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Mallards Game Day

February 24, 2018 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 6:35 CT

INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM

QUAD CITY

19-30-4, 42 points

7th place, Central Division

Coach: Phil Axtell

INDY

26-24-3, 51 points

5th place, Central Division

Coach: Bernie John

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MALLARDS NOTES

Last Night

Alex Wideman and Robin Press provided a goal and an assist apiece and Etienne Marcoux made 32 saves as the host Fuel defeated the Mallards 4-2.

Three

The Fuel tonight is in pursuit of a third home win over the Mallards in as many nights. The Mallards suffered an 8-7 loss here Thursday evening before falling to the Fuel again last night.

Upswing

The Mallards have gone 8-5-0 in their last 13 games and 10-7-1 in their last 18.

Special

The Mallards last night scored both of their goals on special teams. Alex Globke scored shorthanded in the second period; Tristan King struck on the power play in the third.

Three Strikes

The Fuel jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the way to victory last night.

Three in Three

Their three-game set with the Fuel is the Mallards' third stretch of three games in three days in as many weekends and their seventh this season. The Mallards have gone 3-2-1 when playing for the third time in as many days.

Busy

The Mallards play 14 games (including the February 6 resumption of a suspended game against the Tulsa Oilers that started on November 17) in the 28 days of February, making it their busiest month. The Mallards play their final 32 games over 67 days.

Division

The Mallards tonight complete a run of ten straight games (4-5-0) against Central Division opponents.

On the Road

The Mallards have dropped their last three away games.

Home Cooking

The Mallards have won back-to-back home games and gone 6-2-0 in their last eight on home ice.

Bigger Guns

The Mallards have averaged 3.7 goals over their last 18 games after averaging just 2.3 over their first 35 outings.

Fire Power

The Mallards have scored at least four goals in each of their last eight victories.

Dozen

The Mallards have allowed 12 Fuel goals over the last two nights.

Muzzled

The Mallards have won the last nine times they have allowed three goals or fewer.

Red Light District

The Mallards rank twenty-fifth in the ECHL in goals per game (2.8). The Mallards remain twenty-seventh in the league in goals allowed per contest (4.1).

Shooting Gallery

The Mallards outshot the Fuel last night (34-26) for a second straight game after having been outshot in each of their prior six games and failing to outshoot the opposition in 13 of their previous 14 games and in 23 of 25 outings.

Outside the Box

The Mallards are the second least penalized team in the ECHL. They average 10.1 minutes in the box per game.

Long Live the King

King scored one goal and assisted on the other for the Mallards last night. King has six points (three goals and three assists) over the last two nights. He has scored six goals and added three assists for nine points in his last four games. He has scored eight times in his last six games while recording at least one point (8-4-12) in each of those six contests. He has also scored 11 times- and collected five assists- in his last 11 games and totaled 20 points (12 goals and eight assists) in his last 14 games.

Big Al

Globke is now on a five-game point-scoring streak during which he has piled up nine points (four goals and five assists). After scoring shorthanded last night, Globke is now tied for second in the ECHL in shorthanded goals (3).

Low Down

Low lifted his team-leading point total to 34 by picking up an assist last night and has now recorded five points (three goals and two assists) in his last three games.

Helping Hand

Willie Raskob is tied for third among ECHL rookies and tied for fourth among defensemen in assists (29).

Between the Pipes

C.J. Motte last night gave up the first three Indy goals while making six saves in 21:14 before being replaced by Eric Hartzell, who made 16 saves and surrendered one goal in 36:36. Motte took the loss while making his seventh straight start (4-3-0).

Special Teams

The Mallards and Fuel both went 1-for-4 on the power play last night. King ended a 0-for-10 Mallard power play drought. Globke's shorthanded goal was the Mallards' second in two nights against the Fuel. Low scored shorthanded Thursday night. The Mallards have scored four shorthanded goals in their last five games and have totaled seven shorthanded goals this season. The Mallards rank fourteenth in the ECHL on the power play (17.1 percent) and twenty-fifth in penalty killing (78.3 percent).

Head to Head

Tonight's game is the finale of the Mallards' 11-game season series against the Fuel. The Mallards have gone 4-6-0 against Indy and have dropped all four of their visits to Indiana Farmers Coliseum. All-time, the Mallards have gone 14-16-0 against the Fuel overall and 4-11-0 on the road.

Ins and Outs

Forward Triston King yesterday was suspended by the ECHL for five games after being assessed a match penalty Thursday against Indy...Forward Gergo Nagy signed a professional tryout agreement with Chicago (AHL) yesterday...Forward Keegan Kolesar was reassigned from the Mallards to Chicago (AHL) by Vegas (NHL) Monday.

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