Mallards Game Day

Published on March 30, 2018 under ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MALLARDS NOTES

Last Game

Roman Ammirato broke a 1-1 tie 32 seconds into the third period and the host Tulsa Oilers went on to defeat the Mallards 2-1 Sunday.

Rapid Return

The Mallards play their next three games against the Rush. The Mallards hit the ice at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center again tomorrow night before returning home to meet Rapid City next Wednesday.

Tripleheader

The Mallards took two out of three one-goal games from the Oilers in Tulsa last weekend. The Mallards won 3-2 Friday and 2-1 Saturday before falling Sunday.

Narrow Margin

The Mallards' last four wins have all been one-goal victories. The Mallards have gone 14-8-4 in one-goal games this season.

Muzzled

The Mallards have given up two goals or fewer in each of their last three games after surrendering at least three in each of their previous 22 outings. Prior to last weekend, the Mallards last held the opposition to a pair of goals on February 2 when they defeated the Kalamazoo Wings 6-2. The Mallards have scored three goals or fewer in each of their last 11 outings and have produced two goals or fewer in ten of those 11 contests.

Road Trip

The Mallards have gone 2-2-0 over the first four games of a six-game road trip.

Home Cooking

The Mallards have lost their last three home games. That skid is their longest home regulation losing streak this season.

Shooting Gallery

The Oilers took at least 40 shots in each of last weekend's three games. On aggregate, they outshot the Mallards 124-78 over those three tilts.

Tulsa

The Mallards finished their season series with the Oilers with a record of 4-2-0.

Busy

The Mallards Sunday completed their ninth and final stretch of three games in three days this season. The Mallards went 3-5-1 when playing for the third time in as many days.

First

Casey Shea recorded his first career point by assisting on a Chris Izmirlian goal Sunday before being released by the Mallards Monday.

Big Al

Alex Globke collected four points (one goal and three assists) in the Mallards' three games over the weekend.

Helping Hand

Willie Raskob is tied for second among ECHL rookies and tied for seventh among defensemen in assists (32).

Between the Pipes

C.J. Motte turned aside 78 of Tulsa 82 shots while going 1-1-0 last weekend. Motte earned the win Friday before suffering the loss Sunday despite a 38-save effort.

Red Light District

The Mallards rank twenty-seventh in the ECHL in goals scored per game (2.7) and goals allowed per game (4.2). The Mallards have scored one goal fewer (178) than the Rush (179).

Outside the Box

The Mallards are the second least penalized team in the ECHL. They average 9.9 minutes in the box per game.

Special Teams

The Mallards have gone 0-for-13 on the power play over their last four games. The Mallards held the Oilers without a power play goal over the last two games (on seven Tulsa advantages) and went 12-for-13 over three games last weekend on the penalty kill. The Mallards rank nineteenth in the ECHL on the power play (16.3 percent) and twenty-fifth in penalty killing (78.1 percent).

Head to Head

The Mallards went 3-0-0 against the Rush overall last season and 2-0-0 in Rapid City. All-time, the Mallards have gone 27-13-3 against the Rush overall and 12-8-2 at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

Ins and Outs

The Mallards yesterday signed forward Stanislav Dzakhov to an amateur tryout agreement...The Mallards yesterday placed forward Gergo Nagy on the team's suspended list...Forward Kyle Novak has been suspended for one game after being assessed a match penalty Sunday against Tulsa...The Mallards Monday released forward Casey Shea from an amateur tryout agreement...Kyle Follmer (upper body injury) has missed the Mallards' last 12 games...Triston Grant was suspended for the Mallards' final 14 games (March 7-April 8) after being assessed a match penalty March 4 against Fort Wayne.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS VS. RAPID CITY RUSH

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 8:05 CT

RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER

QUAD CITY

22-40-4, 48 points

7th place, Central Division

Coach: Phil Axtell

RAPID CITY

21-40-6, 48 points

7th place, Mountain Division

Coach: Daniel Tetrault

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