Last year the Missouri Mavericks won 52 times in 72 games, finishing as the league’s top regular season team with a 10-point edge on second place. However, the dream season turned into a nightmare when it ran into the defending champion Allen Americans in the post season. The first hurdle thrown in front of the
The Missouri Mavericks enjoyed a dream season in 2016-17, but saw it all go up in flames against the Allen Americans Tuesday night (May 10) on home ice. After splitting the first pair in Missouri, the Americans took a stranglehold on the series winning the first two on home ice. The Mavericks avoided a quick exit with a Game 5 win,
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info When the dust settles on a hockey season, the short period in between campaigns is usually pumped up with excitement of new teams being added or unfortunate news of teams moving or leaving the league. The ECHL gave a great indication of status quo with earliest release of a new
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info It doesn’t take much imagination to ratchet up some excitement into the East Coast Hockey League Conference semi-final between the Missouri Mavericks and Allen Americans. First, they have a rivalry dating back at least through the past regular season and this is a match of the league’s top team and regular season champions
Six Midwest-based teams started the East Coast Hockey League post season but one round in only two remain. The Missouri Mavericks and Fort Wayne Komets are the top two seeds heading into the Western Conference semi-finals meaning both have home ice advantage against the Allen Americans and Utah Grizzlies respectively. But they definitely took different paths through the first round. The Mavs have
Jamie Schaafsma, a veteran center from Ontario stepped up as the series hero, scoring a pair of first period tallies which was all the Fort Wayne Komets to finally dispatch the Cincinnati Cyclones in the seventh and final game of a thrilling East Coast Hockey League Western Conference Quarter-Final series. When the final buzzer sounded,
