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Mallards Weekly Update

March 26, 2018 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


QUACK TRACKS

Rapid Return

The Mallards play their next three games against the Rush. After visiting Rapid City for this weekend's games, the Mallards will return home to meet the Rush next Wednesday night, April 4. Friday's game will be the first this season between the Mallards and Rapid City.

Tripleheader

The Mallards took two out of three one-goal games from the Oilers in Tulsa last weekend.

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 this 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 yesterday 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.

Back-to-Back

The Mallards Friday and Saturday won back-to-back games for the first time since ripping off three straight victories between February 11 and February 16.

Double Down

The Mallards matched their longest road winning streak of the season with their victories Friday and Saturday.

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The Mallards Saturday allowed fewer than two goals for the third time this season and for the first time in 49 games since they shut out the Mavericks 2-0 in Kansas City on November 26.

W

The Mallards Friday snapped a team record-setting eight-game regulation losing streak. Friday's victory was the Mallards' first since they defeated the Utah Grizzlies 7-6 in a shootout on March 2.

Regulation

Friday's win was the Mallards' first in regulation in 13 games since they edged the Toledo Walleye 4-3 on February 18.

Road to Victory

The Mallards Friday halted a team record-tying nine game road regulation losing streak. Friday's victory was the Mallards' first on the road since they defeated the Wings 4-3 in Kalamazoo on February 14. The Mallards first endured nine straight regulation setbacks on the road between December 8 and January 6.

Rebound

The Mallards won their first two games of the weekend after setting club single season records for regulation losses (40) and away regulation defeats (25) by dropping their previous game 8-0 last March 18 in Kansas City.

Debut

Tommy Muratore made his professional debut yesterday after signing an amateur tryout agreement with the Mallards Thursday.

Firsts

Casey Shea recorded his first career point by assisting on Chris Izmirlian's goal yesterday. Dmitry Osipov scored his first career goal Saturday.

Big Al

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

Buzzer-Beater

By burying the game winner at 19:58 of the third period Saturday, Nagy scored the Mallards' latest regulation goal of the season.

Three Pairs

Friday's game saw Tardif score twice and Willie Raskob and Ryan McGrath notch two assists apiece.

Helping Hand

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

Between the Pipes

Motte turned aside 78 of 82 shots while going 1-1-0 last weekend. Eric Hartzell Saturday made 41 saves on the way to his first Mallard win in 14 games since joining the team in December. Saturday's victory was Hartzell's first in the ECHL since December 4, 2016 when he made 27 saves for Fort Wayne in the Komets' 4-2 home triumph over the Utah Grizzlies.

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).

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 for the weekend on the penalty kill. The Mallards rank twentieth 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 Thursday signed defenseman Tommy Muratore to 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 vs. Fort Wayne.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

Wednesday, April 4, 6:35 p.m.- Mallards vs. Rapid City Rush

$5 Tickets

All seats for the next Wednesday's game are available for just $5.

Friday, April 6, 7:05 p.m.- Mallards vs. Kalamazoo Wings

$2 Dogs/$2 Beers presented by 97X

Fans can enjoy $2 hot dogs and beers from TaxSlayer Center concession stands during every Friday home game.

MetroLINK College Night

The Mallards have partnered with Metro to provide transit service between Augustana College and downtown Moline during all Friday home games. As part of Metro's unlimited ride program, Augustana riders can use their Augustana ID as their fare.

Saturday, April 7, 7:05 p.m.- Mallards vs. Cincinnati Cyclones

Fan Appreciation Night

The Mallards will provide and array of giveaways and surprises for fans in attendance at the season's final game.

ON THE AIR

Fox Sports Radio 1230 is the radio home of Mallards Hockey Presented by Genesis Orthopedic Hospital. Mallards games broadcast on AM 1230 also stream live online at www.wfxn.net. A limited number of Mallards games will not air on Fox Sports Radio 1230 due to conflicts with University of Illinois basketball and football and Green Bay Packer football. ECHL-TV pay-per-view video webcasts and free audio webcasts of all Mallards games are also available at myqcmallards.net.

TICKETS

Single Game Tickets

Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season contests are now available. Fans can contact the Mallards at (309) 277-1364 or info@myqcmallards.net for more information about tickets. Single game tickets are also available at the TaxSlayer Center box office, at Ticketmaster outlets, through www.ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free. The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period.

Group Tickets

Groups of ten or more receive savings off the walk-up price and a host of group benefits. Mallards group tickets are a great fit for youth organizations, friends, co-workers, family groups, religious groups, school functions and business events. For more group ticket information, fans can contact the Mallards at (309) 277-1364 or info@myqcmallards.net.

THIS WEEK

Friday, March 30, 8:05 p.m.

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

Quad City Mallards vs. Rapid City Rush

Saturday, March 31, 8:05 p.m.

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

Quad City Mallards vs. Rapid City Rush

Quad City

22-41-4, 48 points

7th place, Central Division

Coach: Phil Axtell

Rapid City

21-40-6, 48 points

7th place, Mountain Division

Coach: Daniel Tetrault

LAST WEEK

Friday, March 23

Quad City 3 Tulsa 2

Jamie Tardif scored twice and C.J. Motte made 40 saves as the Mallards defeated the host Tulsa Oilers 3-2.

Saturday, March 24

Quad City 2 Tulsa 1

Gergo Nagy scored with two seconds left in regulation to give the Mallards a buzzer-beating 2-1 victory over the host Tulsa Oilers.

Sunday March 25

Tulsa 2 Quad City 1

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.



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