Kansas City Mavericks head coach and general manager Tad O’Had announces Thursday that the Mavericks are now affiliated with the NHL Seattle franchise, along with its AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds in a press conference in the Mavericks’ locker room. Seattle jerseys hang in the lockers, along with Mavericks jerseys. DAVID M. RAINEY/SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Ricky Olczyk certainly felt at home when he arrived at Cable Dahmer Arena Thursday morning. The assistant general manager of the…