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Mallards Fall to Rush in Overtime

January 16, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. (January 16, 2015) - Cody Ferriero scored his second goal of the game at 2:06 of overtime to give the Rapid City Rush (15-20-2) a 4-3 win over t he host Quad City Mallards (17-13-6) Friday night . The Mallards, who sit in fourth place in the ECHL's Central Division, did earn one point for the sudden death defeat.

Ferriero snapped off the game winner from the slot after the Rush's Dallas Erhardt had forced overtime by scoring the tying power play goal from the left point with just 2:19 left in regulation.

It was the Mallards who had battled from behind earlier in the third period. Mario Lamoureux swept home his second goal of the game from the high slot to even the score at two at 1:02 of the third. Antti Pusa gave the Mallards a 3-2 lead from close range at the 9:13 mark of the final frame.

The Rush's Patrick Cullen and Ferriero scored one minute and 21 seconds apart to turn the game around in the second period. With those two goals Rapid City turned a 1-0 Mallard lead into a 2-1 Rush advantage. Cullen buried a rebound at 7:03 of the second; at 8:24 Ferriero put the Rush on top while toppling in the slot.

Lamoureux's shorthanded wraparound opened the scoring at 12:32 of the first period.

The Mallards host the Rush again Sunday at 4:05 p.m. Sunday is also Superhero Sunday at the iWireless Center: fans who wear superhero costumes will get free tickets for that game. In addition, the volunteer superheroes from Heroes Inc. will be on hand to meet fans. Children 12 and under can get tickets for just $5 for every Mallards Sunday home game. After Sunday's game fan can join the Mallards on the ice for a post-game skate.

Tickets for all remaining Mallards regular season home games- including Sunday's contest- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000 . The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period. Tickets are available for $10, $16, $20 and $28.

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