Still looking for their first win in franchise history, the Missouri Mavericks were upended 6-2 Friday by the Colorado Eagles in front of 5,289 fans at the Budweiser Events Center.
Nick Sirota and Ted Vandermeer scored goals for the Mavericks, who fell to 0-3-0 on the season.
Mavericks goalie Doug Groenestege stopped 23 of 29 shots in his second loss of the season.
“It was the furthest thing from what the score indicated,” Mavericks head coach Scott Hillman said. “We controlled the puck for a majority of the game, had a lot of quality scoring chances but were unable to find the back of the net.”
The Mavericks, though, failed to convert on seven power-play opportunities in the loss.
The Mavericks are back in action tonight at 7:05 p.m. against the Amarillo Gorillos in Amarillo, Texas.
The game against Amarillo will be broadcast live on KCWJ (1030 AM) and on CHL-TV.
MAVS INTRODUCED NEW SOCIAL NETWORK: The Missouri Mavericks announced Friday the team has introduced a social networking page entitled “My Mavs” on the Mavericks’ official website. Now Mavericks fans can connect with one another all season long at www.MissouriMavericks.com.
Fans can create a profile, add friends (connect with other fans), create and join groups, earn points, post photos and videos and more.
Fans can login with their Facebook information and, in doing so; will have the ability to show their Facebook activity on their My Mavs account. Throughout the season, My Mavs will have exclusive content including question and answer sessions with the players, exclusive pictures, videos and more. Fans will only be able to access this content by joining the My Mavs community.
My Mavs can be found under the ‘Fan Zone’ portion of the Mavericks Web site, or fans can just click the button on the homepage to gain access. Also under the Fan Zone is Mavericks’ audio, video, blogs and a hockey 101.
FRIDAY'S MAVERICKS SUMMARY
COLORADO EAGLES 6, MISSOURI MAVERICKS 2
MAVERICKS 0 1 1 — 2
EAGLES 1 2 3 — 6
First Period—1, Colorado, Kevin Ulanski (Riley Nelson, Brett Thurston), 6:09. Penalties—Karl Sellan, Mavericks (major, fighting), 4:44; Carlyle Lewis, Mavericks (major, fighting), 4:44; Carlyle Lewis, Mavericks (10-minute secondary, fighting, game miscounduct), 4:44; Jason Lundmark, Colorado (major, fighting), 4:44; Alex Penner, Colorado (major, fighting), 4:44; Alex Penner, Colorado (10-minute secondary, fighting, game miscounduct), 4:44; Andrew Davis, Mavericks (interference), 10:45; Jason Beatty, Colorado (holding), 13:44; Ryan Tobler, Colorado (board checking), 18:02.
Second Period—2, Mavericks, Ted Vandermeer (Chad Hinz, Shaun Arvai), 4:03; 3, Colorado, Riley Nelson (shorthanded) (Kevin Ulaski), 10:53; 4, Colorado, Ryan McLeod (Dan Welch), 18:46. Penalties—Jason Lundmark, Colorado (broken stick), 1:52; Tyler Fleck, Mavericks (hooking), 8:04; Jason Lundmark, Colorado (interference), 10:31; Mike Mole, Colorado (cross checking), 14:44; Shaun Arvai, Mavericks (hooking), 16:27.
Third Period—5, Colorado, Ryan Tobler (power play) (Ed McGrane, Kevin Ulanski), 5:16; 6, Colorado, Riley Nelson (Ryan Tobler, Kevin Ulanski), 6:40; 7, Mavericks, Nick Sirota (Derek Pallardy), 11:21; 8, Colorado, Adam Hogg (Shane Foster, Steve Haddon), 15:55. Penalties—Jeff Christian, Mavericks (tripping), 3:29; Adam Hogg, Colorado (board checking), 19:43; Bill Vandermeer, Mavericks (major, fighting), 19:50; Brett Thurston, Colorado (cross checking), 19:50; Brett Thurston, Colorado (major, fighting), 19:50; Karl Sellan, Mavericks (major, fighting), 20:00; Jason Beatty, Colorado (major, fighting), 20:00.
Shots on goal—Mavericks 10-9-10–29; Colorado 8-12-9–29.
Power-play opportunities—Mavericks 0 of 7; Colorado 1 of 4.
Goalies—Mavericks, Doug Groenestege (29 shots, 23 saves); Colorado, Mike Mole (29-27).
Stars of the game—First: Mike Mole, Colorado; second: Kevin Ulanski, Colorado; third: Riley Nelson, Colorado.
Attendance—5,289.
Referees—Peter Friesema; Linesemen—Seth Mukai, Chris Wilson.
