Americans Pick up 5-2 Win over Quad City
February 8, 2014 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Allen Americans News Release
Moline, Illinois - The Allen Americans picked up a split in their two game series with Quad City, winning on Friday night 5-2 at the I-Wireless Center in Moline, Illinois.
Allen got on the board first when Brian McMillin backhanded a shot past Ty Rimmer in the Quad City net for his 3rd goal of the year at 2:31, assisted by Mike Berube and Garrett Klotz. Greger Hanson then scored on a rebound to net his 12th goal of the year, assisted by Daniel Tetrault at 4:45 to give Allen the 2-0 lead. Quad City answered back when Matt Duffy scored on the power play at 5:47, assisted by Vladimir Nikiforov and Jeff Lee to cut the Allen lead to 2-1. Quad City then knotted the score when Michael Monfredo scored on the power play at 19:09, assisted by Nicholas Rioux. At the first intermission, Quad City led in shots on net for the period by a 10-9 count with the score level at 2-2.
The Americans regained the lead on Daniel Tetrault's 5th goal of the year, on the power play, assisted by Jonathan Zion and Alex Lavoie at 8:38 of the second period. The Mallards again outshot the Americans 19-14 for the period and held the two period total at 29-23 but trailed Allen on the scoreboard 3-2.
Brian McMillin notched his second goal of the night and 4th goal of the season just 13 seconds into the final frame to extend the Americans lead to 4-2, assists on the McMillin marker went to Garrett Klotz and Jamie Schaafsma. Allen gained their biggest lead of the night on Alex Lavoie's 21st goal of the year at 7:40, assisted by Greger Hanson. Quad City outshot Allen in the third period for a three period total of 42-34, but the Americans 5-2 lead was too much for the Mallards to overcome and Allen improved to 26-13-4 with the victory.
Allen concludes their road trip with a game against the Missouri Mavericks on Saturday night; the puck drop is scheduled for 7:05PM.
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