Mallards Rally Past Rapid City, Take Over Fourth Place

Published on February 14, 2012 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. (February 14, 2012) - Mickey Lang scored what proved to be the winning goal just 21 seconds after Eric Giosa tied the score at two in the third period and the host Quad City Mallards went on to defeat the Rapid City Rush 3-2 Tuesday night and move past the Rush into fourth place in the Central Hockey League's Turner Conference. With the win, the Mallards improved to 27-20-1 (55 points) and now sit one point ahead of the fifth place Rush (25-17-4, 54 points).

"We focused on making sure we played to our strengths and I thought we played pretty darn good," said Mallards coach and general manager David Bell. "We can build off a lot of things in that game. It was a huge game in the standings, it was a come from behind win...I like a lot of things we did."

Lang buried the tie-breaker from the right wing circle mere moments after Giosa's wraparound evened the score.

The Mallards found themselves in need of a third period comeback after the Rush rallied to overcome a one goal deficit in the second period.

Quad City opened the scoring when Brandon Marino rifled home Justin Chwedoruk's centering pass at 1:06 of the second period, only for the Rush to rebound with back-to-back goals. Mike Vaskivuo tied the game from the side of the net at 4:31 of the second. With just one minute and three seconds left in the period, Andrew Smale swept Konrad Reeder's centering feed past Mallard goaltender David McKee (31 saves) to give Rapid City a 2-1 lead. That advantage, however, would disappear in a matter of seconds in the third period.

After scoring the opener tonight Marino (29-36-65) remains tied for the league goal-scoring lead and just one behind Evansville's Todd Robinson in the race for the league point-scoring lead.

The Mallards return to action Friday night at 7:05 p.m. in Wichita against the Thunder. The Mallards are next in action on home ice Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. against the Arizona Sundogs. Saturday evening is Military Appreciation Night. The first 1,000 fans through the doors for Saturday night's game will receive free Mallards camouflage koozies courtesy of the Rock Island Arsenal Chapter of the Association of the United States Army. In addition, the Mallards' Seats for Soldiers drive enables fans to purchase discounted tickets to Saturday night's game that the Mallards will then donate to area military personnel and their families. Seats for Soldiers tickets cost just $5 and can be purchased by stopping by or calling (309-277-1364) the Mallards' business office through Friday evening at 5:00 p.m.

Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season home contests- including Tuesday night's game- are now available. Fans can contact the Mallards at (309) 277-1364 or tickets@myqcmallards.com for more information about tickets.

Single game tickets are also available at the i wireless Center box office, at Ticketmaster outlets, through www.ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free. The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and on game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period. Individual game tickets are available for $12 in the upper level and $17 in the lower level and $25 for the first row along the glass for adults. Tickets for kids 12 and under are available for $5 off adult rates. In addition, tickets are available to military personnel for $2 off the regular adult rate.

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