INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – The Missouri Mavericks announced today their 2016-17 Season Opening Roster. Per their press release:
“We are very happy with our roster to start the season,” said Mavericks general manager Brent Thiessen. “There is a good mix of youth and experience in our goaltenders, defensemen and forwards. We expect this group to have a lot of success.”
Highlighting the season opening roster are seven returnees from the record-setting 2015-16 Mavericks team that won the Brabham Cup with a 52-15-5 record. Bryce Aneloski, Andrew Courtney, Rocco Carzo, Jesse Graham, Darren Nowick, Josh Robinson and Reed Seckel make up the core of returning Mavericks. They are joined by 16 others who will make their Mavericks debut when the season opens.
“I’m really happy with the way our team has come together,” said Mavericks Head Coach John-Scott Dickson “It was a unique training camp this year, but now that everyone is here we are gelling as a team and excited to start the season.”
The New York Islanders assigned the following players to the Mavericks from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers: Jesse Graham and Eamon McAdam (A-mon). The Bridgeport Sound Tigers loaned the following players to the Mavericks: Aaron Berisha (ber-ISH-ah), Lukas Lofquist (LOF-kwist), Luke Juha (YOO-ha) and Ryan Obuchowski (oh-buh-KOW-skee). The St. Louis Blues assigned the following players to the Mavericks from Chicago: Justin Selman and Dmitrii Sergeev (SIR-gee-ev). The Chicago Wolves loaned the following players to the Mavericks: Sam Povorozniouk (po-vo-ROZ-nee-ook) and Gus Young.
Additionally, the Mavericks completed a trade with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits that brought defenseman Tyler Elbrecht (el-BREKT) to Missouri in exchange for future considerations.
The Mavericks open the season at Allen on Saturday night.
Missouri Mavericks 2016-17 Season Opening Roster
No. Name Pos. Birthdate Age Birthplace Catches Ht. Wt.
GOALIES
30 Josh Robinson G 12/1/1989 26 Frankenmuth, MI L 6-1 200
34 Eamon McAdam G 9/24/1994 22 Perkasie, PA L 6-2 200
FORWARDS Shoots GP G A Pts PIM
9 Shawn Pauly F 5/7/1992 24 Bellingham, WA L 6-0 185
12 Rocco Carzo (A) F 7/1/1990 26 Media, PA L 6-1 205
13 Dan Correale F 8/21/1991 25 Prince George, BC L 5-10 185
20 Darren Nowick F 10/22/1991 24 Long Beach, CA R 5-10 185
21 Sam Povorozniouk # F 2/11/1995 21 Northbrook, IL R 5-10 195
26 Justin Selman F 10/2/1993 23 Upper Saddle River, NJ R 6-0 200
27 Andrew Courtney (C) F 6/8/1985 31 Bellville, ON R 6-3 200
42 Lukas Lofquist F 1/16/1996 20 Stockholm, Sweden R 6-2 190
61 Radoslav Illo F 1/21/1990 26 Bystrica, Slovakia L 5-11 200
70 Reed Seckel F 8/28/1989 27 Melvin, MI L 5-10 185
72 Aaron Berisha F 3/5/1995 21 Toronto, ON R 5-10 190
74 Dane Fox F 10/13/1993 23 Chatham, ON L 6-1 190
DEFENSEMEN
4 Bryce Aneloski D 4/27/1990 26 Pekin, IL R 6-2 200
5 Jesse Graham D 5/13/1994 22 Oshawa, ON R 6-0 185
8 Samuel Noreau D 1/31/1993 23 Montreal, PQ R 6-5 225
17 Dmitrii Sergeev D 3/26/1996 20 Chelyabinsk, RUS L 6-3 200
19 Gus Young D 7/10/1991 25 Dedham, MA L 6-2 200
24 Luke Juha D 3/9/1993 23 Mississauga, ON R 5-11 195
25 Tyler Elbrecht D 10/26/1988 27 Edwardsville, Il L 6-4 210
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