Mallards Rally for Overtime Win at Evansville

Published on December 6, 2015 under ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Mike Monfredo scored at 2:50 of overtime to give the Quad City Mallards (13-7-3) a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the host Evansville IceMen (6-12-1) Sunday night. The dramatic win was the Mallards' fifth in a row and extended their lead atop the ECHL's Central Division to three points over the second place Cincinnati Cyclones.

Monfredo- who also had two assists- completed the Mallards' comeback from a 5-2 third period deficit by rifling home Jake Baker's centering pass.

The Mallard rally started just 18 seconds after Tyson Fawcett's shorthanded goal gave the IceMen a three-goal lead at 2:37 of third.  Mere morments after Fawecett finished off a two-on-none jailbreak with Daulton Leveille- who had two goals and an assist- Zach Pochiro roofed the Mallards' second power play goal of the night from the left wing circle to narrow the margin to 5-3. Alex Gudbranson's blast from the right point trimmed the gap to a single goal at 7:04 of the third. Just one minute and 23 seconds later Guilluame Gelinas tied the game at five in a goalmouth scramble.

The IceMen scored three times in two minutes and 59 seconds to build a 4-2 second period lead. After Matt Carey's power play blast from the right point gave the Mallards a 2-1 lead at 5:24 of the second, Alex Guptill kick-started the Evansville onslaught from close range at 9:41 of the second. Just 70 seconds later Leveille steered the tie-breaking goal home from the slot. The gap stretched to two goals when Tyler Sims pounced on a rebound at 12:40.

The offensive fireworks started early: Leveille swept in the opening goal from the left wing boards just 25 seconds into the game. Olivier Archambault tied the score from the slot at 7:01 of the first period.

The Mallards return to action on the road Friday night against the Rapid City Rush. The Mallards next play at home Friday, December 18 at 7:05 p.m. against the Wheeling Nailers. The first 1,000 fans through the doors for that game will receive free Mallards winter caps courtesy of KWQC-TV6. December 18 also brings the return of $1 Dog/$1 Beer Night presented by 97X and MetroLINK College Night.

Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season home games- including the December 18 game- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000. The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available for $10, $16, $20 and $28.

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