Kansas City, MO -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/05/2015 -- The Missouri Mavericks, owned by Lamar Hunt Jr., won their Wednesday night game against the Quad City Mallards. The November 4 game was held in Moline, IL the home ice of the Quad City Mallards. The Mavericks away win came after two back to back away game losses at the end of the first month of the 2015-16 ECHL season.

Jesse Root, leading goal scorer for the Mavericks, scored two goals in the game including the game winning overtime goal. Goalie Josh Robinson managed to save 27 shots on goal while defending the Mavericks net during 60 minutes of regulation play and 37 seconds of overtime hockey. Robinson had been announced as the ECHL "Goaltender of the Month" earlier the same day.

The Mallards scored the first point of the November 4 game but did not hold onto their lead for long throughout the remainder of regulation play. The third period of the game saw a Mavericks lead taken away by Mallards players Jake Baker who managed to score against Robinson to tie up the game 3-3 and take the teams into overtime. The Mavericks kept Robinson in the net for overtime and won with a goal scored against the Mallards less than one minute into post-regulation play.

The Missouri Mavericks will play rival team the Wichita Thunder later this week on November 7 at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. For more information on upcoming games visit http://www.missourimavericks.com

About the Missouri Mavericks
The Missouri Mavericks are a professional ice hockey team based in Independence, Missouri and the proud ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders (NHL) and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Mavs are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL—the Premier 'AA' Hockey League in North America, led by General Manager Brent Thiessen and Head Coach Richard Matvichuk. Founded in 2009, the Mavericks are entering into their seventh season in franchise history at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena. Missouri competed for five seasons in the (now defunct) Central Hockey League (CHL) before formally joining the ECHL on Oct. 7, 2014 ahead of their 2014-15 campaign. Lamar Hunt Jr. was announced as the new President and Owner of the Missouri Mavericks on Feb. 6, 2015.

About Lamar Hunt Jr.
Lamar Hunt, Jr. founded and participates in the Loretto Companies group that includes the Kansas City based private charitable organization Loretto Foundation, LLC. One of the major goals of the foundation, besides making contributions to charities, is to educate the public about what the Christian faith has to say about business and our work in the world. Hunt is also the owner of the Independence, MO hockey team the Missouri Mavericks, LLC (member of the East Coast hockey League).