Petan goal propels Mallards past Mavs

Alex Petan‘s goal with 9:40 to play at the iWireless Center in Moline, IL Wedesday night boosted the host Quad City Mallards to a 2-1 win against the Missouri Mavericks in East Coast Hockey League play.

While Petan and Jace Coyle looked after the offense, some near perfect goaltending from Adam Vay who stopped 24 of 25 Mavericks’ shots played a part as well in one of two ECHL games on the night involving teams from the Midwest.

In the other game, the Rapid City Rush continued  the rough start to its season falling 7-5 to the Colorado Eagles at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, CO.

Radoslav Illo scored the lone goal for the Missouri crew, his third of the season and Eamon McAdam made 25 saves in goal for the Mavericks.

Rush 1 at Eagles 4

In the other game, the Eagles scored twice in the opening five minutes of the contest, but the Rush struck back four straight and owned a 4-2 cushion by the halfway mark of the second period.

By the time the third period got underway the lead was trimmed to 5-4 with the Eagles tying the game 40 seconds in and moving in front to stay at the 3:50 mark, the final goal sunk into an empty Rush goal.

The offensive surge is promising, the best of the season for the Rush with five different shooters recording a goal including: Brayden Low, Lindsay Sparks, Brendan Walker, Brett Perlini and Josh MacDonald.

The Eagles got three from Jesse Mychan and two from Cole Sanford while Luke Salazar and Ryan Harrison both added a goal and assist in the contest.

All four goaltenders took part in the game, the Eagles sending  both Nathan Llieuwen (29:49 7/11) and Clarke Saunders (30:11 7/8) to the net while the Rush was represented by Chuck Grant (54:41 23/27) and Kent Patterson (4:14 3/5).

Thursday Game

Thursday (Oct. 27) games will see the 2-1-0-0 Wichita Thunder continuing its southern trip with a game at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, GA against the 2-2-1-1 Atlanta Gladiators.