tom Ly ... More >>

Will the Aeros Be Recognizable As the Same Team Next Season?

When the Houston Aeros season gets underway come October, you truly are going to need a scorecard to tell apart the players. Because while it may be a way of life in the minor leagues to have roster changes during the off season, the Aeros, who made it into the AHL's Calder Cup Semi-Finals last sea ... More >>

Aeros' New Boss Promises A More Aggressive Offense

Hard as it may be to believe, especially with the temps outside and with football just now starting, but within a matter of weeks, players will be reporting to camp for the Houston Aeros. The Aeros have undergone some rather massive changes this off season -- as has the team's parent club the Minnes ... More >>

It's Hockey Season? Apparently So, And Here's Your Preview

​As hard as it might be to believe, hockey season starts tonight. And for the Houston Aeros, this season starts in the same place that last season's ended. In Winnipeg, Manitoba.The 2009-10 Aeros are going to be a rather different looking team than what you saw on the ice last year. Krys Kolan ... More >>

Aeros Are Back Home -- At Least Their Penalty-Killing Is In Good Shape

​The Houston Aeros are returning home tonight to face the Manitoba Moose at Toyota Center at 7:05 p.m. They spent the past week on the road where they went 0-3 while losing twice in Grand Rapids and once to  the Texas Stars in Austin on Sunday. But despite the team's inability to get its of ... More >>

Troy Ward, The Aeros' Man Behind The Scenes

Photo by Jason Villanueva/Houston Aeros​Houston Aeros fans hear his name announced every night. They sometimes see and/or hear him interviewed by Joe O'Donnell during pregame or one of the intermissions. Yet ask most fans about assistant coach/assistant GM Troy Ward, they probably won't be able to ... More >>