Mallards Unveil Season-Opening Roster
October 13, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release
MOLINE, Ill. - The Quad City Mallards have unveiled a 21-player roster for the start of the team's twentieth regular season, the Mallards announced today.
The Mallards' season-opening active roster consists of twelve forwards, six defensemen, one forward/defenseman and two goaltenders. Forward Chris Francis has been placed on bereavement leave and thus is not currently on the active roster.
Forwards: Grant Arnold, Brady Brassart, Connor Brown, Nelson Gadoury, Pavel Jenys, Justin Kovacs, Nolan LaPorte, Jack Nevins, Michael Parks, Alex Petan, Nathan Todd, Sam Warning
Defensemen: Jayce Coyle, Kevin Gibson, Alex Gudbranson, Donnie Harris, Mike Monfredo, Andrew Panzarella
Forward/Defenseman: Kyle Follmer
Goaltenders: C.J. Motte, Adam Vay
Six Mallards (Brassart, Follmer, Gibson, Gudbranson, Monfredo and Warning) return after playing for the club last season.
Francis and Monfredo are the Mallards' two veterans- players with better than 260 games of professional experience. Nine rookies start the season on the Mallards' roster: Arnold, Brown, Gadoury, Jenys, LaPorte, Parks, Petan, Todd and Vay.
The Mallards will open their twentieth season in the Quad Cities tomorrow night 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- are now available. 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 .
About the Quad City Mallards
One of the winningest teams in all of minor league hockey, the Mallards competed in the United Hockey League from 1995 through 2007; in the International Hockey League in 2009-10; and in the Central Hockey League from 2010 through 2014. The Mallards' proud history has seen them capture the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and secure that league's Tarry Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) for the best overall regular season record. In 2001, the Mallards made professional hockey history, recording their sixth consecutive season with 50 or more wins, a feat that has yet to be matched. The iWireless Center provides a unique environment for hockey and features one-of-a-kind seating areas such as the Nest for groups and functions and the exclusive Drake Club. For more information on the Quad City Mallards or for Mallards tickets go to www.myqcmallards. net . Fans can also follow the Mallards via Twitter at twitter.com/myqcmallards and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/qcmallards .
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