Mallards Game Day

Published on March 11, 2017 under ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


QUAD CITY MALLARDS VS. WHEELING NAILERS

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 6:05 CT

WESBANCO ARENA

QUAD CITY

33-22-3, 69 points

3rd place, Central Division

Coach: Phil Axtell

WHEELING

28-24-6, 64 points

5th place, North Division

Coach: Jeff Christian

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MALLARDS NOTES

Last Night

Adam Vay made 22 saves and Donnie Harris and Brady Brassart scored key second period goals just over a minute apart as the Mallards shut out the host Nailers 3-0.

Central

The third-place Mallards are three points ahead of the fourth-place Kalamazoo Wings in the Central Division standings. The Mallards have two games in hand on Kalamazoo.

Back-to-Back

The Mallards have won back-to-back games. A 6-1 home win over the Indy Fuel last Saturday preceded last night's victory.

Fantastic Four

The Mallards are unbeaten in regulation (3-0-1) in their last four games.

Blanked

Last night's shutout was Vay's and the Mallards' second of the season.

Axtell

The Mallards have gone 14-6-1 in 21 games since Phil Axtell took over as head coach on January 20.

Road Warriors

The Mallards now boast a better record on the road (18-12-0) than at home (15-10-3).

Red Light District

The Mallards have produced nine unanswered goals over their last two games since Indy's Nick Bligh scored at 1:32 of the first period of last Saturday's Mallard victory over the Fuel. The Mallards rank sixth in the ECHL in goals against (2.9 per game) and seventeenth in goals scored (3.1).

Brass

Brassart has now collected points in four straight games (2-4-6).

Perfect 10

Justin Kovacs picked up an assist last night to extend his point-scoring streak to four games (1-6-7).

Rook

By notching an assist last night, Grant Arnold stretched his point-scoring streak to four games (3-1-4).

Buzzer Beater

Nolan LaPorte last night scored the Mallards' first goal with just 8.3 seconds left in the first period.

Home Cooking

Harris last night scored in his return to his home state. The defenseman is a native of Fort Ashby, West Virginia.

Helping Hand

Michael Parks had two assists last night.

Mac Attack

Josh MacDonald's six-game point-scoring streak (5-2-7) ended last night.

200

Mike Wilson last night recorded his two hundredth career regular season assist.

On the Plus Side

Kevin Gibson is tied for fourth in the ECHL in plus/minus rating (plus-28).

Between the Pipes

Vay has held opponents scoreless for 118:28 since surrendering Bligh's early Indy goal last Saturday. Vay last night whitewashed the Nailers exactly one month after he posted his first ECHL shutout by stopping 31 shots in the Mallards' 4-0 victory over Kalamazoo on February 10.

Milestones

Mike Wilson last night recorded his two hundredth career regular season assist...Chris Francis has scored 97 career ECHL goals...Guillaume Gelinas has played 92 career games.

Special Teams

The Mallards survived the Nailers' lone power play last night and have now successfully completed 24 straight penalty kills. The Mallards rank fifteenth in the ECHL in penalty killing (82.4 percent). The Mallards went 0-for-3 on the power play last night and rank twenty-sixth in the league on the advantage (12.8 percent).

Head-to-Head

The Mallards last night secured their first win against the Nailers this season and their first ever victory in Wheeling. The Mallards have gone 1-3-0 against the Nailers this year heading into tonight's season series finale. The Mallards have gone 1-1-0 at Wesbanco Arena this season and 1-2-0 all-time. Overall, the Mallards have posted a 2-4-0 all-time record against the Nailers.

Ins and Outs

Forward Pavel Jenys has missed the Mallards' last 13 games (upper body injury)...The Mallards yesterday signed Michael Chiasson as an emergency backup goaltender.

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