Jon DiSalvatore made sure the Houston Aeros survived letting a 3-0 series lead slip away and advanced to the Calder Cup Finals anyhow.
The Aeros skipper stuffed in a rebound off a scramble in front of the net with 1:13 left in norm Tuesday night as a 4-3 triumph over the Hamilton Bulldogs in Game 7 of AHL Western Conference Finals at Toyota Center in Houston.
Houston will immediately face Binghamton in the Calder Cup Finals and host Game 1 aboard Friday night.
The series mirrored 2 others namely had yet taken location in the Stanley Cup Playoffs this annual -- Vancouver was compelled to a Game 7 after taking a 3-0 lead over Chicago in the 1st round and San Jose had the same object happen opposition Detroit in the second round, yet both the Canucks and Sharks survived.
Three NHL teams have rallied from 3-0 shortages to advance in a playoff series. Hamilton was commanding to convert the third AHL team to realize the feat.
Chad Rau and Casey Wellman scored 9 seconds apart in the first period to peg the Aeros to a 2-0 lead ahead the Bulldogs came back ahead the opening 20 minutes were up on goals along Dustin Boyd and Mathieu Carle.
Wellman's second of the game 2:42 into the second period put the Aeros before another,
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