Mavs Blank Mallards 3-0
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (February 8, 2015) - The host Missouri Mavericks (18-21-4) blitzed the Quad City Mallards (22-17-6) for three early goals- the first two from Jared Brown- and Mike Clemente went on to make 27 saves as the Mavericks blanked the second place Mallards 3-0 Sunday.
Brown scored his first goal on a breakaway just a minute and 40 seconds into the first period and doubled the Missouri lead by finishing off a 2-on-1 rush at 4:25. Just 56 seconds later the Mavericks' Andrew Courtney scored from the high slot. Parker Milner replaced Mallard starting goaltender Evan Mosher after the third Missouri goal.Clemente was at his busiest in the third period when made 11 saves to preserve the shutout.
Mallards Pull Away, Down Wichita 6-2
MOLINE, Ill. (February 7, 2015) - Nick Grasso scored twice and Todd Fiddler provided a goal and two assists as the host Quad City Mallards (22-16-6) defeated the Wichita Thunder (21-18-6) 6-2 Friday night. With the win the Mallards broke a tie with Wichita and took over sole possession of second place in the ECHL's Central Division.
The Mallards took control of the game by scoring three times in the second period. Matt Duffy's power play one timer kicked off the Quad City onslaught at 7:05 of the second. Anthony Collins doubled the Mallard lead from the doorstep at 13:38. With just over a minute and a half left in the period, Grasoo widened the gap to 3-0 with a wrist shot from the right wing circle.The Mallards outscored the Thunder 3-2 in a penalty filled third period. Fiddler pounced on a rebound to score the fourth Mallard goal exactly four minutes into the third. R.G. Flath's tip-in got Wichita on the scoreboard for the first time at 6:08 of the final frame. The Mallards were up two men when Kevin Baker made it 5-1 from close range 13:31. Duval scored the second Thunder goal by burying Mike Wilson's cross-ice pass from the right wing circle at the 17:08 mark, but Grasso's empty net goal would cap off the Mallard victory with just 55 seconds remaining.
Mallards' Perry Called Up by Iowa Wild
MOLINE, Ill. (February 6, 2015) - Quad City Mallards forward Joe Perry has been signed to a professional tryout agreement by the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, the Mallards announced today.
Perry, 25, is tied for eighth in the ECHL in goals (20). The 6' 2", 215-pound Nanaimo, British Columbia native is tied for second among ECHL rookies in goal-scoring and is tied for fifth among rookies in points (36). Perry, who has played in each of the Mallards' first 42 games, also boasts the team's second best plus/minus rating (+8). Perry's is the tenth AHL call-up for a Mallard this season.
Perry first joined the Mallards last March and made his professional debut in the Central Hockey League President's Cup playoffs. He skated in the first two games of the Mallards' opening round series against the Rapid City Rush before injury ended his season.
Thunder Edges Mallards 2-1
MOLINE, Ill. (February 6, 2015) - Ian Lowe and Jared Walker both scored and Tim Boron made 18 saves as the Wichita Thunder (21-17-6) defeated the host Quad City Mallards (21-16-6) 2-1 Friday night. With the win, the Thunder moved into a tie with the Mallards for second place in the ECHL's Central Division.
Wichita was on the power play when Lowe scored the game's first goal from the doorstep at 6:05 of the second period.
Walker backhanded a rebound past Mallard goaltender Evan Mosher- who took the loss despite making 34 saves- to double the Thunder lead at 5:46 of the third period.
At 9:07 of the third, Justin Fox's wrist shot from the top of the right wing circle cut the gap to 2-1, but the Mallards were unable to produce a late equalizer.
