It took five games into the season for the Musicmen to play a game decided in regulation, which came last night with a 2-0 shutout victory over the Niagara Falls Thunder.
Dayton stands as just one of two teams who have yet to be defeated in regulation, Gillam being the other.
The Musicmen sit in a four-way tie for 2nd [place in the Corfield Conference.
Yesterday, the team traded forward Tyler Seguin to the Sudbury Miners for aging Evgeni Malkin and four prospects.
Malkin, 33 and coming off a poor season by his standards will center the second line for the rest of the season where the team hopes to insulate his defensive weaknesses. A pending UFA after this season, Malkin's play on the ice for the Musicmen and in Pittsburgh - his NHL home - will go along way in helping the team decide whether or not to resign him at a hefty price of over $11 million dollars.
"We have a lot of young talent heading to Dayton in the next few years and the progress of those kids, plus who's already under contract in Dayton and our overall financial situation will play a part in the decision process," said GM Bill Corfield.
Also coming to Dayton in the deal is the 10th overall player drafted in the 2017 draft, Owen Tippett, who some feel was the best pure goal scorer to come from that draft class. Also heading to Dayton will be Alex Newhook and Samuel Poulin, both first rounders as well as Filip Hallander, a talented winger who will play in Sweden for at least another year or two.
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