
Mallards Roll Past Fuel 6-1
March 5, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release
MOLINE, Ill. - Chase Lang scored twice as the host Quad City Mallards (32-22-3) ripped off six unanswered goals on the way to a 6-1 victory over the Indy Fuel (15-37-5) Saturday night.
The Mallards broke the game open with three second period goals. Lang's tip-in stretched the 2-1 lead the Mallards held after one period to 3-1 at 9:33 of the second. At 13:08, Brady Brassart- who also had an assist- deflected Mike Wilson's blue blast in under the cross bar to widen the gap to 4-1. Grant Arnold completed the second period onslaught by burying Kevin Gibson's centering pass at 18:51.
Lang capped off the win when he tipped in the sixth Mallard goal from the doorstep at 9:03 of the third period.
The Mallard goal rush only started after the Fuel took a 1-0 lead when Nick Bligh's centering pass was deflected home one minute and 32 seconds into the game. Chris Francis pounced on a rebound to even the score at 13:57 of the first period. Josh MacDonald broke the tie by jamming in another rebound with just 33 seconds left in the first.
The Mallards return to action on the road next Friday night against the Wheeling Nailers. The Mallards next play on home ice Wednesday night, March 15, against the Kalamazoo Wings. That game and all Mallards Wednesday night home games face off at the special early start time of 6:35 p.m.
Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season home games- including the March 15 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.
About the Quad City Mallards
One of the winningest teams in all of minor league hockey, the Mallards competed in the United Hockey League from 1995 through 2007; in the International Hockey League in 2009-10; and in the Central Hockey League from 2010 through 2014. The Mallards' proud history has seen them capture the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and secure that league's Tarry Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) for the best overall regular season record. In 2001, the Mallards made professional hockey history, recording their sixth consecutive season with 50 or more wins, a feat that has yet to be matched. The iWireless Center provides a unique environment for hockey and features one-of-a-kind seating areas such as the Nest for groups and functions and the exclusive Drake Club. For more information on the Quad City Mallards or for Mallards tickets go to www.myqcmallards.net. Fans can also follow the Mallards via Twitter at twitter.com/myqcmallards and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/qcmallards.
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