The Mallards jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead. Quad City was on the power play when Kyle Follmer buried a rebound to open the scoring at 3:43 of the first. King doubled the lead by finishing off a 2-on-1 rush at 6:21. It was the Wings who were on the power play when the Mallards struck for their third. Globke converted another 2-on-1 from close range at 16:28.
Eric Kattelus rifled in the first Kalamazoo goal from the slot just 26 seconds into the second period but Alexander Kuqali reestablished the three-goal Mallard lead on yet another shorthanded 2-on-1 with a wrist shot from the left wing circle at the 17-minute mark of the second.
The Wings would claw within a single goal in the third period but the Mallards once more replied. The gap shrank to 4-3 after Kyle Bushee deposited the puck in the open Mallard net 57 seconds into the third and Tyler Biggs scored from a narrow angle at 3:30. Undaunted, the Mallards rebounded with back-to-back goals of their own. Jamie Tardif scored on a 3-on-2 at 13:23 and at 16:51 King finished off Kalamazoo with a wrist shot from the high slot during a Mallard man advantage.
The Mallards return to action on the road Saturday night against the Fort Wayne Komets. The Mallards next play at home Sunday at 4:05 p.m. against the Toledo Walleye.
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