Mavericks lose home heartbreaker on late goal by Oilers

The Mavericks play host to the Tulsa Oilers tonight for the first of nine games between the teams this season.

Members of the Missouri Mavericks hockey team traded their skates and sticks for a hammer and some nails Monday afternoon.

A quick glance at the week ahead and last week for the Missouri Mavericks, the Central Hockey League expansion team from Independence.

Jeff MacDermid is making the new Independence Events Center his own personal playground.
 

A host of Hollywood script writers, O. Henry and Agatha Christie could not have collaborated on a more thrilling, unexpected or dramatic home opener for our new Missouri Mavericks Central Hockey League team.

It didn’t take long for the newest member of the Missouri Mavericks to win over the hearts and souls of the 5,760 screaming fans inside the sold-out Independence Events Center Friday night.

All that was missing was a touching montage and an a capella “We Are The Champions” from the players.

The Missouri Mavericks won their home opener in a shootout, and if the crowd came looking for a reason to come back, they surely got it.

Quick Five questions with Missouri Mavericks assistant general manager Joe Greene

The lights were off and the Centerpoint Community Ice sheet at the Independence Events Center was quiet early Thursday morning. That’s because the Missouri Mavericks were enjoying their first team practice on the main bowl in their new Central Hockey League home.