The Quad City Storm is a professional minor league hockey team to begin play in the 2018–19 season as a member of the SPHL . The team is based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa , with home games at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois . The team replaced the ECHL 's Quad City Mallards after the ownership ceased operations of the team in 2018. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Storm was one of several SPHL teams to not participate in the 2020–21 season.
5-691: In 2018, the Quad City Mallards ' 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
10-526: 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. In May 2024, Shayne Toporowski
15-507: The team fared slightly better with a final record of 16–20–8. The team was in seventh place out of the ten teams due to points percentage , but was tied for last in the league in total points, before the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the 2019–20 season on March 15, 2020. The Senior season for the Storm, the team did much better with a final record of 32-15-5. The team was in fifth place out of
20-511: The ten teams and made into the 2022 playoffs, but lost to the Rivermen in the conference finals. During the SPHL 2022-23 season, the team would miss the playoffs with a record of 23-32-1 with the team in ninth place out of eleven teams. During the 2023-24 season, the Storm made it into the playoffs with a record of 32-23-1 with the team in placed sixth place out of ten teams. But the team lost in
25-405: Was name new head coach of the Quad City Storm replacing Dave Pszenyczny after a long 6 years with the Storm. The Storm finished their inaugural season in ninth place out of ten teams, missing the 2019 President's 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. The sophomore season for the Storm,
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