Turover Fest turns ugly on Kids day at Toyota Center

This is how it usually goes on kids day:

Kids scream before the game
Kids scream when the Aeros score a goal.
Kids boo when the other team scores a goal.
Kids REALLY scream with there is a fight.
Kids start leaving at the beginning of the third period.

Most of that proved true Thursday, except one ... minor ... change.

This year, the Aeros' left the game before the kids did.

After scoring three straight goals against a team that had lost 11 of its last 12 games, the Aeros (their defense pictured above) looked like the division doormat and allowed six straight goals en route to a 6-3 loss in front of all those innocent little schoolkids.

I don't have a lot of time to write right now, but I will throw up a few points here for further discussion, and Heather's take is already on the blog right below this one.

• The Aeros could/should have led 2-0 after first period.
• The Daoust goal was a beauty.
• The Aeros just turned the puck over.
• Then the lights went out.
• The Aeros just turned over the puck again.
• Anton has struggled MIGHTLY in the second period at home this year.
• I felt bad for Dubielewicz on their sixth goal. Hoggan fanned on the wrister, Dubie froze, and then Hoggan buried attempt No. 2.
• The Aeros just turned over the puck.
• See a pattern?
• Kalus left the game in the first period and did not return. Post game diagnosis? Possible concussion, per Kevin Constantine.
• The Toyota Center ran out of cotton candy.
• Andy Hilbert looked good in his return from a knee injury. He missed every game in November.
• The Aeros just turned over ... nevermind.

I will not close this out with a You Tube Video. Instead, I will close this out with a not-so-bold prediction and a quote from former Aero Jeff Hoggan.

As I was waiting to talk to Jeff this afternoon, I overheard the post-game "at a boys" from the Rampage coaches. This was a big win for that team, and they know it. And they know they have all the momentum in the world heading into tomorrow night. Even though they did not say so directly, they know the Aeros will have a very hard time competing tomorrow night.

Tomorrow is a guaranteed loss, and with six days off until their next game against Peoria, I think the losing streak goes to three before they win again on 12/13.

I asked Hoggan what was said on the bench after the Aeros went up big and Ray Edwards called the timeout. After pointing out that any team would have called a timeout right there, this is what he said.

"We just needed a little break there to re-focus. We had a couple of bad turnovers there. But we got a quick one right after that and bang, bang, bang, it was 3-3 before you knew it. We had the momentum and went from there"

Bang, bang, bang is right, and that is probably how it is going to go Friday night at AT&T Center.