2004-05 Houston Aeros Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 40-28-6 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the AHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Todd McLellan (40-28, 12 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 226,790, Avg. 5,670 in 40 home dates
2004-05 Houston Aeros RosterTeam Record: 40-28-6 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the AHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Todd McLellan (40-28, 12 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 226,790, Avg. 5,670 in 40 home dates
The Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League ended the 2004-05 season with a record of 40 wins and 28 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 92 points in the AHL's West Division.
The Aeros scored 212 goals and yielded 195. Kirby Law netted 25 goals for Houston, while Pierre-Marc Bouchard contributed 42 assists. Josh Harding topped the squad with 21 wins, plus Mike Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Josh Harding recorded a 2.01 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Todd McLellan coached the team. The 2004-05 Houston Aeros lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 67 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 46 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 7.5 |
| Kirby Law | R | 80 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 134 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 191 | 13.1 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 67 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 47 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 14.1 |
| Rickard Wallin | C | 79 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 134 | 9.0 |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 59 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 10.0 |
| Mark Cullen | C | 64 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 26 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 7.1 |
| Raymond Giroux | D | 70 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 9.5 |
| Kyle Wanvig | R | 76 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 158 | -12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 157 | 8.3 |
| Brent Burns | D | 73 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 57 | -11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 197 | 5.6 |
| Matt Foy | R | 69 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 78 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 9.2 |
| Zbynek Michalek | D | 76 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 48 | -10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 4.7 |
| Junior Lessard | R | 71 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 25 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 7.1 |
| Dan Cavanaugh | C | 66 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 128 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 121 | 6.6 |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 60 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 4.1 |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 72 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 4.7 |
| Erik Reitz | D | 38 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 91 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 |
| Marius Holtet | RW | 54 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 48 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| John Erskine | D | 61 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 238 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Christoph Brandner | L | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 8.6 |
| Todd Reirden | D | 52 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Jeremy Reich | L | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Derek Boogaard | L | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Chris Heid | D | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| David Bararuk | C | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Mike Smith | G | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bill Kinkel | LW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Josh Harding | G | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Tetarenko | R | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Mark Rooneem | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maxime Fortunus | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Stokes | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Kettles | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1606 | 207 | 361 | 568 | 1862 | -35 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2619 | 7.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Harding | 42 | 2387 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 2.01 | 1135 | 1055 | .930 |
| Mike Smith | 45 | 2408 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 2.42 | 1137 | 1040 | .915 |
| Kyle Kettles | 3 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.95 | 22 | 19 | .864 |
| Totals | 90 | 4856 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 180 | 2.22 | 2294 | 2114 | .922 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirby Law | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickard Wallin | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Cullen | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Giroux | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Wanvig | R | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Burns | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Foy | R | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zbynek Michalek | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior Lessard | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cavanaugh | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marius Holtet | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Erskine | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Reirden | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Reich | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Boogaard | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Smith | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Harding | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 100 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 181 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Harding | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.03 | 83 | 75 | .904 |
| Mike Smith | 3 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 | 97 | 93 | .959 |
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 180 | 168 | .933 |
