Lake Erie got rapid-fire goals from Greg Mauldin and Matt Ford early in the third period to claim a 3-2 victory.
HOUSTON --- Lake Erie got rapid-fire goals from Greg Mauldin and Matt Ford early in the third period to claim a 3-2 victory over the Houston Aeros Sunday afternoon at the Toyota Center.
Ford's first goal of the season came at 2:34 into the third, just 1:47 after Mauldin tied the game. Monsters goalie John Grahame had 32 saves in protecting the victory.
Lake Erie took a 1-0 lead on Ben Walter's goal 5:52 into the first, but Houston rallied to take a 2-1 lead after two periods on goals by Joel Broda at 18:20 of the first and Casey Wellman 11:22 into the second.
Anton Khudobin turned aside 30 shots for the Aeros, who drop to 2-4-1-0 with the loss.
Lake Erie's six-game, nine-day road trip came to an end with the Monsters now 3-4-0-1 with four days off before hosting the Manitoba Moose on Friday.