Mickey Lang had two goals to lead the Quad City Mallards to a 5-2 victory over the Fort Worth Brahmas.

Lang's tallies came at 4:01 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Quad City and on the power play 10:52 into the first to make the score 3-0 Quad City.

After the loss made the series score 1-3 in the best of seven series, Fort Worth faces elimination next time out.

Quad City's penalty kill excelled, as the Mallards gave up one goal despite allowing nine power plays.

Quad City made the Brahmas' goaltenders to work all game long, finishing with 46 shots and forcing 41 saves. Kristofer Westblom made eight stops and Brad Fogal made 33.

Quad City additionally got points from Anthony Perdicaro, who also tallied one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Matt Boyd also scored for Quad City. More assists for Quad City came via Bob Preece, Obi Aduba, Mike Stinziani, Matt Duffy, and Jason Dixon, who each chipped in one.

Fort Worth forced the Mallards goalie John Murray to work between the pipes, taking 39 shots.

The Brahmas were helped by Adam Hogg, who finished with one goal. Hogg scored 10:41 into the third period to make the score 5-1 Quad City. Tyler Amburgey picked up the assist. Fort Worth also got a goal from John Snowden as well. In addition, Fort Worth received assists from Shawn Szydlowski and Calin Wild, who contributed one a piece.

Quad City's Murray stopped 37 shots out of the 39 that he faced. The Mallards incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with nine minors. Fort Worth incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.