The Cincinnati Enquirer

HOUSTON - Cory Larose scored a pair of second-period goals to lead the Houston Aeros over the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, 4-2 Saturday.

The Aeros drastically outshot the Ducks, 48-27, in the contest, including 39-18 over the final two periods.

Cincinnati		0	1	1	-2
Houston		1	3	0	-4
First period: 1. Hou, Hoggan 3 (Cavosie), 2:48. Second period: 2. Hou, Larose 5 (Domenichelli, Nycholat), 7:56. 3. Hou, Larose 6 (Virta), 10:35. 4. Cin, DeWolf 1 (N. Smith, Severson), 14:04 (ppg). 5. Hou, Pavlikovsky 2 (M. Cullen, Trudel), 19:04 (ppg). Third period: 6. Cin, Smirnov 7, 15:29. Shots on goal: Cincinnati 9-11-7=27; Houston 9-20-19=48 Power-play opportunities: Cincinnati 1-for-5; Houston 1-for-4. Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Bryzgalov (48 shots, 44 saves; record 2-13-3); Houston, Kochan (27 shots, 25 saves; record 10-5-2). A: 6,928. Records: Cincinnati 10-16-6-4; Houston 21-10-2-0.

ECHL CYCLONES 4, DAYTON 1: Cincinnati won its third straight road game.

Dayton		0	1	0	-1
Cincinnati		0	1	3	-4
First Period: None. Second period: 1. DAY Vince 12 (C.M. Thompson) 6:27; 2. CIN Noga 15 (PPG) (Gaucher, Cheverie) 18:44. Third period: 3. CIN Casselman 6 (u/a) 2:44; 4. CIN Labenski 7 (u/a) 13:40; 5. CIN Cardarelli 18 (Twordik, Casselman) 16:55. Special Teams: DAY - 0-3; CIN - 1-2. Goaltenders: DAY - Andrew Allen (5-8-3) (18 saves, 22 shots); CIN - Marc Kielkucki (6-2-1) (32 saves, 33 shots). Attendance: 4,106.

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