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It’s official! Nikiforov is the first Quad City Storm player signed.

“The @QuadCityStorm have announced their 2018-19 schedule as well as their first player signing. A familiar name returns to the area in Vladimir Nikiforov. Nikiforov played two seasons with the Quad-City Mallards, scoring 24 goals and adding 57 assists in 122 games.” ~ Bobby Metcalf

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The Quad Cities have a new hockey team! Go follow The Rumbler, as that is the new website.

Welcome!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to The Rumbler, the unofficial blog of the Quad City Storm of the SPHL.

As discussed on the About page, this is an archive of unedited game recaps and articles by Anna Headley (prior to editing by The Sin Bin’s editors), as well as an archive of tweets and Facebook posts by the team.

There is a list of Twitter accounts of the players and coaching staff, a list of the official links, and a roster. All those can be found in the header at the top of the page. All questions can be submitted above as well.

Thank you for reading The Rumbler, and I look forward to covering the newest member of the SPHL.

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The Quad Cities have a new hockey team! Go follow The Rumbler, as that is the new website.

Welcome!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to The Rumbler, the unofficial blog of the Quad City Storm of the SPHL.

As discussed on the About page, this is an archive of unedited game recaps and articles by Anna Headley (prior to editing by The Sin Bin’s editors), as well as an archive of tweets and Facebook posts by the team.

There is a list of Twitter accounts of the players and coaching staff, a list of the official links, and a roster. All those can be found in the header at the top of the page. All questions can be submitted above as well.

Thank you for reading The Rumbler, and I look forward to covering the newest member of the SPHL.

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qcmallardshockey · 6 years

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The Quad Cities have a new hockey team! Go follow The Rumbler, as that is the new website.

Welcome!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to The Rumbler, the unofficial blog of the Quad City Storm of the SPHL.

As discussed on the About page, this is an archive of unedited game recaps and articles by Anna Headley (prior to editing by The Sin Bin’s editors), as well as an archive of tweets and Facebook posts by the team.

There is a list of Twitter accounts of the players and coaching staff, a list of the official links, and a roster. All those can be found in the header at the top of the page. All questions can be submitted above as well.

Thank you for reading The Rumbler, and I look forward to covering the newest member of the SPHL.

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Quad City Mallards Leave ECHL With a Victory

MOLINE, IL – On Saturday night, Quad City Mallards fans didn’t want the game to end. It was the ultimate Mallards game, the final farewell from a franchise that had seen the community through 23 years. In those 23 years, there were three Cup parades, six seasons of 50 or more victories, and a whole lot of memories. Everyone came together to give the team that had done so much through the years one last hurrah – 7,014 people watched the final game at the TaxSlayer Center.

The energy of olden days, when there were sellout crowds so often, returned one last time to the Marsh on Saturday. Last season, for the Alumni game that was put on to celebrate 20 years of Mallards hockey – for two years the Quad City Flames of the AHL held court in Moline –, the energy had returned as well. But on Saturday, the energy held a bittersweet edge. It was more than just the end of the season; it was the end of an era.

The Cincinnati Cyclones came to the TaxSlayer Center to help the Mallards pack their bags, and it was a game that wouldn’t be quickly forgotten. No love was lost between the two teams, as they played a bout of physical hockey that had oftentimes been absent this season from the Mallards’ play. The home team wanted to give fans the best send-off possible, playing their hearts out one final time. It was the best hockey the team had played all season, and it was more than hockey.

The Mallards dominated the shots on goal through the first period, the count after 20 minutes being 23-8 in the Mallards’ favor. Everything went the Mallards’ way, but getting on the scoreboard wasn’t that easy. In his first professional game, goaltender Joseph Raaymakers shined for Cincinnati. When the final horn sounded, he could claim 45 saves on the night. The Mallards went on three straight power plays, but the extra man wasn’t proving helpful. The passing was crisp, but always they were searching for the perfect opening in the crowd from their diamond formation. A few shots on goal, but none found twine.

It was only on the fourth consecutive power play for the Mallards that a shot finally lit the lamp. Chris Izmirlian passed the puck from the left dot up to Willie Raskob at the high slot. Raskob sent a slapper towards Raaymakers, the puck going bar down to start the train whistle blowing in the rafters. It was the Mallards’ 22nd shot of the night. Eight seconds had remained in the power play; exactly five minutes were left in the opening period.

The second period was a back and forth frame, no team holding the lead for long. Myles Powel ended C.J. Motte’s shut out at 7:13 after the puck had squeaked out from under the goalie as he dove to cover it. Motte dove out of his crease to his right to stop play, but the puck bounced out from under him. A pass from behind the goal line to Powel waiting on the doorstep in the left corner couldn’t be stopped by Motte.

Quentin Shore gave the lead back to the Mallards a few minutes later with a rocket past Raaymakers. He was midway between the left dot and the blue line in front of the Mallards’ bench, taking the pass from Matt Pohlkamp and Raskob.

A delayed penalty on the Mallards cost them a goal, Brandon McNally finding an opening in the screen in front of Motte while Raaymakers was on the bench. McNally was perched between the hash marks to beat the Mallards goaltender.

Cincinnati took their first lead of the night three minutes after McNally’s marker, Dominic Zombo lighting the lamp. A coast to coast pass from right to left just in front of the blue paint was too fast for Motte to corral, Anthony Florentino and McNally picking up the apples on the goal.

The Mallards began the comeback early in the final period, Stanislav Dzakhov tying the game 58 seconds into the frame. He out-deked the defense from right to left, shooting from the near edge of the left circle. Five minutes later he scored again.

Dzakhov won a battle in the right corner, passing it up to Jake Bolton at the blue line. Bolton sent a one-timer towards the net, Dzakhov getting his stick on it to deflect it into the twine.

It was then that the Mallards defensive corps and Motte shined. After Dzakhov’s second goal, Cincinnati had only six shots on net the final 14 minutes; they had nine the entire period. Tensions had been high throughout the game, but with just under two minutes remaining, things came to a head.

After a shot on Motte, a scrum broke out in front of the crease. Bolton and McNally wanted to drop the gloves, but the officials kept them apart. The scrum seemed to dissipate, only to rematerialize a little farther from the crease. McNally was escorted from the ice after earning not only a minor for holding but one for roughing as well; Shore went to the box for cross-checking.

Raaymakers had been pulled with two minutes and 23 seconds remaining on the board, but an empty net goal wasn’t in the cards for the Mallards. Try as they might, the Mallards couldn’t get the puck into the wide open net.

Fans began to stand during the final ten seconds of action, and did not sit down again. Mallards players flooded the ice as usual as the last horn sounded, swarming around Motte in net. They then began to skate down the ice slowly, saluting the crowd. When Raaymakers was pulled, it was announced over the PA that Jamie Tardif and Kyle Follmer would be retiring at the end of the game, and that there would be a ceremony before the jersey auction.

As the players began their trek down ice to wave to the crowd one last time, Follmer pumped the crowd up as you would after a fight – arms raised with a grin as he went from blue line to blue line. A crowd gathered at center ice, sticks raised intermittently in salute amongst the chaos. The PA said the three stars would be announced in a moment, and it seemed that that was it for the players.

Then Follmer turned towards the penalty boxes, where Goose, the PA announcer, separates the offenders. He said something, tapping his stick on the ice. The Mallards gathered around the logo in a perfect circle, giving a stick tap to the crowd in one more true salute, their sticks rising after a moment and hanging in the air. A box was brought onto the ice, and players grabbed the rolled up t-shirts hidden inside to throw to the crowd.

Executive Director of the TaxSlayer Center Scott Mullen addressed the crowd after a moment, Kerry Toporowski, Carl LeBlanc, and Steve Gibson behind him. Mullen told the crowd, “We've had 23 consecutive years of hockey here and we want to keep this going. We will have hockey in the future here; I guarantee it.”

Gibson, Toporowski, and LeBlanc all said the Mallards had the best fanbase they had ever seen. All three settled in the greater Quad Cities area after their retirement from hockey; Toporoski’s face is still seen on the ice at every Mallards home game, as Lynch, Toporowski, and Associates, investment advisers sponsor the Mallards and have a dasherboard.

A tribute video was played on the videowall following the ceremony, showing highlights from 21 years of Mallards hockey. It was hard to find a dry eye in the house after that.

Thank you for reading coverage of the Mallards here on thesinbin.net. It’s been a privilege to share news with you all.

Don’t forget to follow @sinbinmallards on Twitter for the latest Mallards news this summer.

Until next season.

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Mallards and Wings Give Show in Shoot-Out

MOLINE, IL – A quiet farewell wasn’t what the Quad City Mallards had in mind on Friday, and Kalamazoo shared the sentiments. In a game that repeatedly became deadlocked, a shootout was finally necessary to decide the contest. The Mallards could act as spoilers with a win, able to eliminate their old Central Hockey League foes the Kansas City Mavericks if the Cincinnati Cyclones also picked up two points that night.

Though out-shot 15-10 in the first period, the Mallards dominated play. They controlled possession of the puck for much of the frame, and if not completely in possession of it the puck was not kept for long by the Wings. The Mallards played an aggressive game, answered by the Wings in equal measure.

With thirty seconds remaining in the Mallards’ first penalty kill of the night Justin Taylor lit the lamp behind Eric Hartzell. The puck was passed from the right dot across to the left goal line, where Taylor managed to send the puck into the net top shelf. The Mallards weren’t keen on the change in score, however.

Off the ensuing face off, Ryan McGrath went on a breakaway along the boards after receiving the puck from Kyle Novak. McGrath streaked in to Michael Garteig’s left, disturbing the water bottle behind the goalie as the puck met twine.

Kalamazoo took the lead back just under four minutes into the sandwich stanza when Jimmy Mullin beat Hartzell over the left shoulder from the right dot. At the face off to Hartzell’s right, Josh Pitt won the draw before dropping the puck to Mullin.

In what would be a common occurrence for the night, McGrath was checked hard into the boards at the Mallards’ blue line. The Mallard player wasn’t appreciative of the attention, and a scrum quickly grew when both Jake Bolton and Stanislav Dzakhov skated over to stand up for their teammate. Ben Wilson was assessed a minor for roughing from the scrum after punching Bolton in the face with his gloves on.

Dzakhov scored his first professional goal to tie the game at two apiece roughly four minutes after the scrum had broken out. Travis Armstrong assisted on the wraparound goal that came from right to left on Garteig.

Four goals were scored in the third period, one of which echoed one from the first period. After being held off the scoresheet during a power play, the Wings took the lead back just under two and a half minutes into the final frame. Kyle Blaney won the face off to Hartzell’s right, giving the puck to Lane Scheidl. Scheidl then shot from the far edge of the circle to bring down Hartzell’s save percentage.

Matt Pohlkamp scored after a breakaway out of the penalty box, and six minutes later Kalamazoo was once again in the lead. Brendan Bradley was credited with the goal that appeared to win the game for the visitors. Six minutes still remained in the game, however, and the Mallards were hungry for a win in front of a crowd of 5,402.

Alex Globke scored the goal to send the teams into overtime with only 27.5 seconds remaining on the clock. Hartzell had come off the ice to give the Mallards the extra attacker in hopes of tying, and tie it they did. There was a scrum in front of Garteig’s crease just outside of the blue paint, and as Globke fell the puck went in. With many bodies around it might have been difficult to see, but the official was adamant with his gesturing to the net that it was indeed a goal. Garteig disputed the goal, as there were bodies dangerously close to where they shouldn’t be, but after some conferencing the officials decided the official was correct in his call.

A little more than two and a half minutes into the period of extra hockey, Aaron Irving gave McGrath a knee to the knee in Kalamazoo’s zone. McGrath was in great pain, attempting to skate off the ice but being unable to put weight on the knee and instead laying on the ice writhing. Play went down to the Mallards’ zone as the home bench yelled at the officials for a whistle, as did Kalamazoo. As the puck scurried around the Mallards’ defensive zone Garteig came out of his crease to help McGrath towards the bench. A water bottle sailed through the air, and still play continued for several seconds before a whistle finally blew. Heated words were exchanged at one end of the ice as off-ice crew helped the injured McGrath off the ice.

After several minutes, it was decided that Irving would be assessed a five minute penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct for the same call. Only three minutes was put on the penalty clock, however, as Nick Bligh went into the sin bin as well. The flying water bottle had originated on the Mallards’ bench, and had narrowly missed hitting a referee in the head. Instead, the referee was hit on the skate with the bottle.

The two teams decided to give the assembled crowd a show, as it took six rounds of the shoot-out to decide the game. For the Mallards, only Quentin Shore and Chris Izmirlian found the back of the net, while Danny Moynihan was the only player from Kalamazoo to beat Hartzell in the one-on-one portion of the game.

With the Mallards’ victory as well as Cincinnati’s victory, the Kansas City Mavericks were eliminated from playoff contention. Now only the Indy Fuel and Kalamazoo fight for the final berth in the Central Division.

The Mallards will close the 2017-18 season against the Cyclones. Puck drop is set for 7:05, and is a Jimmy Johns Fan Appreciation Night. The TaxSlayer Center is running a season ticket renewal drive for $25. For that amount, fans can lock in one seat for the 2018-19 season. This deposit is fully refundable, and multiple seats can be bought. Those who put down a deposit, as well as current season ticket holders, are first in line for seats for the next season of Quad City hockey.

Don’t forget to follow @SinBinMallards on Twitter for the latest Mallards news.

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Mallards Unable to Hold the Rush

MOLINE, IL – There was a battle for 26th place in the ECHL on Wednesday night between the Rapid City Rush and Quad City Mallards. The Mallards held the penultimate place in the standings by only one point before the match up began, and with contests against the Kalamazoo Wings and Cincinnati Cyclones this weekend, the Mallards needed to win to attempt to hold that spot.

Fireworks began shortly after the opening faceoff, as former Mallard Garrett Klotz and Travis Armstrong dropped the gloves in the Mallards’ defensive zone after the Rush player had said hello to Quentin Shore by delivering a hard check into the boards. Both combatants fell to the ice and then returned to their feet to continue the tilt, Armstrong pumping the crowd up as he skated to the sinbin afterwards. Klotz also attempted to pump the crowd by mirroring Armstrong’s raised arms gesture, but the effort was met with considerably less applause.

Ryan McGrath almost ended the shut out at 8:45 after going on a breakaway after coming out of the box. He streaked up the ice along the half-boards, cutting left to try to beat Christian Frey on the glove side. McGrath couldn’t get the puck in the air, however, Frey kicking his foot out as he lay sprawled on his stomach to make the save.

It would take another almost nine minutes for the first goal to be scored, Matt Pohlkamp putting the Mallards on the board with help from Chris Izmirlian and Alex Globke. Pohlkamp shot from the low slot, the puck hitting the inside of the crossbar over Frey’s head before bouncing back out.

The teams looked evenly matched in the first period and through much of the middle frame as well, but things turned south for the home team quickly. A bounce that appeared to go off of Tommy Muratore’s skate found the back of the net behind C.J. Motte, tying the game at one apiece. Aaron Boyd was the last Rush player to touch the puck, and therefore was credited with his first goal of the season.

The ultimate period between the two teams for the foreseeable future was all Rapid City’s game. Another bad bounce gave the visitors their first lead of the night, as the puck bounced over Motte’s left shoulder after deflecting off of Willie Raskob’s stick in front of the crease.

Klotz returned to the penalty box very briefly midway through the third period after being given a five minute major for charging Globke at center ice. As soon as Klotz sat down in the box the referee told him he was done for the night, and he was not happy about it. He yelled at the referee before being escorted off the ice, slamming a puck into the boards on his way to the door, Klotz also was given a ten minute game misconduct on top of the five minute major.

The Mallards did a poor job on the extended power play, only amassing two shots on net the entire five minutes of the man advantage. Neither team was successful on their respective power plays throughout the night, however.

The Mallards pulled Motte in an attempt to even the score and go in to over time, but as often happens there was an empty net goal scored by the leading team. Peter Sivak put the nail in the coffin, and 25 seconds later Brayden Sherbinin also added a tally from the visitor’s blue line.

Even with an ECHL club record 54 shots, the Mallards were unable to get more than one puck past Frey. Motte faced 40 shots throughout the night, stopping 37 of them.

The Mallards will take on the Kalamazoo Wings on Friday at 7:05 CDT at the TaxSlayer Center. It will be the final $2 Beer and $2 Hot Dog Night presented by 97X. The Mallards will then close their season on Saturday against the Cincinnati Cyclones.

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The @myqcmallards signed D Tommy Muratore to a standard contract today. Muratore scored his first career goal last night, had played three games under an ATO.

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TRANSACTIONS: The Mallards have signed F Stanislav Dzakhov to an amateur tryout agreement; F Gergo Nagy has been placed on team suspension (Nagy is joining the Hungarian national team).

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TRANSACTION: F Casey Shea has been released from his amateur tryout agreement.

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#QC Mallards Hockey #tweets #casey shea #shea #roster moves

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TRANSACTION: The Mallards have signed D Tommy Muratore to an amateur tryout agreement.

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Mallards Shot Down by Walleye

MOLINE, IL – On Friday the Toledo Walleye and Quad City Mallards faced off for the last time, and the two teams gave the nearly 4500 fans quite the show. With Toledo having already punched their playoff card while Quad City was eliminated, the game was hard-fought and evenly matched. Both goaltenders looked very strong in net, the posts helping each of them out immensely at times.

Quad City seemed to dominate the early minutes of the game, but Toledo took the momentum back shortly after. The shots were lopsided in Toledo’s favor 8-4 only six minutes into the game, but after Toledo’s bout of momentum the home team returned to domination. Nick Bligh, after going on a breakaway that failed to score, attempted to stuff the puck into the net from the right side roughly eight minutes into the game. The puck was bouncing wildly as he and others jockeyed for control of it and the puck went wide of the twine.

The first period was scoreless, but it didn’t take long for Toledo to get on the board in the second frame. The second period was completely Toledo’s game, controlling the puck and managing to send 23 shots C.J. Motte’s way while Angus Redmond needed only to turn away seven in the same time span. Tyler Barnes scored on a wraparound from the left to the right, the puck bouncing off a Quad City defender before making its way into the net.

Motte fell victim to being out of position five minutes later, sitting upon his breezers on the right side of the crease while the puck traveled across infront of him from Colin Jacobs to Shane Berschbach. Berschbach capitalized on the gaping net infront of him, lighting the lamp.

Willie Raskob attempted to break up a Kyle Bonis scoring chance by wrapping his arms around the Walleye’s waist, but the maneuver misfired and instead Bonis was able to score as he fell with only 21 seconds remaining in the middle frame.

Roughly six minutes into the final frame the Mallards managed to end Redmond’s shut out, Jamie Tardif sending in a backhanded shot from the front of the crease. Tardif received the pass from Travis Armstrong and Chris Izmirlian.

Austen Brassard showed some aggression towards Alex Globke, knocking him to the ice. Globke was slow to get up as play continued, but when he did return to his feet he went after Brassard along the right boards in the Mallards’ zone. The two dropped their gloves, Globke receiving the brunt of the fight. Jake Bolton and Ryan Obuchowski seemed to want a piece of each other, as did Armstrong and Patrick McCarron. Brassard earned two minutes for cross-checking ontop of his five for fighting, and the Mallards went on the last power play of the night.

One minute into Quad City’s power play Quentin Shore scored his first goal as a Mallard, sending a rocket into the twine from the half boards at the blue line.

In the waning minutes of the game the Mallards fought hard to finish the comeback and tie the game, pulling Motte and working the diamond pattern in the offensive zone, but the bid failed.

The Mallards begin a six game road trip on Sunday, starting in Kansas City and ending in Rapid City, SD. Opening puck drop is set for 4 CST on Sunday. The Mallards return to the TaxSlayer Center for their final three home games beginning Wednesday April 4.

Don’t forget to follow @SinBinMallards on Twitter for the latest Mallards news.

#qc mallards hockey #write up #16 march 2018 #willie raskob #raskob #quentin shore #shore #jamie tardif #tardif #Nick bligh #bligh #jake bolton #bolton #travis armstrong #armstrong #alex globke #globke #chris izmirlian #izmirlian

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TRANSACTION: The Mallards have signed F Casey Shea to an amateur tryout agreement.

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TRANSACTION: F Huba Sekesi has been released from his amateur tryout agreement.

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#qc mallards hockey #tweets #roster moves #huba sekesi #sekesi

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Mallards Begin End of the Season Against Toledo

MOLINE, IL – The Quad City Mallards and Toledo Walleye faced off for the second to last time this season, as well as the second to last time ever. The day after announcing that the team would be ceasing operations at the end of the season on April 7th, the Mallards began the final 11 games of their ECHL history. Five home games remained before Wednesday’s contest, two of them being against the Walleye.

In the first period the Mallards looked like the lesser team, which shouldn’t be surprising due to the fact that the Illinois-based team is dead last in 7th place in the Central Division and the bottom of the league. Toledo, in contrast, has clinched a play-off spot and rests in first place in the Central Division. The home team was out-skated and out-shot during the first 20 minutes, going down 2-0 after goals by Kyle Bonis and A.J. Jenks.

The first Toledo goal came just over 90 seconds after the game began, Bonis firing the puck in topshelf from the left corner of the crease. Recently returned from the AHL’s Stockton Heat C.J. Motte had a terrific save about midway through the period after he went out of his crease to attempt to play the puck near the boards, the defensemen in black helping out as well with the stop. Shortly after that, however, Jenks added to the lead.

After much scrambling infront of the net and many saves by Motte, Jenks rifled the puck in topshelf to double up the Toledo lead. Ryan Obuchowski assisted on both opf the first period goals. After one period, Toledo had seven more shots on goal than the Mallards, sending 20 shots Motte’s way.

A fire was lit under the Mallards during the first intermission, as they came out of the locker room looking like a different team. Their play was more aggressive, their passing was crisper, and their skating faster. It took almost eight minutes for the Mallards to end Pat Nagle’s shutout in the second frame, Ryan McGrath finding twine while the Mallards were on the power play. Quentin Shore was at the right corner at the goal line when he passed it up to Jamie Tardif infront of the net. Tardif then back-handed it to McGrath from the right to left, McGrath lighting the lamp.

Gergo Nagy and Shore had a stupendous scoring opportunity at 12:59 after Nagy came out of the box. Nagy went on the breakaway, dropping the puck between the dots to Shore who was following close behind. Shore’s shot went high, however, and McGrath’s marker was the only one to be scored in the middle frame.

Halfway through the final frame Toledo scored again, Tyler Barnes shooting the puck into the gaping net while Motte was down on his left side.

Twenty-eight seconds after Toledo once more took a two goal lead the Mallards struck back, Chris Izmirlian netting his third goal of the season.

The Mallards and Walleye looked like much more evenly matched teams in the second and third periods compared to the opening frame, as Quad City eventually took the lead in shots on goal 44-39. Both teams earned three penalties apiece, the Mallards the only team to capitalize on the man advantage.

With this loss the Mallards have been officially eliminated from the play-offs, the first time in five seasons. The Mallards had previously made the play-offs the final two seasons in the CHL and their three previous season in the ECHL.

The Mallards and Walleye will finish up their season long series and the four game home-and-home series on Friday at 7:05 at the TaxSlayer Center. Friday’s contest is another $2 Hot Dog/$2 Beer Night presented by 97X, as well as a metro night presented by Metrolink.

As always, follow @sinbinmallards on twitter for the latest Mallards news.

#qc mallards hockey #write up #14 march 2018 #ryan mcgrath #mcgrath #cj motte #motte #jamie tardif #tardif #chris izmirlian #izmirlian #quentin shore #shore #gergo nagy #nagy

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Goaltender C.J. Motte has returned to the Mallards after being released from a professional tryout agreement by the American Hockey League’s Stockton Heat.

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The Mallards will cease operations following the end of the current season, Mallards owner Jordan Melville announced today. The Mallards have informed the ECHL of their decision to withdraw their membership in the league.

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Melville: 'An extraordinarily difficult decision and one I arrived at only after lengthy deliberation and a lot of soul searching. Became clear I would no longer be able to make the financial commitment required for the team to continue and the time has come to cease operations.'

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Melville: 'As sad as it is to reach the end of this road, the five-plus years I have owned the Mallards have been a remarkable experience and I am incredibly thankful to our fans for their tremendous support during that time and our players and staff for their tireless efforts.'

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Melville: 'The TaxSlayer Center has been a great partner and I owe a great deal of gratitude to all of our partners as well as the Quad Cities as whole. I will always be grateful for the time I’ve been able to spend in the Quad Cities over the last five years.'

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Melville: 'We will make certain that all of our commitments to our partners, ticket holders and other stake holders are honored.'

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Melville: 'We will insure that fans attending each of our remaining home games will have the memorable experience they’ve come to expect from Mallards hockey. On ice, I'm confident our team put will forth the utmost effort to win as many of our remaining games as possible.'

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#quad city mallards hockey #tweets #end of operations #2017-2018 season

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