Robak also had an assist to cap off a two-point night en route to being named the First Star of the Game. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom stood tall in net for the Rampage, stopping 30 of the 32 shots he faced.

 

The Rampage penalty killers once again produced a solid effort as they held Houston to 2-for-9 on the man advantage, improving to 2-for-17 in their first two games of the year.

 

Houston converted on the power play to open the scoring at 3:46 when rookie Charlie Coyle redirected a cross crease pass by Markstrom to put the Aeros up 1-0. 

 

Four minutes later, the Rampage struck back with a power-play goal of their own when Jean-Francois Jacques deflected in a rebound off his skate from a point shot by Robak.  The goal was the first of the season for Jacques.

 

At 4:15 into the second period the Rampage claimed the lead when Houston netminder Matt Hackett misplayed the puck behind his own net. Center Greg Rallo grabbed the puck out of the air and sent a backhand shot past a scrambling Hackett to give the Rampage the lead. 

 

Markstrom made several acrobatic saves in the second period to keep the Rampage in the game, including a right pad save that took away a sure goal from Houston forward Zack Phillips. 

 

Aeros forward Jason Zucker tallied a power-play goal with just over a minute remaining in the second period to send the two teams into the intermission knotted at 2-2. Markstrom made the initial save on Zucker, but the Houston rookie was able to net the rebound. 

 

The score remained tied through more than half of the third period until Casey Wellman fed a trailing Robak at the top of the left circle. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound defenseman fired a slapshot that beat Hackett clean to reclaim the lead for San Antonio.

 

The Rampage were able to hold on for the win and grabbed their first two points of the season. 

 

The Silver and Black will travel to Oklahoma City on Friday night where they will face the Barons at 7:00 p.m. before returning home to face off against the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday at the AT&T center. Faceoff for Saturday’s tilt is set for 7:00 p.m. Individual game tickets can be purchased by calling 210-444-5554 or by visiting sarampage.com.