The Missouri Mavericks had trouble finding ways to stop the Quad City Mallards, which beat Mavericks, 7-2.

Mickey Lang had a great game for Quad City, netting two goals. Lang's tallies came at 8:01 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Quad City and 10:32 into the first to make the score 3-0 Quad City.

The Mallards outdid their season average for goals scored. Quad City averages 3.2 goals per game.

Quad City additionally got points from Obi Aduba, who also grabbed one goal and two assists and Matt Boyd, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Mike Stinziani also scored for Quad City. In addition, Quad City received assists from Michael Monfredo, who had one and Anthony Perdicaro, Jason Dixon, and Shayne Toporowski, who contributed two a piece.

Missouri's offense was clicking better than usual and put 36 shots on goal during the game, better than the 25.2 shots per game it averages.

The Mavericks were led by Riley Emmerson, who took one shot.

Neil Conway rejected 34 shots on goal for the Mallards. Quad City incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Mathieu Corbiel made eight saves before being replaced by Mike Clemente, who took the loss and made six saves. Missouri incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.