Mallards Sign Cook
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The Quad City Mallards, proud International Hockey League (IHL)
affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, announced today that the
Mallards have signed former Union forward Matt Cook.
Cook, a 23-year old rookie, started this season in the Central
Hockey League, where he played two games for the Texas Brahmas
before moving on to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, for whom he
scored one goal and picked up two assists in seven games. After
completing his senior season at Union College last spring, the
Belle Mead, New Jersey, native turned pro with the ECHL’s
Idaho Steelheads, for whom he recorded a goal and an assist in nine
games.
In 39 games with Union last season, the 5’ 11”,
197-pound Cook scored nine goals and totaled 23 points. In four
years with the Dutchmen, Cook scored 34 goals and notched 77 points
in 141 career collegiate games.
