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Mallards Game Day

March 17, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MALLARDS GAME DAY

QUAD CITY MALLARDS VS. MISSOURI MAVERICKS

FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 7:05 CT

IWIRELESS CENTER

QUAD CITY

33-23-4, 70 points

3rd place, Central Division

Coach: Phil Axtell

MISSOURI

28-24-8, 64 points

6th place, Mountain Division

Coach: John-Scott Dickson

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MALLARDS NOTES

Last Game

Kyle Bushee scored 20 seconds into overtime to give the Kalamazoo Wings a 4-3 victory over the host Mallards Wednesday night.

Central

The third-place Mallards- who earned one point for Wednesday night's sudden death setback- are two points ahead of the fourth-place Wings in the Central Division standings. The Mallards have two games in hand on Kalamazoo.

Magic Number

The Mallards' magic number for clinching a playoff spot is nine. Any combination of standings points earned by the Mallards or points the fifth-place club in the Central Division- the Tulsa Oilers- fails to collect totaling nine will result in the Mallards locking up a postseason berth. The top four finishers in each division qualify for the Kelly Cup playoffs.

Upswing

The Mallards have suffered just one regulation loss in their last five games (2-1-2).

Axtell

The Mallards have gone 14-7-2 in 23 games since Phil Axtell took over as head coach on January 20.

Stretch Run

The Mallards have seven home games and five away games remaining.

Double Dip

Tonight's game is the first of two in two nights between the Mallards and Mavericks at the iWireless Center.

Busy

Tonight's game is the second of four in five days for the Mallards and the first of three in 48 hours. After completing their two-game set with the Mavs, the Mallards will hit the road to face the Indy Fuel Sunday. This marks the final time this season the Mallards will play three games in as many days.

Overtime

Last night's loss dropped the Mallards to 3-2 in games decided in overtime.

Wing-Dinged

The Mallards have suffered overtime losses in each of their last two games against Kalamazoo. Last night's setback came on the heels of 3-2 sudden death defeat at the hands of Wings on March 1.

Red Light District

The Mallards are tied for eighth in the ECHL in goals against (3.0 per game) and rank seventeenth in goal-scoring (3.2).

Home Sweet Home

The Mallards tonight play the second of three home games in four nights. The Mallards are unbeaten in regulation (2-0-2) in their last four home games.

Streak

Grant Arnold is on a six-game point-scoring streak (4-2-6).

Parks and Wreck

By scoring last night, Michael Parks moved into a tie with Chris Francis for the team lead in goals (22). Parks has now recorded points in each of his last four games (1-4-5).

Stop Sign

Justin Kovacs' five-game point-scoring streak (2-8-10) ended Wednesday.

On the Plus Side

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

Between the Pipes

C.J. Motte Wednesday night made 30 saves while suffering the overtime loss in his first Mallard appearance since March 1. Motte returned to the Mallards from the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves Monday. Motte, who has endured just one regulation defeat in his last nine games (6-1-2), ranks third in the ECHL in save percentage (.918) and fifth in goals against average (2.59).

Milestones

Chris Francis has scored 98 career ECHL goals...Guillaume Gelinas has played 93 career games.

Special Teams

The Mallards have failed to convert their last 13 power plays. The Mallards rank twenty-sixth in the ECHL on the power play (12.7 percent) and are tied for seventeenth in penalty killing (81.9 percent).

Head-to-Head

The Mallards have gone 5-3-0 against Mavericks this season. The Mallards, who have gone 3-0-0 at home against the Mavs, close out the season series between the two teams on home ice tomorrow night. All-time, the Mallards have gone 28-30-7 against Missouri. The Mallards have gone 12-11-5 at home against the Mavs.

Ins and Outs

The Mallards today signed forward Shane Sooth to a standard player contract...Goaltender C.J. Motte returned to the Mallards Monday after being released from a professional tryout agreement by Chicago (AHL)...Forward Pavel Jenys has missed the Mallards' last 15 games (upper body injury).

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