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Mallards Game Day

November 15, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


Last Game

The Cincinnati Cyclones' Joe Pendenza scored two goals and added an assist and Brad Thiessen made 23 saves while Matt Neal scored the only Mallard goal as the host Cyclones defeated the Mallards 3-1 Friday.

Fire Power

The Mallards scored just once Friday after setting a team season high for goals in Wednesday night's 7-4 win over Alaska.

Home Sweet Home

The Mallards are unbeaten in regulation (4-0-1) in their last five home games.

Rough Road

The Mallards have gone winless (0-4-2) in six road games since winning their opener in Allen October 16.

Division

Today's game is the Mallards' third against a division opponent; they dropped their first two division games.

First Blood

The Mallards have gone 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-5-2 when allowing the first goal.

Finishing Kick

The Mallards have outscored the opposition 9-3 in the third period of their last seven games.

Perfect Ten

Six Mallards have ten or more points: Olivier Archambault (13), Neal (11), Raphael Bussieres (11), Zach Pochiro (10), Guillaume Gelinas (10) and Mike Monfredo (10).

Arch Madness

Archambault's four-game point-scoring streak (3-4-7) ended Friday night. Archambault is tied for seventh in the ECHL in assists (9) and a tie for tenth in points (13).

Red Light District

Neal Friday night took over the team lead in goals (7) and is now tied for fourth in the league in goals. He has four points- including three goals- in his last two games and has scored four times in his last three games. Raphael Bussieres has three goals and three assists in his last four games and is tied for tenth in the ECHL in goals (6).

Blue Line

Monfredo is now tied for the lead among ECHL defensemen in assists (9) and is tied for seventh overall in assists. Monfredo is also tied for third among defensemen in points (10) with Gelinas, who is tied for fifth among defensemen in assists (7). Monfredo has five points (one goal and four assists) in his last four games while Gelinas has registered seven points (one goal and six assists) in his last eight games.

Special Teams

While the Mallards were unsuccessful on each of their two power plays Friday night, they are an impressive 7-for-23 on the man advantage in their last seven games. The Mallards rank fourth in the ECHL on the power play (24.5 percent). The Mallards matched a season high by allowing two power play goals (on four Cincinnati advantages) Friday night. They are nineteenth in the league in penalty killing (81.6 percent).

Head to Head

The Mallards last season won their lone meeting with the Komets 7-5 on December 29, 2014, in Fort Wayne. All-time, the Mallards have gone 45-47-11 against Fort Wayne. The ECHL is the fourth different league in which the two teams have clashed. They previously competed against each other in the United, International and Central Leagues. Today's game is the first between the two teams at the iWireless Center since the Komets claimed a 7-2 CHL win on March 2, 2012. The Mallards are winless (0-5-1) in their last six home games against Fort Wayne. They last defeated the Komets on home ice when they rolled to a 5-1 victory on December 17, 2010 in the Quad Cities.

Milestones

Gelinas played his fiftieth career game Friday night in Cincinnati...Vladimir Nikiforov has 97 points in 149 career ECHL games...Ryan Tesink has played 48 career games.

Ins and Outs

Ryan Tesink missed Friday's game at Cincinnati (upper body)...The Mallards traded forward Logan Nelson to the Wichita Thunder in exchange for future considerations November 12...The Mallards signed forward Kevin Henderson November 12...The Mallards released forward Cole Wilson and forward/defenseman Nick Grasso November 12...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.

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