

The Kansas City Mavericks suited up for their milestone 1000th game in franchise history on Friday night, and the players put on a show for their hometown crowd.
The Mavericks trounced the Utah Grizzlies with a final score of 9-2, with Patrick Curry and Nolan Walker banking three points each. Kansas City, with a 27-7-1 record through 35 games, sits atop the Mountain Division with 55 points for a .786 win percentage with a strong goals for/goals against differential of +51.
Not to be outdone, the Adirondack Thunder banked their own tenth straight win with a hard-fought 5-4 shootout win over the Trois-Rivieres Lions.
The Thunder, 26-8-2-1 with 55 points themselves through 37 games, currently sit with a .743 win percentage and a gf/ga differential of +33.