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A victory signed Tourigny, Bussieres and Decelles

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One had seven points, the other five, including four goals. Marc-Andre Tourigny and Raphael Bussieres had one of these evenings where everything works to lead the 3Ls of Riviere-du-Loup to an unequivocal 7-2 victory against the Assurancia of Thetford Mines, this Saturday December 14 at Premier Tech Center. And that's not to mention the sparkling goalkeeper Guillaume Decelles.

After an…

The Quad City Mallards lost to the Wichita Thunder in overtime last night, the final score being 3-2. Former Mallard Miles Koules scored the winning goal.

The first period began well for the Mallards, taking a 2-0 lead within the first five minutes. Vladimir Nikiforov rifled the puck past Adrien Lemay while on the powerplay with help from Olivier Archambault and Jordan Knackstedt. This was Knackstedt’s first point as a Mallard in his second game.

With just five seconds left on the penalty kill, Matt Neal raced down the ice with the puck and sent it careening behind Lemay. Matt Carey picked up an assist on Neal’s goal.

Dominec Alberga put the Thunder on the board with help from Ian Lowe after an errant pass in front of the Mallards’ crease.

Dan Milan and Raphael Bussieres dropped the gloves at 15:16 of the first period, Bussieres winning decidedly. Milan had appeared to have the upper hand towards the beginning of the bout, but after Bussieres got a very hard hit in, the Mallard had the advantage. Bussieres is reported to have an upper body injury from the altercation, as he was seen at the auction to have a wrist wrap on.

The second period the Mallards came out playing like a team already out of the playoffs; their passing had no control and they did not chase the action. Alberga took advantage of the lackluster defense present and scored again at 6:25 on assists from Michael Neal and Dalton Reum. 

Anthony Collins and Martin Nemcik engaged in a minor match of fisticuffs during the second period, but it had no real passion.

The third period then devolved into pond hockey, no real structure being present. 

The winning goal came 25 seconds into the overtime period, Koules receiving help from Christian Isackson and Milan.

The three stars of the game were

WIC - 10 Koules

WIC - 30 Lemay

QC - 1 P.J. Musico 

For the first time in nearly a month, the Quad City Mallards grabbed two points in a single game on the road. The Mallards defeated the Tulsa Oilers 4-3 in overtime in the second of two back-to-back games against the Oklahoma-based team tonight.

The first period was scoreless, with only one minor penalty occurring. Tulsa was saving its strength for the second period, when they scored two power-play goals within five minutes. Dan DeSalvo scored the first Tulsa goal, while Axel Blomqvist scored the second.

Matt Carey scored his own power-play goal at 4:19 of the third period to end Kevin Carr’s shut-out. Guillaume Gelinas and Jake Baker assisted on Carey’s goal. Raphael Bussieres tied the game with help from Austin Coldwell and Matt Neal just over halfway through the final period, also on the power-play.

With just over four minutes left in the game Carey gave the Mallards their first lead in the game, Bussieres and Mike Monfredo assisting.

Connor Kucera tied the game with under a minute left after pulling their goalie and being on the power-play as a result of Neal’s hooking call.

Bussieres won the game after putting home a rebound in the left hand circle while on a power-play.

Penalties were a costly thing for the Mallards tonight, all of the goals that made their way past Brody Hoffman came while on the power-play.

Hoffman made 19 saves tonight for Carr’s 33.

The three stars of the game were

QC - 28 Bussieres

QC - 27 Carey

TUL - 11 DeSalvo

The Quad City Mallards were defeated by the Cincinnati Cyclones in overtime tonight 3-2.

Raphael Bussieres and Tommy Mele dropped the gloves, exchanging rights before tumbling to the ice.

The Mallards took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission, Kevin Henderson and Vladimir Nikiforov the goal scorers.

Jake Baker and Seth Ambroz fought at 7:22 of the middle frame, Zach Budish ending Brody Hoffman’s shut-out bid just 90 seconds later.

Mele tied the game with just over four and a half minutes to go in the game, leading to an overtime which would last 2:16.

Jack Downing won the game on the Cyclones’ 42nd shot on goal. The Mallards only had 14 shots on goal, including their two in the overtime period. The fact that they were able to score two goals on only 12 shots in regulation is a great surprise.

The three stars of the game were

CIN - 19 Downing

CIN - 18 Mele

CIN - 24 Budish

The Quad City Mallards beat the Evansville Icemen 6-4 tonight in a comeback win to split the home-and-home series began last night.

This game was even more aggressive than last night’s at the iWireless Center, a combined 16 infractions being called on both teams. At 17:34 of the first period Raphael Bussieres and Andrew Himelson dropped the gloves.

The Mallards took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission off goals from Anthony Collins and Matt Carey. Carey’s tally came on a powerplay after Nathan Moon had been called for goaltender interference at the same time as Bussieres’ fight. Moon also received a ten minute misconduct, as well as a matching roughing call against Mike Monfredo.

Five goals were scored during the second period, three by the home team to put them in the lead before Ryan Tesink tied the game at three a piece. Alex Wideman, Alex Guptill, and Vincent Dunn scored the Icemen goals during that stretch. Vladimir Nikiforov gave the Mallards the go-ahead goal at 14:17 of the middle frame with help from Monfredo.

Brady Brassart scored his first goal as a Mallard at 11:20 of the final frame, Nikiforov and Alex Gudbranson assisting. Carey then scored on the empty net after Coach Al Sims pulled Matt Zenzola when the Indiana team was down 5-3.

Mike Duco scored at 18:11 with help from Chris Rumble, but the Icemen were unable to score again.

The three stars of the game were

QC - 71 Nikiforov

QC - 7 Austin Coldwell

EVN - 11 Guptill