INDEPENDENCE, MO – The Kansas City Mavericks closed out their regular-season home schedule in dominant fashion on Saturday night, blanking the Rapid City Rush 5-0 at Cable Dahmer Arena.
Jack LaFontaine stopped all 20 shots he faced, earning his fifth shutout of the season.
Kansas City came out firing with three first-period goals. Chase Brand opened the scoring at 6:30, followed by tallies from Jackson Berezowski at 11:09 and Max Andreev at 19:03. The Mavericks outshot Rapid City 15-7 in the opening frame.
In the second period, Nolan Sullivan added to the lead at 3:11, assisted by Marcus Crawford, pushing the margin to 4-0.
The Mavericks capped it off in the third when David Cotton struck at 18:04, finishing off a feed from Nathan Dunkley and Jackson Berezowski to seal the 5-0 win.
With the victory, Kansas City improves to 46-18-5 and finishes the regular season with a 23-9-3 home record. The Mavericks will close out the regular season next week with a three-game road series at Idaho, beginning Wednesday at 8:10 p.m. CT.
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