
Mallards Game Day
November 11, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release
Last Game
Five different players scored for the Indy Fuel while Oilvier Archambault- who also had an assist- and Vladimir Nikiforov provided the Mallard goals as the host Fuel defeated the Mallards 5-2 Saturday night.
Dip
The Mallards have won just one of their last six games (1-3-2).
Home Sweet Home
The Mallards are unbeaten in regulation (3-0-1) in their last four home games.
Rough Road
The Mallards have gone winless (0-3-2) in five road games since winning their opener in Allen October 16.
Division
Last Saturday's loss to the Fuel was the Mallards' eleventh game overall but their first against a division foe this season. The Mallards face two more division opponents- Cincinnati and Fort Wayne- this week.
First Blood
The Mallards have gone 4-0-1 when scoring first and 0-4-2 when allowing the first goal.
High Five
The Mallards in last Saturday's 5-2 loss at Indy matched a season high for goals allowed.
Familiar Faces
Four Mallards skated for the Aces last season- Archambault, Raphael Bussieres, Zach Pochiro and Ryan Tesink- while Alaska's Joe Perry was the Mallards' top goal scorer last year and the Aces' Liam Stewart played two playoff games for the Mallards last spring.
Arch Madness
Olivier Archambault has scored the Mallards' first goal in each of the last three games. He has scored four times and added two assists in his last five games to take over the team lead in points (10) and move into a tie for the Mallard lead in goals (4) and assists (6).
Gelly Donut
Guillaume Gelinas's team season best five-game point-scoring streak (1-4-5) ended last Saturday against the Fuel. Gelinas is tied for fourth among ECHL defensemen in points (8).
Iron Mike
Mike Monfredo is tied for fourth among ECHL defensemen in assists (6) and tied for ninth among blueliners in points (7). Monfredo, whose first goal of the season was the third period game winner last Friday against Wichita, has now played 215 consecutive games since turning pro with the Mallards in 2012.
Special Teams
The Mallards failed to convert their only power play last Saturday after scoring at least once on the man advantage in each of their prior seven games. The Mallards rank fifth in the ECHL on the power play (23.8 percent). The Mallards were 5-for-5 on the penalty kill last weekend and have survived their opponents' last six power plays overall. They are fourteenth in the league in penalty killing (84.1 percent).
Head to Head
Tonight's game first ever meeting between the Mallards and Aces and the first of two games between the two clubs this year. The season series concludes with the Aces' return to the iWireless Center on November 20.
Milestones
Bussieres has played 99 career games...Vladimir Nikiforov has 97 points in 147 career ECHL games...Logan Nelson played his fiftieth career game last Friday against Wichita... Gelinas has played 48 career games...Ryan Tesink has played 47 career games.
Ins and Outs
Zach Pochiro was reassigned to the Mallards from the AHL's Chicago Wolves by the NHL's St. Louis Blues November 9 after being reassigned from the Mallards to Chicago by St. Louis November 5...Tanner Eberle was assigned to the Mallards November 9 by the AHL's Iowa Wild after being recalled by the Wild November 6.
ECHL Stories from November 11, 2015
- Former Aces Lead Mallards over Alaska 7-4 - Alaska Aces
- Cyclones Take First Place with Midweek Win - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Oilers Settle for Single Point in Shootout Loss to Thunder - Tulsa Oilers
- Mallards Break Loose for 7-4 Win over Alaska - Quad City Mallards
- Royals Edge Nailers in Defensive Battle - Wheeling Nailers
- Norfolk Receives Noreau from Evansville - Norfolk Admirals
- Defenseman Noreau Reassigned to Norfolk Admirals - Evansville IceMen
- ECHL Transactions - November 11 - ECHL
- Former Admirals Returns to Hampton Roads in Trade - Norfolk Admirals
- Game Notes - November 11 vs Fort Wayne - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Game Day Capsule: Tulsa at Wichita, November 11th - Wichita Thunder
- Nailers at Royals Game Day Snap Shot - Wheeling Nailers
- Solar Bears Defenseman Bell Recalled to Marlies - Orlando Solar Bears
- Mallards Game Day - Quad City Mallards
- Fuel Waive Pszenyczny - Indy Fuel
- Forward Derek Mathers and Defenseman Jesper Pettersson Assigned to Reading - Reading Royals
- Komets Sign Center Nikita Kashirsky - Fort Wayne Komets
- ECHL Today - November 11 - ECHL
- Americans Win a Wild One, 5-2 over the Wichita Thunder - Allen Americans
- Thunder Suffers 5-2 Setback at Allen - Wichita Thunder
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