MOLINE, Ill. (October 23, 2014) - The Quad City Mallards have acquired rookie forward Pearce Eviston from the Idaho Steelheads in exchange for future considerations, the Mallards announced today.
Eviston, 21, missed last season as a precaution while recuperating from a hip injury. In 2012-13 he scored 12 goals and totaled 32 points in 50 British Columbia Hockey League games. The 6' 1", 192-pound Vancouver native split his final junior campaign between the Vernon Vipers and Victoria Grizzlies.
"Pearce is a skilled player who skates well and shoots well," said Mallards coach and general manager Terry Ruskowski. "Before his injury National Hockey League Central Scouting ranked him highly, so if they think that well of him we can certainly give him a chance. He's a young player we expect big things from."
Eviston played parts of two seasons with the major junior Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks. He scored once in 18 games with the Winterhawks in 2011-12. Eviston suited up twice for Portland in 2010-11 but spent the bulk of that campaign in the BCHL with Victoria, for whom he scored 18 times and produced 38 points in 44 games.
Eviston got his first taste of junior hockey in 2009-10 when he skated in three games for Victoria and played 13 times for the BCHL's Alberni Valley Bulldogs.
The Mallards further announced today that they have moved forward Antti Pusa to the team's reserve list.
MOLINE, Ill. (October 27, 2014) - The Quad City Mallards have acquired rookie forward Logan Nelson from the Rapid City Rush in exchange for future considerations, the Mallards announced today.
Nelson, a 21-year old rookie, had not yet played for the Rush this season. Last year the Rogers, Minnesota, native scored 23 goals and totaled 31 points in 59 games with the Western Hockey League's Victoria Royals.
"Looking at our roster and at how we played over the weekend, we have a lot of pretty good young players up front but we also have room to improve," said Mallards coach and general manager Terry Ruskowski. "Logan has good size and skates well. He put up good numbers in major junior and that's impressive in a league that sends a lot of players straight to the AHL and the NHL, so he's a good candidate to be a strong player for us."
