Houston Aeros

Pro hockey team
text_color = #DC143C
bg_color = #005835
team = Houston Aeros

logosize = 200px
city = Houston, Texas
league = American Hockey League
conference = Western Conference
division = West Division
founded = 1994 (in the IHL)
arena = Toyota Center
colors = Green, Red, Wheat
owner = Minnesota Sports and Entertainment
coach = Kevin Constantine
GM = Tom Lynn
media = Houston Chronicle
affiliates = Minnesota Wild (NHL)
name1 = Houston Aeros
dates1 = 1994 to 2001 (IHL)
name2 = Houston Aeros
dates2 = 2001 to present (AHL)
reg_season_titles = 1 IHL (1998–99)
0 AHL
division_titles = 1 IHL (1998–99)
1 AHL (2002–03)
conf_titles = 1 (2002–03)
calder_cups = 1 (2002–03)
turner_cups = 1 (1998–99)

The Houston Aeros are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Houston, Texas, USA at the Toyota Center.

History

The Houston Aeros were an expansion team in the International Hockey League in 1994. The team's name is an homage to the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, one of the teams Gordie Howe played for in the WHA. The Aeros were the second IHL team to be named after a WHA franchise, the first being the Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL); unlike the Roadrunners, who used the same logo as their WHA predecessor, the IHL Aeros used a new logo, a bomber flying over the team name (essentially their current logo). The Aeros would defeat the Orlando Solar Bears to win the 1999 Turner Cup, following an impressive 54-win season.

The Aeros were one of six IHL teams to join the AHL in 2001 when the IHL folded. The AHL version of the Aeros would go on to win the 2003 Calder Cup. They are the AHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild.

The team plays their home games in the Toyota Center, which they moved to from the Compaq Center for the 2003–04 season.

In 2003, the Aeros replaced their original bomber logo, carried over from their IHL days, to a new logo featuring a forward-facing modern fighter jet below a bold "AEROS", and using the WHA Aeros' colors of light and dark blue. In 2005, as part of their affiliation with the Wild, the Aeros changed their colors to the Wild's forest green and Iron Range red. On April 18, 2006, the team announced that the 2006–07 season would see the Aeros return to their original bomber logo associated with their championship seasons, with only minor color alterations; the blue elements of the original logo were replaced with green.

eason-by-season results

* Houston Aeros 1994–2001 (International Hockey League (1945–2001))
* Houston Aeros 2001–Present

Regular season

Playoffs

Franchise Records

;Single season:Goals: 47 flagicon|USA Patrick O'Sullivan (2005–06):Assists: 88 flagicon|CAN Brian Wiseman (1998–99):Points: 110 flagicon|CAN Kirby Law (2005–06):Penalty Minutes: 333 flagicon|CAN Gord Donnelly (1995–96):GAA: 2.01 flagicon|CAN Josh Harding (2004–05):SV%: .930 Josh Harding (2004–05) ;Career:Career Goals: 132 Mark Freer:Career Assists: 210 Mark Freer:Career Points: 342 Mark Freer:Career Penalty Minutes: 724 flagicon|USA Dane Renfroe:Career Goaltending Wins: 126 flagicon|CAN Frederic Chabot:Career Shutouts: 18 Frederic Chabot:Career Games: 469 Mark Freer;Retired Numbers:9 Gordie Howe (1973-77)

External links

* [http://www.aeros.com/ Houston Aeros Official Site]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=2676 The Internet Hockey Database - Houston Aeros (AHL)]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=480 The Internet Hockey Database - Houston Aeros (IHL)]