Mallards Edge IceMen in Front of 8,229 on Star Wars Night
January 16, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN - 8,229 fans packed the Ford Center Saturday for the sixth-annual Star Wars Night in Evansville, but the Quad City Mallards scored a late third period goal to edge the IceMen 2-1 in a hard-fought game.
Evansville outshot Quad City 14-8 in the opening period, but the Mallards converted on their lone power play. Miles Koules took the shot from the left face-off dot and Ryan Tesink deflected the shot past IceMen goaltender Cody Reichard. Quad City goalie Brody Hoffman was busy in the frame and stopped all 14 Evansville shots.
The IceMen ended a streak of 43 power plays without a goal, when they score on their third man-advantage of the game. Chris Rumble's shot from the point was tipped by Danny Hobbs past Hoffman at 6:42 of the second period. The fans were also treated to two fights in the middle frame, when Michael Trebish fought Alex Gudbranson, and Spencer Humphries dropped the gloves with Anthony Collins.
Hoffman stymied several grade-A scoring chances throughout the night and kept the IceMen off the board in the third period on his way to a 38-save win. Kevin Henderson scooped up a loose puck Evansville blocked a shot from the point, and Henderson lifted the rebound over Reichard with 2:51 left to break the 1-1 tie. The Mallards hung on to win their third game at the Ford Center this season. Reichard made 29 saves in the loss.
The IceMen hit the road Wednesday on an 11-day road trip featuring six games in a nine day span. Evansville starts off the trip Friday, January 22 in Greenville for a 7pm EST tilt with the Swamp Rabbits, before heading to Atlanta Saturday for a 7:05pm EST start against the Gladiators.
Then the IceMen travel all the way to Independence, MO for a Tuesday, January 26 contest at 7:05pm against the Missouri Mavericks, before heading to Wichita the next night for a 7:05pm CST game against the Thunder.
Finally, Evansville wraps up the road trip January 29-30 in Indianapolis against the Indy Fuel. The next IceMen home game is February 6 against the Rapid City Rush.
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