Thunder beats Mallards 4-2
Tim Boron made 38 saves, helping the Thunder beat the Quad City Mallards 4-2 on Wednesday night in Moline, Ill.
Boron turned aside all 25 shots he faced in the first two periods while his teammates built a 4-0 lead. The Thunder grabbed the lead immediately on Danick Gauthier’s goal at 1:13 of the first period. Nikita Kashirsky, Todd Hosmer and Kirill Tulupov added second-period goals. Kenton Miller and Erix Meland each assisted on two goals.
Quad City finally got on the board with a power-play goal early in the third period and added a second score at 7:29, but that was all the Mallards could muster against Boron.
Wichita | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 |
Quad City | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 2 |
First period – 1, Wichita, Gauthier (Meland) 1:13. Penalties – Perry, QC (goal keeper interference) 2:05; Leroux, QC (slashing) 17:21; Granbois, W (hooking) 19:02.
Second period – 2, Wichita, Kashirsky (Miller, Milan) 8:03. 3, Wichita, Hosmer (Trebish) 15:27. 4, Wichita, Tulupov (Meland, Miller) 19:55 (pp). Penalties – Monfredo, QC (roughing) 16:46; Trebish, W (roughing) 16:47; Lamoureux, QC (high sticking) 18:28.
Third Period – 5, Quad City, Perry (Lee) 4:13 (pp). 6, Perry (Lee, Nelson) 7:29. Penalties – Lizon, W (fighting) 1:56; Leroux, QC (fighting) 1:56; Tulupov, W (high sticking) 3:41; Trebish, W (slashing) 3:52; Fidler, QC (slashing) 3:52; Granbois, W (boarding) 5:49; Lamoureux, QC (hooking) 8:57; Flath, W (tripping) 15:37; Baker, QC (slashing) 15:40; Walker, W (slashing) 16:45; Monfredo, QC (slashing) 16:45.
Shots – Wichita 10-12-2 – 24, Quad City 11-14-15 – 40.
Powerplays – Wichita 1-6, Quad City 2-5.
Goalies – Wichita, Boron 40 shots, 38 saves; Quad City, Mosher 22-18.
A – 2,285.
This story was originally published January 29, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Thunder beats Mallards 4-2."