The Kansas City Mavericks are an

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team in the

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. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks of the CHL, the team plays in

Independence, Missouri Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the county seat of Jackson County. Independence is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metropolitan area. In 2020, ...

, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Cable Dahmer Arena.

History

On April 16, 2009, the

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announced an expansion team for Independence, to begin play in the 2009–10 season. 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. 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). On November 13, 2009, the team played their home opener before a crowd of 5,760 people at the Independence Events Center. On September 17, 2011, the Mavericks announced an affiliation agreement with the

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of the

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for the 2011–12 season. This agreement would be renewed in one-year contracts until 2015. On May 24, 2012, the Mavericks extended head coach Scott Hillman's contract for two additional years through the 2013–14 season. On July 31, 2012, the Mavericks announced an agreement with

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to have all 66 games for the 2012-13 season broadcast on the radio on 1660 KUDL. On May 21, 2014, Hillman announced his resignation from the Mavericks and soon after was named as the first head coach for the expansion

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of the

. In June, the Mavericks hired Richard Matvichuk as the organization's new coach. 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

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and

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, were all approved for expansion membership application into the ECHL for the 2014-15 season. On February 5, 2015, Lamar Hunt Jr., son of

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' founder

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, bought a 100 percent ownership stake in the Missouri Mavericks. 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

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of the

. 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

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. He was replaced by John-Scott Dickson, who had played for the team from 2011 to 2015 before joining the coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2015–16. Also, beginning with the 2016–17 season, the Mavericks and

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entered into a working agreement for cross-promoting hockey in Missouri and Kansas. 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. 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

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(NHL) and the Stockton Heat (AHL). In his fourth season as head coach, Dickson was fired on January 30, 2020, while the team was in last place in their division. After the season ended, the Mavericks hired

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' assistant Tad O'Had as the head coach. On July 28, 2022, the Mavericks announced a new affiliation with the Seattle Kraken and Seattle's AHL affiliate, the

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Season-by-season records

Players and personnel

Current roster

As of November 23, 2022.

Team captains

* Tyler Fleck, 2009 * Carlyle Lewis, 2009–11 * Sebastien Thinel, 2011–2015 * Trevor Ludwig, 2015–16 * Andrew Courtney, 2016–17 * Tyler Elbrecht, 2017–18 * Rocco Carzo, 2018–2020 * Rob Bordson, 2020–21 * Lane Scheidl, 2021–22 * Nick Pastujov, 2022–

Notable alumni

Kyle Burroughs Kyle Burroughs (born July 12, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Burroughs was drafted 196th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2013 NHL ...

* Ville Husso * Ross Johnston * Maxime Lagacé * Jed Ortmeyer * Carter Verhaeghe

References

External links

Official WebsiteMissouri Mavericks Page on EliteProspects.com
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