Levesque Hat Trick Powers Mallards Past Chill in Front of 8,761

February 8, 2014 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. - Gabriel Levesque scored a hat trick and added an assist as the host Quad City Mallards defeated the St. Charles Chill 6-3 Saturday night in front 8,761 fans. By winning in front of the largest Central Hockey League crowd this season the Mallards (21-11-8) reached the 50-point plateau while the loss left the Chill (10-30-5, 25 points) with 30 regulation defeats this year.

After Levesque pounced on a rebound at 17:45 of the second period to complete his hat trick and give Quad City a 4-2 lead, the Mallards would put the game away by outscoring the Chill 2-1 in the third period. Mike Monfredo widened the Mallard advantage to three for the first time by sweeping the puck home from the left wing circle at 5:58 of the third. With the Chill on the man advantage Dan Weiss's wrist shot snuck inside the post and trimmed the Mallard cushion to 5-3 at 10:47, but just under four minutes later Thomas Frazee would cap off the Quad City victory with a close range power play goal.

The Mallards had emerged from a wild opening 20 minutes with a 3-2 lead. Levesque started the scoring by pouncing on a rebound for the first of his two first period power play goals 8:23 into the game. Matt Duffy's drive from the high slot stretched the Mallard lead to 2-0 just a minute and 19 seconds later. A Travis Ouelette wrist shot from the slot got St. Charles on the scoreboard for the first time at 13:06 of the first. Levesque struck again at 17:09, roofing the puck from the slot to reestablish the two goal Mallard lead. Just when it seemed that two goal margin would stand up through the end of first the Chill would strike on the power play. Kyle O'Kane buried Nicklas Lindberg's centering feed with just 17.2 seconds left in the first to once more reduce the gap to a single goal, but St. Charles would get no closer.

The Mallards and Chill meet again tomorrow in St. Charles. The Mallards next play at home next Friday night at 7:05 p.m. against the Rapid City Rush. Next Friday is another $1 Dog/$1 Beer Night presented by 97X. $1 hot dogs and beers are available at iWireless Center concession stands during each of the Mallards' 11 Friday night home games this season.

Tickets for next Friday night's game and all Mallards regular season home games can be purchased at the iWireless Center ticket office, Ticketmaster outlets, through ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period.



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