Mallards Power Past Fort Wayne 5-1

Published on December 17, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. (December 17, 2010) - Jake Riddle scored twice and the host Quad City Mallards struck for four power play goals on the way to a 5-1 win over the Fort Wayne Komets Friday. The victory lifted the Mallards over .500 to 12-11-0 on the season.

The Mallards emerged from the first period with a 3-1 lead and never looked back. Quad City converted its first power play when Eric Giosa tipped in the game's opening goal at 3:41 of the first. Just under two minutes later it was the Komets who were up a man when Mathieu Couradeau redirected an equalizer into the Mallard net. Yet another power play would produce the first of four unanswered Mallard goals as Tyler Kindle's blue line blast made it 2-1 at 12:47. Riddle tipped in the first even strength goal of the game to stretch the Mallard lead to 3-1 with just 98 seconds left in the period.

The Mallards compounded the Komets' woes by scoring two more man advantage goals in the second period. Obi Aduba wristed home the fourth Quad City goal from the slot at 4:46. At 16:09 Riddle swept in a rebound to widen the gap to 5-1.

The Mallards return to action against the Evansville IceMen at the i wireless Center tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. The first 1,000 fans through the doors for that game ages 12 and under will receive free Mallards equipment bags courtesy of i wireless, B100, CBS 4 and The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus.

Tickets for tomorrow night's game- and all Mallards regular season home games- are available in person at the i wireless Center box office, at Ticketmaster outlets, through www.ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000. Family day tickets can also be purchased online at http://myqcmallards.com/tickets/familyday/ . The ticket office is open Monday through Friday 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 other than Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until the end of the first period. On Sundays on which the Mallards play at home the ticket office will be open from 1:00 p.m. until the end of the first period.

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