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Congrats and best of luck to @grantarnold39 on his move into coaching! Thanks for a great season with the Mallards.

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The Mallards have submitted a 20-player season-ending roster to the ECHL.

The Mallards’ roster is composed of 13 forwards: Grant Arnold, Connor Brown, Chris Francis, Nelson Gadoury, Justin Kovacs, Nolan LaPorte, Josh MacDonald, Jack Nevins, Kyle Novak, Michael Parks, Alex Petan, Nathan Todd and Sam Warning; six defensemen: Jace Coyle, Donnie Harris, Alexander Kuqali, Chris Leibinger, Andrew Panzarella and Mike Wilson; and one goaltender: C.J. Motte.

ECHL teams can place a maximum of 20 players on their season-ending rosters. Season-ending rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2016-17.

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FORT WAYNE, IN-- In 1980, the US Mens Ice Hockey team beating Russia was considered a miracle. Thirty-seven years to the day later, the Quad City Mallards beating the Fort Wayne Komets is considered just as much a miracle. After all, the Mallards were 2-6 against the Komets this season before Wednesday. And like all miracles, Wednesday's bout wasn't an easy victory.

Kyle Thomas, who has been a thorn in the Mallards' side since he was cut from QC's roster early in the 2014-15 season, is currently playing for the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL. Alex Petan is also in Cleveland after signing a PTO with the team on Valentines' Day. Both players have now notched their first AHL goals, both against the Iowa Wild, as Thomas scored on Sunday and Petan on Monday.

Josh MacDonald opened the scoring with just 66 seconds left in the first period. Alexander Kuqali and Jack Nevins assisted this tally; this was Kuqali's first point as a Mallard after being acquired from the Florida Everblades on January 31. A little over three minutes later MacDonald scored again, this time from Sam Warning and Adam Gilmour. This was Gilmour's first appearance in a Mallards sweater after being assigned by the Iowa Wild on Tuesday.

Eight minutes later Brett Perlini put the Komets on the board. Gabriel Desjardines and Kyle Follmer made their ways onto the scoresheet with the assists on that tally. Follmer then scored to tie the game at the eight minutes and 20 seconds mark of the final frame, Trevor Cheek and Garrett Thompson assissting.

Overtime wasn't enough to decide the outcome of the game, and a shootout was required. Grant Arnold was the only one to score in the shootout, five rounds being necessary to decide the winner.

Another miracle on the night was the lack of penalties. Normally the two rivals spend a great deal of time in the penalty boxes when facing each other, but on Wednesday only two penalties were called. Andrew Panzarella earned two minutes for roughing early in the second period, while Shawn Szydlowski sat for two minutes for tripping just seven seconds into the overtime period.

After Wednesday's victory, the Mallards now sit only five points behind Fort Wayne, though still in second place.

INDEPENDENCE, MO -- A different kind of streak has begun for the Quad City Mallards after facing the Missouri Mavericks on Saturday. After winning eight straight contests, the Mallards have dropped their last two bouts, both by a single goal. The Mavericks continued their own streak, picking up victory number six against the Flock.

Dane Fox began the scoring just a smidge under five minutes into the game on a baffling play. Dan Correale kept the Mallards' attempted clear in the zone with a high stick, causing both teams to avoid touching the puck. Fox and Guillaume Gelinas hovered over the puck in the faceoff dot to C.J. Motte's right, and Gelinas used his stick to tap Fox's stick into touching the puck to get the whistle. The expected whistle didn't come, however, but the two teams didn't seem to realize that. The only one who didn't hear the non-existent whistle was Fox, who took the opportunity to move a few feet to shoot the puck into the net.

Seven minutes later, Andrew Courtney extended the Mavericks' lead to two to nothing. He slipped the puck just over Motte's glove with help from Zach Tolkinen. At first it appeared as if Kyle Schempp had deflected the puck in, but the replay shows a clear Courtney shot.

At the 13 minutes and 52 seconds mark of the same period, Grant Arnold tripped Ryan Obuchowski. Kevin Tansey took exception to this, swooping in to begin punching Arnold. Arnold answered back quickly, landing several good uppercuts. Arnold was given two minutes for the tripping call, while Tansey earned two for instigating the fight; both received five minutes for dropping the gloves.

Mavericks goalie Josh Robinson appeared to catch a stick to the face through his mask with eight minutes and 44 seconds remaining in the middle frame. He had to leave the game to have the injury tended to, bringing Stephon Williams off of the bench to take his place between the pipes. On just the second of the three shots Williams faced, the Mallards got on the board.

Michael Parks jammed the puck into the net behind Williams' right foot as Parks stood behind the goal-line. Parks had picked up the rebound from Gelinas' blueline shot, battling by the crease before finding twine. Gelinas earned the only assist on that tally.

The Mallards fought hard in the third period against Robinson, but the goalie had apparently eaten extra Frosted Flakes before the game and didn't let a goal through. Robinson earned first star honors for his perfect night.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- For the second time in as many nights, the Quad City Mallards earned two standing points. After facing the Kalamazoo Wing, the Mallards are now in third place in the Central Division and are tied for third place in the Western Conference with the Colorado Eagles.

The first period was uneventful save for a couple of minor penalties. The two teams seemed evenly matched, though the hometeam accumulated a few more shots on goal than the visitors through twenty.

Anthony Camara started the scoring out at 2:53 of the middle frame with help from Tyler Shattock and Eric Kattelus after Alex Gudbranson turned the puck over. Five minutes later Nelson Gadoury and Ben Wilson dropped the gloves just inside the Wings' zone. After some preliminary sparring, Gadoury earned the take down, sparking his teammates' enthusiasm.

Exactly four minutes into the final frame Brady Brassart scored an unassisted goal to put the Mallards on the board and tie the game. Brassart applied pressure to Adam Comrie, poke-checking the puck off Comrie's stick. The puck deflected towards the Wings' goal and bounced off Joel Martin's right thigh and into the back of the net via the five-hole.

Jack Nevins and Comrie fought in the near corner behind Martinson just a few minutes later. Though Nevins seemed to connect on more throws, I'd call it a draw for near-headlock Nevins found himself in at the end of the bout.

Brassart scored again with just under 140 seconds to play to give the Mallards the lead from the far face-off dot in the Wings' zone. Grant Arnold and Pavel Jenys assisted on the game-winning goal.

RAPID CITY, SD — Another night, another victory for the Quad City Mallards. After losing their first two games of the season, they have now reached a 2-2-0 record after finishing the second of two games against the Rapid City Rush Saturday night. Justin Kovacs helped lead the way to the victory, racking up two goals and an assist on the way to a 4-1 final score for the Mallards.

The Mallards started the scoring early, Kovacs finding the back of the net behind Kent Patterson at just 3:43 of the first frame. Sam Warning earned the lone assist on Kovac’s first goal; Alex Petan was the third on their line but didn’t make his mark on the scoresheet quite yet. Petan would then double the Mallards’ lead during the middle stanza, with Kovacs and Warning assisting.

After the game in Fort Wayne, I said I expected Coach Ruskowski to keep the Warning-Petan-Kovacs line together. They’ve quickly become the most consistently scoring line for the Mallards, appearing on the scoresheet at least once in every game and combining for 6 goals, 9 assists, and 15 points.

With 28 seconds left in the second period, former Mallard Anthony Collins dropped the gloves with Nelson Gadoury. Collins appeared to win the bout handily, with not only a first-year player but a first-time fighter.

Lindsay Sparks performed a spin-o-rama around Mike Wilson 26 seconds into the final period, taking a backhand shot that found twine behind CJ Motte, ending his shutout bid.

Donnie Harris would put the Mallards back into a two-goal lead seven minutes later with his first goal in a Mallards sweater; Nathan Todd and Grant Arnold assisted. Kovacs scored his second goal of the night with help from Petan and Mike Monfredo to seal the Mallards victory.