Mallards Game Day

Published on March 2, 2016 under ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


?Mallards Notes

Last Game

Spencer Pommels and Taylor Doherty provided a goal and an assist apiece and Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel kick-started a run of three unanswered Rapid City Rush goals with what proved to be the game winner as the Rush defeated the host Mallards 5-2 Saturday night.

Splitsville

The Mallards fell last Saturday after defeating Rapid City 4-1 one night earlier. That split was the Mallards' third in the last three weekends: they fell in Tulsa Friday, February 12 before downing the Oilers in overtime one night later and defeated Cincinnati Friday, February 19 only to lose the rematch the following evening.

Race

The Mallards finished last weekend where they started it: in tenth place in the Western Conference, having briefly climbed to ninth after winning Friday. The Mallards are one point behind the ninth place Indy Fuel and five points behind the Colorado Eagles, who hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the conference. The Mallards have four games in hand on Indy and one game in hand on Colorado.

Home Sweet Home

The Mallards have gone 2-2-0 over the first four games of a seven-game homestand- their longest homestand of the season.

Finishing Kick

The Mallards have outscored the opposition 52-46 in the third this season. The third is the only period in which the Mallards have outscored their foes. Over the first two periods they have allowed 103 goals while scoring 86 times.

Shooting Gallery

The Mallards have outshot the opposition in six straight games and have gone 4-2-0 during that stretch.

Between the Pipes

Brody Hoffman has made nine straight starts in goal and has appeared in 15 of the Mallards' last 17 games.

Leader of the Pack

Matt Carey has scored in each of the Mallards' last three games, produced 17 points (nine goals and eight assists) in his last 13 games and scored a team-leading 17 goals in 30 games this season.

Rook

Matt Neal, who has six points (one goal and five assists) in his last six games, not only leads the Mallards in points (36) but is also tied for ninth among ECHL rookies in point-scoring.

Welcome Back

Olivier Archambault had a goal and an assist last weekend in his first two games after missing 14 games with an upper body injury.

O from D

Three of the Mallards' top six point producers- Mike Monfredo (29), Guillaume Gelinas (27) and Austin Coldwell (24)- are defensemen. Monfredo is tied for fifth among ECHL defensemen in assists (24). Gelinas is now with the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild.

Special Teams

The Mallards have given up seven goals on their opponents' last 14 power plays. They now rank fourteenth in the ECHL in penalty killing (84.1) and are tied for eleventh on the power play (17.2 percent).

Milestones

Darren McMillan has played three hundred ninety-six career games for the Mallards.

Head to Head

Tonight's game is the Mallards' ever meeting with Utah.

Trade Winds

The Mallards today acquired forward Jordan Knackstedt from the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in exchange for future considerations.

Quad City Mallards Game Day

Wednesday, March 1, 6:35 p.m. CST

Quad City Mallards vs. Rapid City Rush

iWireless Center, Moline

Watch: ECHL.TV

Listen: Fox Sports Radio 1230

Quad City Mallards

25-23-5, 53 points

4th place, Midwest Division

Coach: Terry Ruskowski

Rapid City Rush

30-21-4, 64 points

2nd place, West Division

Coach: Tim Branham

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