Mallards Down Fort Wayne 6-3
Published on November 13, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Quad City Mallards News Release
Moline, IL-The Quad City Mallards improved to 7-3-2 on the season with a 6-3 win over Fort Wayne on Sunday afternoon at The MARK. With the win, the Mallards are now unbeaten in their last seven (5-0-2) and stand second in the UHL's Western Division.
After a scoreless first, the teams combined for six second period goals. Quad City's Tom Galvin opened the scoring with his first goal as a Mallard on a four-on-four. Galvin earned assists on two subsequent Mallards goals to earn first star honors on the night. Five minutes later on a Mallards power play, Chad Woollard scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season. The power-play marker was Woollard's league-leading eighth of the season on the man advantage. The Mallards stretched the lead to 3-0 on an even strength goal by Anthony Blumer at 11:57 of the middle period.
Fort Wayne recorded their first tally of the game at 14:12 of the second on a David Carpentier goal. Just 21 seconds after Carpentier's marker, Quad City's Mike Olynyk scored his first goal with the Mallards to retake a three-goal lead at 4-1. Fort Wayne added a late second period power-play goal by Lance Galbraith to end the second at 4-2.
In the third, Fort Wayne struck quickly to slice the Mallards' lead to one. Carpentier scored his second of the night 2:13 into the period to set the score at 4-3. The Mallards quickly answered with a pair of goals just 48 seconds apart. Evgeny Lazarev scored his fourth goal at 4:24 of the period followed up by Noah Whyte's first Mallards goal at 5:12 of the period. The pair of early third period goals set the final at 6-3.
The Mallards return to The MARK on Friday vs. Missouri. Game time is 7:00 p.m. It's Boy Scout Night and Bettendorf Chamber Night. For information on getting your Scout Troop involved or for information on ticket discounts for Bettendorf Chamber Members, call the Mallards ticket office at (309) 764-7825. It's also a Happy Joe's Puck N Pizza Package Friday. For $65, fans receive four lower bowl tickets and a large up-to-two topping pizza from Happy Joe's. For $45, fans will get four upper bowl tickets and an up-to-two topping large pizza from Happy Joes's. This offer is available exclusively at The MARK box office. Mallards individual tickets are available at The MARK box office and via all Ticketmaster outlets including ticketmaster.com and by phone at (563) 326-1111.
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