Post by QC Mike on Jan 15, 2024 17:57:07 GMT -7
The Flying Sutters apparently came into the Quad Cities Qualcomm Quonset Hut thinking their game was a day later as they really didn't show up for the first period as the home side out shot them 20-5.Despite this wide edge in play, only Barclay Goodrow was able to solve the Viking keeper as the home side went into the intermission up 1-0. The second period saw the play level out as fire wagon hockey came back into vogue as the Quarrymen out-chanced the visitors 8-3 but Viking's Linus Ullmark stood on his head kept them in. A momentary lapse in concentration by Ullmark just after the six minute mark saw Josh Morrisey and Jack Q-Man Quinn saw the home side leap out to a 3-0 lead before Paul Cotter pulled one back at 13-12 to send the visitors to the dressing room down 3-1. A power play marker by Alex Tuch at the two minute mark pulled Viking to within one. Scott Laughton dinged Henry Jokiharju midway through the third but the Finn was able to stay in the game. Nick Schmaltz's goal at 7:12 appeared to seal the deal but The Flying Sutters pulled their goalie for the last few minutes with Claude Giroux off for interference but the Q-Men held on for the 4-2 win.
Viking 2 (5 chances on 35 shots) v Quad Cities 4 (11 chances on 46 shots)
1. J Quinn (QCQ) - 1G, 1A, GWG, 2 chances on 4 shots
2. J Morrisey (QCQ) - 1G, 1A
3. L Ullmark (VFS) - 4GA on 46 shots (11 chances)
Quad Cities must have had the start time for the rematch wrong as they were down 2-0 before the game was a minute old. Alex Tuch started things off at the six second mark and Evan Bouchard double the lead moments later. The Q-Men rolled up their sleeves and got down to work trying to get back into the game. Pavel Dorofeyev clawed one back for the visitors at 8:48. Two minutes later Shane Pinto pulled Quad Cities even. However, the Flying Sutters went back ahead at the stroke of 12 on Morgan Reilly's shot from the point. It looked like Viking was going to escape with the lead when Ryan Graves blocked two chances while his team was two men down but Claude Giroux's power play marker with less than a minute remaining sent the sides into the break tied at threes. Kevin Fiala gace the Quarrymen the lead at the four minute mark of the second. That lead was short lived however as Alex Tuch scored his second on the power play less than two minutes later to level the score once again. Just before the halfway point of the third, Christian Fischer broke down the wing and beat Joonas Korpisalo to put the home side ahead again. Scott Laughton doubled Viking's lead with a few minutes left in the second and that's the way it ended 6-4 after 40 minutes. The third saw both sides come out trying to deny any chances leading to some fairly tame back and forth hockey. At the fourteen minute mark Giroux was able to slip his check, take the feed from Nazim Kadri and pull the Quarrymen back to within one. Quad Cities continued to press but with Korpisalo on the bench for a n extra attacker Alex Tuch completed the hatrick and closed the deal for the Flying Sutters 7-5. After the game Quarrymen GM Stephen Johns was heard talking to the head coach of their farm team, the Ottumwa Otters, to see if they had any goalies who could stop a beach ball.
Quad Cities 5 (12 chances on 39 shots) v Viking 7 (8 chances on 40 shots+1EN)
1. A Tuch (VFS) - 3G, 1A,
2. C Giroux (QCQ) - 2G, 1A, 5 chances on 7 shots
3. R Graves (VFS) - 2A, 2 blocked chances while 2 men down, 2 shots
Quad Cities is now 4-6-0.