2010-11 Stats

Western Conference Finals – Series “N” (best-of-7) W2-Houston Aeros vs. N1-Hamilton Bulldogs Game 1 – Fri., May 13 – Hamilton at Houston, 8:35 ET Game 2 – Sun., May 15 – Hamilton at Houston, 5:05 ET Game 3 – Tue., May 17 – Houston at Hamilton, 7:30 ET Game 4 – Wed., May 18 – Houston at Hamilton, 7:30 ET *Game 5 – Fri., May 20 – Houston at Hamilton, 7:30 ET *Game 6 – Sun., May 22 – Hamilton at Houston, 5:05 ET *Game 7 – Tue., May 24 – Hamilton at Houston, 8:05 ET

2010-11 Stats

 

Regular Season Comparison				Calder Cup Playoff History				Previous Playoff Meetings
Record	46-28-1-5	44-27-2-7		Appearances	8th	12th		2003 F	W, 4-3
Points	98	97		2010 Result	DNQ	lost conf. final
Home	25-12-1-2	22-15-1-2		Record (games)	47-41	90-74
Road	21-16-0-3	22-12-1-5		Record (series)	11-6	20-10
Goals for	240	226		OT record	14-6	21-11
Goals against	212	193		Calder Cup titles	1 (2003)	1 (2007)
PP% (rank)	20.2 (6)	18.7 (14)		Losing finalist	0	2 (1997, 2003)
PK% (rank)	81.0 (22)	83.0 (12)		Last time in conf. finals	2009 (lost to MTB)	2010 (lost to TEX)

  

2010-11 Regular Season Series
				Results
Record	1-1-0-0 (2 pts.)	1-1-0-0 (2 pts.)		Dec. 14	HOU 3 at HAM 1
at HOU	0-1-0-0	1-0-0-0		Dec. 21	HAM 5 at HOU 0
at HAM	1-0-0-0	0-1-0-0
Goals	3	6
Power play	0/7 (0.0%)	1/7 (14.3%)
Scoring	Earl: 2gp, 1-0-1	*Dawes: 3gp, 2-0-2
	Peters: 2gp, 1-0-1	Russell: 2gp, 1-1-2
	DiSalvatore: 2gp, 0-1-1	Avtsin: 2gp, 1-0-1
	Wellman: 2gp, 0-1-1	Boyd: 1gp, 1-0-1
Goaltending	Hackett: 1-0-0, 0.69	Sanford: 1-1-0, 1.01
		MacIntyre: DNP
		*includes 3 GP with CHI

SERIES NOTEBOOK:
Houston meets Hamilton for a berth in the 2011 Calder Cup Finals, the teams’ first postseason collision since the Aeros won a seven-game Calder Cup Finals series in 2003… The Aeros are in the conference finals for the second time in three seasons, and the Bulldogs are making their second straight appearance and fifth in the last 10 years… This is just the fourth time in AHL history that two teams will meet in a playoff series both coming off Game 7 wins… The clubs met twice in the regular season, each collecting a victory on the other’s home ice a week apart in December… The Bulldogs feature the AHL’s second-leading postseason goal-scorer in Nigel Dawes (9-5-14) and a goaltender in Drew MacIntyre who leads the league with a 1.63 goals-against average in 13 outings (8-5)… Aaron Palushaj has registered 12 points (4-8-12) in 12 playoff contests, matching his output in 19 postseason games last spring… Like MacIntyre, Houston rookie Matt Hackett (8-3, 2.29) has played every minute of his team’s playoff run to date… Aeros forward Patrick O'Sullivan, who reached the conference finals with Manchester in 2007, shows 10 points (4-6-10) in 11 games this postseason and 37 points (17-20-37) in 35 outings during his AHL playoff career… In its 11 playoff games, Houston has allowed the first goal eight times but has come back to win six of those… At 91.8 percent (56-for-61), Hamilton boasts the top-ranked penalty-killing unit among the four conference finalists... Houston has not lost a series in which it owned home-ice advantage since dropping a best-of-three qualifying series to Cincinnati in 2004... A Canadian team is in the Western Conference Finals for the fifth year in a row.