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Mingo, Wings Drop Mallards 4-2

February 24, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


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Brian Lavelle Director of Communications & Broadcasting 309-277-1344 blavelle@myqcmallards.net

*Mingo, Wings Drop Mallards 4-2*

*MOLINE, Ill. (February 24**, 2017) - *Dajon Mingo scored twice and Nick Riopel made 29 saves as the Kalamazoo Wings (25-24-4) defeated the host Quad City Mallards (30-21-2) 4-2 Friday night.

Mingo scored his second goal from the slot to give the Wings a 3-1 lead at 16:30 of the second period after Josh MacDonald had cut a 2-0 Kalamazoo advantage in half by slamming a rebound home at 2:30 of the second.

The Mallards were on the power play when Chris Francis' one-timer from the left wing circle again narrowed the gap to one at 9:50 of the third period but Tyler Biggs would respond with a close-range Kalamazoo clincher with just 1:43 remaining.

The Wings had first seized the initiative by scoring twice in 50 seconds late in the opening period. Tanner Sorenson snapped the opening goal under the cross bar from the left wing circle at 18:38 of the first. With just 32 seconds left in the period, Mingo's tip-in doubled Kalamazoo's lead.

The evening might have taken a different course had Riopel not kept the game scoreless by making a series of early saves, including excellent stops on the Mallards' Michael Parks and Nolan LaPorte.

The Mallards and Wings meet again tomorrow night in Kalamazoo. The Mallards next play at home Sunday at 4:05 p.m. against the Wichita Thunder. The first 1,000 kids ages 12 and under through the gates for Sunday's game will receive free Mallards youth replica jerseys courtesy of WQAD News 8 and Scott County Family YMCA. After Sunday's game fans will have another chance to skate with the Mallards. Fans can bring their skates and hit the ice alongside all of their favorite players.

Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season home games- including Sunday's 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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