Quad City Storm


The Quad City Storm is a professional minor league hockey team to begin play in the 2018–19 season as a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The team is based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa, with home games at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Illinois. The team replaces the ECHL's Quad City Mallards after the ownership ceased operations of the team in 2018.

History

In 2018, the Quad City Mallards's owner Jordan Melville stated he was folding the team after losing about US$4 million since he became the sole owner in 2013. On May 24, 2018, local ownership consisting of Ryan Mosley and John Dawson obtained a franchise in the Southern Professional Hockey League to replace the Mallards at the TaxSlayer Center for the 2018–19 season by purchasing the franchise rights of the defunct Louisiana IceGators. Former original Mallards' owner Howard Cornfield was brought on as a consultant. The team hired longtime SPHL player Dave Pszenyczny as their inaugural head coach. As the Mallards name was unavailable due to the ECHL retaining the trademark, the new team held a name-the-team contest with new name announced as the Quad City Storm on June 21.

Records

2018-19

The Storm finished their inaugural season in ninth place, missing the 2018-19 Presidents Cup Playoffs. The team had a final record of 18-33-5, scoring an average of 2.55 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.45 goals against per game.

2019-20

The sophomore season for the Storm, the team fared slightly better with a final record of 16-20-8. The team was set to appear in the playoffs for the first time, before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2019-20 season on March 15.