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AHL Call-Up for Mallards' Milner

November 11, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. (November 11, 2014) - Quad City Mallards goaltender Parker Milner has been signed to a professional tryout agreement by the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, the Mallards announced today.

Milner, 24, has gone 2-2-0 with a 2.76 goals against average and .918 save percentage in four games with the Mallards this season. Milner set a club season high (since surpassed) by making 43 saves in his last outing, a 7-2 Mallard road victory over the Brampton Beast last Friday.

Milner returns to the AHL with the Wild after going 4-2-0 and turning in a 2.95 goals against average and a .904 save percentage in eight AHL games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers last season. The 6' 1", 197-pound Pittsburgh native spent the bulk of last season with the EHCL's Stockton Thunder, for whom he posted a 2.84 goals against average, a .907 save percentage and two shutouts while going 9-14-2 in 25 games.

Milner's is the second AHL call-up for a Mallard this season. Defenseman Nicholas Rioux joined Iowa October 29 and played three games for the Wild before returning to the Mallards last Friday.

Milner turned professional last season after winning two national championships in four years at Boston College. Milner went 64-20-5 while turning in a 2.23 goals against average, a .919 save percentage and six shutouts in 93 games over the course of his standout collegiate career.

Milner helped Boston College to the NCAA title as a freshman in 2010 and again as a junior in 2012. He served as back-up netminder during BC's run to the 2010 championship before taking a leading role in the 2012 triumph. Then a junior, Milner was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 NCAA tournament and also earned NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament honors after going 4-0 with a 0.50 goals against average, a .982 save percentage and two shutouts during the tournament. Milner's goals against average was tied for the best in tournament history while his save percentage was the highest since the tournament expanded four teams in 1972. He capped off his superb tournament effort by making 27 saves in BC's 4-1 victory over Ferris State in the national championship game. The NCAA title was the crowning achievement of a season that also saw Milner and his teammates win the Hockey East regular season and tournament titles as well as the Beanpot and Icebreaker tournaments.

Over the 2011-12 campaign as a whole, Milner went 29-5-0 while registering a 1.66 goals against average, a .911 save percentage and three shutouts in 34 games. His .853 winning percentage was the best in the nation. He completed his college career in 2012-13 by playing in all but one of the Eagles' 38 games, going 22-11-4 and recording a 2.66 goals against average, a .911 save percentage and two shutouts.

During Milner's time in Chestnut Hill, BC not only claimed a pair of NCAA crowns but also secured three Hockey East postseason titles along with two conference regular season championships, made four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and won four straight Beanpots.

Before putting on the maroon and gold, Milner spent one season in the junior ranks with the United States Hockey League's Waterloo Black Hawks and one in prep school hockey at Avon Old Farms.

The Mallards are next in action this Friday night when they meet the Beast in Brampton. The Mallards next play at home Wednesday, November 19 at 7:05 p.m. against the Tulsa Oilers. Fans can purchase four tickets to any Mallards Wednesday home game for just $20. In addition, after each Wednesday home contest, fans can join the Mallards at T.G.I. Friday's on River Drive in Moline- adjacent to the iWireless Center- for a postgame party.

Single game tickets for all remaining Mallards regular season home games- including the November 19 tilt- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000 . The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period. Tickets are available for $10, $16, $20 and $28.

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