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The Mallards won 6-3 this afternoon in a rebound win against the Brampton Beast.

Stephen Thorne began the scoring at 3:46 of the first from Mike MacIssac and Mathew Maione. Todd Fiddler struck back at 11:24 from Mike Monfredo and Kevin Baker to tie the game, Jason Pitton giving the Beast the lead less than a minute later from Bobby Hughes and Tyson Fawcett.

Pearce Eviston tied the game once more from Justin Fox and Mario Lamoureux at 17:36 of the opening frame, beginning a long scoring streak for the Mallards. Nicolas Rioux scored on the powerplay just 2:36 into the sandwich stanza from Jeff Lee and Logan Nelson, Fox scoring five minutes later from Rioux to put the Flock up 4-2.

Baker found twine with help from Fiddler, chasing Grant Rollheiser from the net to be replaced by Trevor Cann. Anthony Collins put the Mallards up 6-2 from Fiddler and Baker at 14:54 of the second period, only to have Chad Painchaud score on the powerplay at 2:01 of the final frame from Justin Donati and Calin Wild

The three stars of the game were

QC - 24 Fiddler

QC - 19 Baker

BRM - 17 Pitton

The Mallards fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Beast today, giving Brampton their first win of the season.

Todd Fiddler broke the scoreless tie eight and a half minutes into the first period off a pass by Logan Nelson. The Mallards took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission, but at roughly the five minute mark of the sandwich stanza Mike MacIssac tied the game from an Elgin Reid assist. Tyler Donati then gave the Beast a 2-1 tie less than two minutes later, Jason Pitton and Tyson Fawcett getting points.

Evan Haney tied the score at two apiece less than two minutes later from Todd Fiddler's pass. Evan Mosher saved the penalty shot from Calin Wilsd at the 12:14 mark of the second period. Brayden Rose scored less than thirty seconds into the third period to give the Beast the lead once more; Tyson Fawcett and Elgin Reid got their second assists of the night after Rose scored. With barely under five minutes left in the game Justin Fox found twine with Matt Duffy and Mario Lamoureux's help, causing the game to go into overtime.

The Mallards were forced to be shorthanded for 98 seconds of the five minute overtime after Mario Lamoureux was sent to the penalty box for holding.

After an eventless overtime, a five round shootout ensued. The Beast shot first each round. After five rounds, both teams had scored two goals each, leading to sudden death. Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel was unable to answer Matthew Maione's sudden death goal, giving the Mallards one point for the night.

The shooting order for the Brampton Beast was

10 Chad Painchaud No goal

17 Jason Pitton Goal

23 Tyson Fawcett Goal

18 Josh McQuade No goal

14 Mike MacIsaac No goal

6 Mathew Maione Goal

The shooting order for the Mallards was

28 Logan Nelson No goal

16 Justin Fox Goal

20 Mario Lamoureux No goal

19 Kevin Baker Goal

17 Joe Perry No goal

26 Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel No goal

The three stars of the game were

BRM - 34 Trevor Cann

BRM - 23 Tyson Fawcett

QC - 1 Evan Mosher

It was announced by the ECHL today that Mallards forward Todd Fiddler has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in the Saturday night game against Rapid City on 25 Oct.

Fiddler was assessed a kneeing major and a game misconduct 1:46 into the third period against Joey Sides. Sides returned to the game less than two minutes later to play on the extended man-advantage.

The money collected by the ECHL for the fine will go into the PHPA (Professional Hockey Player Association) ECHL Player Hardship Fund.