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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyAmerican Hockey League1221 Lamar Street, Suite 1100 • Houston, TX 77010Tel: (713) 974-7825 • Fax: (713) 361-7900aeros.comhouston aerosHome Rink: Toyota Center (17,800 for hockey)Rink Address: 1510 Polk Street • Houston, TX 77002Team Colors: Red, Green, Gold and WhiteCalder Cup Championships: One (2003)Turner Cup Championships: One (1999)2007-08 Record: 45-29-2-4 (96 pts.), third in West DivisionAffiliation: Became Minnesota’s primary developmental affiliate onMay 21, 2001...Was purchased and became an entity of Minnesota Sports & Entertainment on July 7, 2003.DirectoryGeneral Manager...................................................................................................................................................................... Tom LynnHead Coach................................................................................................................................................................ Kevin ConstantineAssistant General Manager / Assistant Coach .........................................................................................................................Troy WardAssistant Coach....................................................................................................................................................................Luke StrandAthletic Trainer.......................................................................................................................................................................Jerry MeinsEquipment Manager........................................................................................................................................................... Mark KincherCommunications Director........................................................................................................................................... Patrick ArmstrongKevin ConstantineHEAD COACHKevin Constantine was named the seventh head coach in Aeros history on May 29, 2007. Constantine,49 (12/27/58), has been behind the bench as a head coach for more than 1,000 combined games,presiding over teams in the United States Hockey League (USHL), International Hockey League (IHL),National Hockey League (NHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL).In Constantine’s first season as the Aeros head coach he led the club to a 45-29-2-4 record, a teamhigh32-point improvement from 2006-07 to 2007-08. He led the Aeros to the playoffs, placing thirdin the West Division, losing in the first round. Constantine improved first-year Aeros head coaches toa perfect seven-for-seven in reaching the playoffs during their inaugural seasons.The native of International Falls, Minn., recorded his 300th win as a coach at the professional level on March 25, 2008, a 3-2 Aeros’ shootout victoryat Peoria. He accrued a 159-158-61 mark in seven NHL seasons with San Jose, Pittsburgh and New Jersey. Two seasons after helping KansasCity claim the IHL’s Turner Cup championship in 1991-92, Constantine took over a Sharks team that won just 11 games the previous season.Constantine led San Jose to a 33-35-16 record in 1993-94 and a first-round upset of Detroit in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. He was therunner-up to current Minnesota Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire for the Jack Adams Trophy as the NHL’s top coach after the Sharks improved aleague-record 58 points. Constantine is the only NHL coach to ever lead a pair of eight seeds over a No. 1 seed, having also led Pittsburgh overNew Jersey in 1998-99.Constantine joined expansion Everett in 2003-04 and led the Silvertips to a 162-106-20 mark in four seasons. Everett won division titles in threeof his four seasons there, and advanced to the WHL Final in its inaugural season, helping Constantine land Coach of the Year honors. In 2006-07,Constantine led the Silvertips to a 54-15-1-2 record and a berth in the Western Conference Semifinals.In two seasons with Kansas City, Constantine’s Blades went 102-48-14. Constantine has also served as an assistant coach with NHL Calgary, IHLKalamazoo, and as head coach of North Iowa and Rochester of the United States Hockey League. Constantine also founded the North AmericanHockey League’s Pittsburgh Forge in 2001. The Forge compiled an 80-24-8 record in his two seasons there. Eighteen Forge players earned DivisionI scholarships.Constantine played amateur hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York and was Montreal’s ninth-round pick (No. 154 overall)in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. Constantine has three sons: Mathew, Jeffrey and Nicholas.Houston Aeros 2008-09 ScheduleOCTOBER11 vs. CHICAGO 7:35 p.m.13 vs. MILWAUKEE 7:05 p.m.18 vs. SAN ANTONIO 7:35 p.m.19 at San Antonio 5:00 p.m.24 at Manitoba 7:30 p.m.25 at Manitoba 7:30 p.m.26 at Toronto 3:00 p.m.28 vs. IOWA 7:05 p.m.31 vs. PROVIDENCE 7:35 p.m.nOVEMBER2 vs. W.B./SCRANTON 4:05 p.m.7 at Hamilton 6:30 p.m.8 at Rochester 6:35 p.m.9 at Syracuse 2:00 p.m.11 at Grand Rapids 11:00 a.m.14 at Lake Erie 6:30 p.m.16 vs. BRIDGEPORT 4:05 p.m.22 vs. WORCESTER 7:35 p.m.23 vs. HAMILTON 5:05 p.m.28 vs. MILWAUKEE 7:35 p.m.29 at San Antonio 7:00 p.m.30 vs. MILWAUKEE 4:05 p.m.DECEMBER2 vs. MANITOBA 11:05 a.m.4 vs. MANITOBA 7:05 p.m.6 vs. SYRACUSE 7:35 p.m.10 vs. ROCHESTER 7:05 p.m.11 vs. QUAD CITY 7:05 p.m.13 vs. HERSHEY 7:35 p.m.17 at Milwaukee 7:00 p.m.19 at Rockford 7:30 p.m.20 at Rockford 7:05 p.m.21 at Peoria 5:00 p.m.26 vs. SAN ANTONIO 7:35 p.m.27 at Quad City 7:05 p.m.28 at Peoria 5:00 p.m.30 vs. LAKE ERIE 7:05 p.m.31 at Worcester 5:05 p.m.JANUARY2 at Binghamton 6:05 p.m.3 at W.B./Scranton 6:05 p.m.4 at Providence 3:05 p.m.7 at Bridgeport 6:00 p.m.9 at Hershey 6:00 p.m.10 at Quad City 7:05 p.m.11 at Chicago 6:00 p.m.16 vs. TORONTO 7:35 p.m.18 vs. LAKE ERIE 5:05 p.m.23 vs. PEORIA 7:35 p.m.24 vs. PEORIA 7:35 p.m.29 vs. QUAD CITY 7:05 p.m.30 vs. BINGHAMTON 7:35 p.m.31 at Chicago 7:00 p.m.FEBRUARY6 at Iowa 7:05 p.m.7 at Quad City 7:05 p.m.8 at Chicago 5:00 p.m.13 at Iowa 7:05 p.m.14 at Iowa 7:05 p.m.15 vs. CHICAGO 5:05 p.m.19 vs. IOWA 7:05 p.m.21 vs. IOWA 7:35 p.m.27 vs. ROCKFORD 7:35 p.m.28 at Quad City 7:05 p.m.MARCH1 at Milwaukee 4:00 p.m.5 vs. GRAND RAPIDS 7:05 p.m.7 vs. CHICAGO 7:35 p.m.10 vs. QUAD CITY 7:05 p.m.13 vs. QUAD CITY 7:35 p.m.14 at San Antonio 7:00 p.m.15 vs. ROCKFORD 4:05 p.m.21 vs. PEORIA 7:35 p.m.22 vs. PEORIA 4:05 p.m.25 at Milwaukee 7:00 p.m.27 vs. ROCKFORD 7:35 p.m.28 at Peoria 7:00 p.m.29 at Rockford 5:05 p.m.31 at Iowa 7:05 p.m.APRIL2 vs. IOWA 7:05 p.m.3 at Peoria 7:00 p.m.4 at Lake Erie 7:30 p.m.10 vs. SAN ANTONIO 7:35 p.m.11 at San Antonio 7:00 p.m.12 vs. SAN ANTONIO 4:05 p.m.Home games in CAPS.All times central time zone.Dates and times subject to change.114 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 115Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL