Quad City Mallards

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Quad City Mallards
founding 1995
resolution 2018
history Quad City Mallards
1995-2018
Stadion TaxSlayer Center
Location Moline , Illinois
Team colors green, black, orange, white
league Colonial Hockey League (1995–1997)
United Hockey League (1997–2007)
International Hockey League (2009–2010)
Central Hockey League (2010–2014)
ECHL (2014–2018)
Conference Western Conference
division Central Division
Head coach Terry Ruskowski
General manager Terry Ruskowski

The Quad City Mallards were an American Hockey franchise in Moline , Illinois , which from 1995 to 1997 in the Colonial Hockey League from 1997 to 2007 in the United Hockey League , and in the 2009/10 season in the International Hockey League active was. It last played in the ECHL from 2014 to 2018 . The Mallards played their home games in the TaxSlayer Center .

history

The franchise was founded in 1995 and began playing in the Colonial Hockey League . The team's first head coach was Brad Buetow . In their first season, the Mallards qualified for the play-offs, although they had a negative record with 30 wins and 39 losses. In the first round, the team was defeated in four games without a win against the Flint Generals and was eliminated from the competition. In the following season, they made it to the finals again. With 105 points in the regular season , the team managed a remarkable increase of 40 points compared to the previous year. In the first two rounds, the team prevailed against Muskegon Fury and the Thunder Bay Thunder Cats before they met the Flint Generals in the finals of the Colonial Cup . In six games, the team defeated the Generals and won the championship cup for the first time. In the following year, this success was even exceeded, when the Mallards provided both the best team of the regular season and the best team of the play-offs.

Also in two seasons 1998/99 and 1999/2000 the franchise qualified again for the finals, but lost under head coach Paul Gillis to Muskegon Fury and this was then removed from his office. His successor Matt Shaw also failed in the finals in the following year at the Muskegon Fury. Success returned to the Mallards under long-time former NHL player Paul MacLean as head coach. With 55 wins, 12 defeats and 117 points, the team was the team with the highest points in the regular season for the third time in history. In addition, the Mallards won their third Colonial Cup in the finals against the Asheville Smoke .

In the later years this success could not be continued, only in the 2002/03 season they made it into the finals, in which the team was defeated by the Fort Wayne Komets in five games . From 2003 to 2007, the team always qualified for the finals, but failed four times in a row in the first round.

Since the newly established AHL franchise of the Quad City Flames was relocated to Moline in the state of Illinois in 2007, the Mallards temporarily suspended their gaming operations and were inactive until the Flames were relocated again two years later. For the 2009/10 season, the franchise resumed gaming operations in the league, which has now been renamed the International Hockey League .

Frank Anzalone , who had previously coached the Newmarket Saints and the Lowell Lock Monsters in the American Hockey League , was hired as head coach. With 29 wins and 35 defeats, the team had a negative balance for the second time in franchise history and for the first time failed to qualify for the finals. The Quad City Mallards have been playing in the Central Hockey League since the 2010/11 season . In June 2011, David Bell , a former minor league player and former assistant coach at the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League , was introduced as the Mallards' new head coach and general manager.

On October 7, 2014, the Mallards and the other six remaining CHL participants were accepted into the ECHL . The CHL's game operations were discontinued due to fewer teams.

After the ECHL season 2017/18, the Mallards stopped playing.

Farm teams

The Quad City Mallards maintained numerous collaborations with teams from various leagues. From 1995 to 1997 they entered into a collaboration with the Fort Wayne Komets from the International Hockey League and acted as their farm team during this time . The cooperation with the Portland Pirates from 1997 to 2001 was their longest cooperation with another franchise. For the 2004/05 season, they were the farm team for three AHL franchises, the Chicago Wolves , Hershey Bears and the Portland Pirates. Since 2009 there has been a collaboration with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Adirondack Phantoms .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, PIM = penalty minutes

Colonial Hockey League (1995-1997)

season GP W. L. SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
1995-96 74 30th 39 5 65 269 311 2372 1 round
1996-97 74 51 20th 3 105 384 245 1846 Colonial Cup winner

United Hockey League (1997-2007)

season GP W. L. SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
1997-98 74 55 18th 1 111 360 257 2204 Colonial Cup winner
1998-99 74 50 19th 5 105 364 253 2514 final
1999-00 74 53 16 5 111 341 216 2018 final
2000-01 74 55 12 7th 117 369 264 2373 Colonial Cup winner
2001-02 74 57 15th 2 116 296 175 1810 2nd round
2002-03 76 41 25th 10 92 281 240 1738 final
2003-04 76 50 20th 6th 106 287 220 1653 1 round
2004-05 80 39 30th 11 89 226 228 1990 1 round
2005-06 76 41 27 8th 90 224 213 1452 1 round
2006-07 76 37 28 11 85 269 264 1932 1 round

International Hockey League (2009-2010)

season GP W. L. SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
2009-10 76 29 35 8th 70 207 263 1154 Not qualified

Central Hockey League (since 2010)

season GP W. L. OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
2010-11 66 34 31 - 1 69 186 182 1028 1 round
2011-12 66 37 27 1 1 76 230 201 949 Not qualified
2012–13 66 34 26th - 6th 74 219 201 1062 1 round
2013-14 66 33 23 3 7th 76 219 198 909 2nd round

Team records (UHL)

Career records

Games: 456 Patrick NadeauCanadaCanada
Goals: 218 Glenn StewartCanadaCanada
Assists: 329 Hugo ProulxCanadaCanada
Points: 542 Hugo ProulxCanadaCanada
Penalty minutes: 1338 Kerry ToporowskiCanadaCanada

Team Records (CHL)

Career records

Games: 261 Darren McMillanCanadaCanada
Goals: 60 Mickey LangUnited StatesUnited States
Assists: 77 Brandon MarinoUnited StatesUnited States
Points: 128 Brandon MarinoUnited StatesUnited States
Penalty minutes: 442 Jason KostadineUnited StatesUnited States

(Status: end of season 2013/14)

Former players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ centralhockeyleague.com, Central Hockey League and International Hockey League Make Major Announcement ( Memento from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ ECHL accepts seven members. (No longer available online.) Echl.com, October 7, 2014, archived from the original on October 9, 2014 ; accessed on October 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echl.com