The Kansas City Mavericks earned a 5–2 win over the Tulsa Oilers on Wednesday night, Jan. 7, at Cable Dahmer Arena. Tulsa opened the scoring at 2:52 of the first period, but Kansas City responded with five goals the rest of the way to secure the victory.
The Mavericks tied the game at 5:31 of the second period on Nolan Sullivan’s fifth of the season, assisted by Lucus Sowder and Luke Loheit. Kansas City took its first lead at 10:24 with a power-play goal from Landon McCallum (8), assisted by Marcus Crawford and Sowder, before Tulsa evened the score at 11:52. The Mavericks pulled ahead for good at 2:58 of the third with a second power-play goal, scored by Casey Carreau (10) and assisted by Crawford. Justin Janicke (6) added an even-strength goal at 7:00, and Jackson Jutting (13) sealed the result with an empty-net goal at 19:15. The Mavericks collected their 7th win in a row; the team is now sitting atop the leaderboard in the ECHL.
Kansas City outshot Tulsa 46–30 and finished 2-for-5 on the power play. Goaltender Jack LaFontaine earned the win with 28 saves. The game’s three stars were Carreau, Sowder, and McCallum.
The Mavericks return home this Friday at 7:05 p.m., followed by First Responder Theme Night on Saturday with a 6:05 p.m. puck drop.
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