INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – The Kansas City Mavericks ended their most successful regular season in the organization’s 15-year franchise history on Saturday agaInst the Iowa Heartlanders. The Mavericks wrapped up the 72-game season winning 10 of their final 12 games and setting all kinds of records along the way.
The Mavericks enter the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs as the ECHL’s No. 1 seed, securing home ice advantage throughout the regular season. Games 1 and 2 of the Mountain Division Semifinals will be on Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18 at 7 PM at Cable Dahmer Arena.
Below are a list of accomplishments that the Mavericks achieved in this 72-game regular season:
- 2024 Brabham Cup Champions.
- 2024 Mountain Division Champions.
- Set the ECHL record for road wins in one season (29).
- Set the franchise record for points (114)
- Set the franchise mark for wins in a season (54).
- Kansas City’s 54 wins were the fourth-most in ECHL history and their 114 points were the fifth-most all-time.
- Franchise record for goals in a season (305).
- Clinched a postseason spot with six weeks remaining in the regular season.
- Patrick Curry set the franchise’s ECHL record for points in a season (87) and the franchise record for goals in a season (39).
- Curry also became the fifth Mavericks skater all-time to play in all 72 games in a season.
- Max Andreev set the Mavericks ECHL record for assists in a season (54).
- Mavericks are the only team in ECHL history to have three goaltenders with 16 or more wins each with the same team. (Cale Morris, 21; Dillon Kelley and Jack LaFontaine, 16).
- General Manager and Head Coach Tad O’Had became the winningest ECHL head coach in franchise history and finished the regular season with 150 career head coaching wins.
- Kansas City recorded seven hat tricks from six different players this season, leading the ECHL.
- The Mavericks had five players with 60 or more points and four with 70 or more.
- Kansas City had three 30-goal scorers and three players with 40-plus assists.
- Attendance at Cable Dahmer Arena was at its highest point since pre-pandemic levels.
Kansas City’s first-round opponent and schedule will be determined on Sunday, April 14 once all ECHL games have been completed.
Games 1 and 2 of the Mountain Division Semifinals will be April 17 and 18 at Cable Dahmer Arena. All lower bowl tickets for Round One are $25 and available at kcmavericks.com/tickets or 816-252-7825.
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