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Ortmeyer, Aeros Rally
To Take Game 1
May 27, 2011 Posted by: Bob Howard
Credit:
Binghamton Senators |
May 27, 2011 - American Hockey
League (AHL) - Binghamton Senators News Release
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| Bobby Butler scored his 11th
goal of the post season. |
HOUSTON, T.X. - Veteran forward Jed Ortmeyer netted two of
Houston's three goals in the third period, and the Aeros
rallied for a 3-1 win over visiting Binghamton on Friday
before 8,018 fans at Toyota Center in Game 1 of the 2011
Calder Cup Finals.
Houston halted the Senators'
eight-game road winning streak and handed Binghamton its
first defeat on enemy ice since Game 1 of the division
semifinals at Manchester, a 2-1 setback on Apr. 14 which
also marked the last time the Sens were held to only one
goal.
The game was scoreless more than halfway
through the second period before Senators rookie Bobby
Butler broke through at 16:17 for his rookie-leading 11th
goal of the postseason, with fellow rookie Colin Greening
picking up the lone helper.
Aeros forward Warren
Peters, making his second straight Calder Cup Finals
appearance after getting this far with Texas in 2010,
tallied the equalizer unassisted just 36 seconds into the
third period.
That set the stage for Ortmeyer's
heroics, as the veteran of 310 NHL contests notched the
game-winner at 1:47 and an insurance marker at the 6:09
mark. Former first-round draft pick Colton Gillies and
defenseman Marco Scandella assisted on both goals, which
were Ortmeyer's fifth and sixth of the playoffs.
Aeros rookie goaltender Matt Hackett held the fort from
there, finishing with 23 saves on 24 shots to improve to
13-6 in 19 postseason contests. At the other end,
19-year-old Robin Lehner made 38 saves for Binghamton in the
losing effort.
Both sides finished 0-for-2 on the
power play in a game which only featured a combined 14
minutes in penalties.
The teams will get right back
on the Toyota Center ice for Game 2 on Saturday night before
the series shifts to Binghamton next week.
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