Dan Angell
Quad City Times

When the Quad-City Mallards' season began in October, rookie Jeremy Boyer looked nothing like the scorer he was in the junior leagues.

In his final season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Boyer scored 42 goals in 50 games, yet he managed just two markers in his first 19 games in the Quad-Cities. Instead of a sniper, the rookie was an afterthought in the Mallards' stable of weapons.

Those days are over.

Although he slumped at the end of the month, Boyer emerged as a solid option during January, putting five goals in for the Mallards and displaying a level of confidence that he can be a contributor as the team pushes toward the playoffs.

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