Box score: Aeros 5, Thunder 2

Saturday, Jan. 17, 1998 | 7:15 a.m.

First Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Quinney 19 (Christian, Lefebvre), pp, 8:26; 2, Houston, Yeo 13 (Hagwood, Hughes), pp, 13:51.

Penalties: Oliver, Houston (slashing), 4:11; Dyck, Houston (holding), 8:01; Day, Las Vegas, (holding the stick), 9:01; Cullen, Las Vegas (hooking), 12:03.

Second Period -- .3, Houston, Oliver 23 (Hagwood, Yeo), 0:15; 4, Houston, Freer 8 (Valicevic, Cull), 1:15.

Penalties: Christian, Las Vegas (roughing), 4:04; Kurtz, Las Vegas (hooking), 4:57; Morissette, Houston (fighting), 7:13; Potomski, Las Vegas (fighting), 7:13; McRae, Houston (roughing), 16:13; Simchuk, Las Vegas (interference), 17:40.

Third Period -- .5, Houston, Wiseman 12 (Yeo), 6:48; 6, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 15 (Bancroft, Belanger), pp, 16:23; 7, Houston, McRae 11 (Yeo), en, 18:40.

Penalties: Cull, Houston (holding), 1:56; McRae, Houston (hooking), 7:19; Day Las Vegas (holding), 9:32. Wiseman, Houston (roughing), 12:52. Loewen, LV (instigating, 10-minute misconduct), 15:39. Potomski, LV (high-sticking, game misconduct), 15:39. Cull, Houston (spearing, game misconduct), 15:39. Morissette, Houston (roughing, game misconduct), 19:27. Byakin, Las Vegas (interference), 19:27

Shots on goal -- Houston 14-13-10--37; Utah 19-9-12--31.

Power plays -- Houston 1 of 6, Las Vegas 2 of 8.

Goalies -- Houston, Bach 15-4-2 (31 shots, 29 saves), Las Vegas, Simchuk 4-3-1 (36, 32).

Attendance -- 5,997.

Referee -- Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen -- Sean Finn, and John Constantine.