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Professional minor league ice hockey team in Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks of the CHL, the team plays in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Cable Dahmer Arena.

History[edit]

Rapid City Rush vs Missouri Mavericks at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena on February 18, 2011.

On April 16, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Independence, to begin play in the 2009–10 season.[4] The new organization teamed up with local newspaper The Examiner to hold a name-the-team contest until May 11. The Missouri Mavericks’ name, logo, and colors were unveiled on June 24.[5]
On May 29, 2009, it was reported that Scott Hillman would be the Mavericks’ first head coach, resigning from his same position with the Southern Professional Hockey League’s Knoxville Ice Bears to do so. In his time with the Ice Bears, Hillman led them to two consecutive SPHL President’s Cup championships and Coffey Trophies (awarded for the most regular-season points).[6][7] On November 13, 2009, the team played their home opener before a crowd of 5,760 people at the Independence Events Center.[8]

On September 17, 2011, the Mavericks announced an affiliation agreement with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.[9] This agreement would be renewed in one-year contracts until 2015.[10][11][12]

On May 24, 2012, the Mavericks extended head coach Scott Hillman’s contract for two additional years through the 2013–14 season.[13] On July 31, 2012, the Mavericks announced an agreement with Entercom to have all 66 games for the 2012-13 season broadcast on the radio on 1660 KUDL.[14]

On May 21, 2014, Hillman announced his resignation from the Mavericks[15][16] and soon after was named as the first head coach for the expansion Indy Fuel of the ECHL.[17] In June, the Mavericks hired Richard Matvichuk as the organization’s new coach.[18]

On October 7, 2014, shortly before the 2014–15 Central Hockey League season was set to begin, it was announced that the CHL had ceased operations and the Mavericks, along with the Allen Americans, Brampton Beast, Quad City Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder, were all approved for expansion membership application into the ECHL for the 2014-15 season.[19][20]

On February 5, 2015, Lamar Hunt Jr., son of Kansas City Chiefs’ founder Lamar Hunt, bought a 100 percent ownership stake in the Missouri Mavericks.[21]

On June 11, 2015, the Mavericks announced they had signed a two-year affiliation deal with the New York Islanders. The Mavericks then served as the Islanders’ secondary minor league affiliate, behind the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.[22]

On June 2, 2016, head coach Richard Matvichuk resigned after leading the Mavericks for two seasons, a regular season championship, and named ECHL coach of the year in 2015–16. He left the organization to become the head coach of the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars.[23] He was replaced by John-Scott Dickson,[24] who had played for the team from 2011 to 2015 before joining the coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2015–16.[25] Also, beginning with the 2016–17 season, the Mavericks and St. Louis Blues entered into a working agreement for cross-promoting hockey in Missouri and Kansas.[26] However, the Islanders/Tigers organization still remained the Mavericks affiliate for player development.

On March 11, 2017, the Missouri Mavericks announced the team would be renamed the Kansas City Mavericks beginning in the 2017–18 season.[27] Also prior to the 2017–18 season, their affiliation with the Islanders ended when that organization affiliated with the expansion Worcester Railers. On June 8, 2017, Kansas City affiliated with the Calgary Flames (NHL) and the Stockton Heat (AHL).[28]

In his fourth season as head coach, Dickson was fired on January 30, 2020, while the team was in last place in their division.[29] After the season ended, the Mavericks hired Florida Everblades’ assistant Tad O’Had as the head coach.[30]

On July 28, 2022, the Mavericks announced a new affiliation with the Seattle Kraken and Seattle’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds.[31]

Season-by-season records[edit]

Mavericks logo from 2017 to 2022.
Regular season Playoffs
Season GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA PIM Standing Year 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Kelly Cup
2009–10 (CHL) 64 31 27 6 — 68 200 220 1589 5th, Northern Conf. 2010[32] W, 2–1, MRK L, 0–4, RC — —
2010–11 (CHL) 66 37 23 6 — 80 213 173 1197 4th, Turner Conf. 2011[33] W, 3–2, WIC L, 1–3, COL — —
2011–12 (CHL) 66 39 21 6 — 84 223 200 1048 3rd, Turner Conf. 2012[34] — W, 4–0, EVN L, 3–4, FW —
2012–13 (CHL) 66 35 25 6 — 76 217 222 991 5th, CHL 2013[35] — W, 4–2, RC L, 3–4, ALN —
2013–14 (CHL) 66 44 20 2 — 90 238 184 1012 1st, CHL 2014[36] — L, 2–4, ARZ — —
2014–15 (ECHL) 72 28 35 5 4 65 192 231 1426 6th, Central Div. 2015[37] did not qualify
2015–16 (ECHL) 72 52 15 3 2 109 234 162 855 1st, Central Div. 2016 W, 4–0, QC L, 2–4, ALN — —
2016–17 (ECHL) 72 33 30 4 5 75 233 241 1040 5th, Mountain Div. 2017 did not qualify
2017–18 (ECHL) 72 34 32 4 2 74 204 223 904 6th, Central Div. 2018 did not qualify
2018–19 (ECHL) 72 36 30 4 2 78 234 228 993 4th, Mountain Div. 2019 L, 3–4, TUL — — —
2019–20 (ECHL) 61 24 32 4 1 53 167 217 721 7th, Mountain Div. 2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 (ECHL) 72 31 31 8 2 72 205 226 806 6th, Western Conf. 2021 did not qualify
2021–22 (ECHL) 72 32 33 5 2 71 210 243 1482 6th, Mountain Div. 2022 did not qualify
2022–23 (ECHL) 8 5 2 1 – 11 35 28 113 – – –
CHL totals 328 186 116 26 — 398 1091 999 5837
ECHL totals 565 270 238 37 20 597 1679 1771 8227

Players and personnel[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Team roster
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
25 United States Alec Baer C R 25 2023 St. Louis Park, Minnesota Mavericks
7 United States Theo Calvas D R 24 2021 Southfield, Michigan Mavericks
49 United States Cole Coskey RW R 23 2022 Zion, Illinois Mavericks
4 Canada Josh Elmes D L 29 2022 Brandon, Manitoba Mavericks
22 Canada Ryan Harrison C L 30 2021 Vernon, British Columbia Mavericks
17 United States Keeghan Howdeshell LW L 25 2022 Brighton, Michigan Mavericks
15 United States Jake Jaremko C L 26 2022 Nowthen, Minnesota Mavericks
10 United States Griff Jeszka F L 28 2023 Muskego, Wisconsin Mavericks
60 United States Dillon Kelley G L 28 2022 Petoskey, Michigan Mavericks
5 United States Nate Knoepke D L 23 2022 Burnsville, Minnesota Mavericks
29 Canada Pascal Laberge C R 24 2022 Chateauguay, Quebec Firebirds
13 United States Josh Lammon (A) C R 27 2022 Jackson, Michigan Mavericks
24 Canada Marc McNulty D L 27 2022 Medicine Hat, Alberta Mavericks
25 United States Luke Morgan LW R 25 2022 Brighton, Michigan Mavericks
3 United States Tommy Muck (A) D L 27 2020 Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Mavericks
9 United States Nick Pastujov (C) LW L 25 2021 Bradenton, Florida Firebirds
28 United States Jay Powell D L 25 2022 Nashville, Tennessee Mavericks
19 Canada Hugo Roy C R 25 2022 Fleurimont, Quebec Firebirds
6 Canada Jordan Sambrook D R 24 2022 Markham, Ontario Mavericks
1 Canada Owen Savory G L 25 2022 Cambridge, Ontario Mavericks
44 United States John Schiavo RW R 29 2021 East Patchogue, New York Mavericks
40 United States Shane Starrett G L 28 2022 Bellingham, Massachusetts Mavericks
21 United States Luke Stevens LW L 26 2022 Duxbury, Massachusetts Firebirds
14 Canada Loren Ulett (A) LW L 28 2019 Port Perry, Ontario Mavericks

Team captains[edit]

  • Tyler Fleck, 2009[40]
  • Carlyle Lewis, 2009–11[41]
  • Sebastien Thinel, 2011–2015
  • Trevor Ludwig, 2015–16[42]
  • Andrew Courtney, 2016–17[43]
  • Tyler Elbrecht, 2017–18[44]
  • Rocco Carzo, 2018–2020[45][46][47]
  • Rob Bordson, 2020–21
  • Lane Scheidl, 2021–22
  • Nick Pastujov, 2022–

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]

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