Mallards Add Rugged Forward Nevins
September 23, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release
MOLINE, Ill. - The Quad City Mallards have signed forward Jack Nevins to a standard player contract, the Mallards announced today.
Nevins, 23, scored four times and collected 101 penalty minutes in 59 games with the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans last season.
"Jack's someone who can create space for our skilled players and make our 5' 9" guys feel like their 6' 0"," said Mallards coach and general manager Terry Ruskowski. "He can play physical but he's also just a good hockey player and a character guy who will be very good for us in the locker room."
In 2014-15, Nevins split his first full professional season between the Americans and the Hamilton Bulldogs after breaking into the pro ranks with the Bulldogs at the end of the 2013-14 campaign. In 107 career games- all in the AHL- the 6' 1", 207-pound Stittsville, Ontario, native has notched four goals and one assist and piled up 214 penalty minutes.
Nevins played three seasons of junior hockey before turning pro, seeing action for the Sarnia Sting, Kingston Frontenacs and London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League and the Prince Edward Island Rocket/Charlottetown Islanders and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Mallards will open their twentieth season in the Quad Cities on Friday, October 14 at 7:05 p.m. against the Fort Wayne Komets at the iWireless Center. Single game tickets for all regular season home games- including the opener- go on sale next Monday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. Fans can purchase single game tickets in person at the iWireless Center box office, by calling TicketMaster charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 or online at myqcmallards.net. In addition, Mallards 2016-17 season tickets remain available. Season ticket holders enjoy significant savings on the walk-up ticket price and receive a host of exclusive benefits. For more season ticket information, fans can contact the Mallards at 309-277-1364 or info@myqcmallards.net.
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