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40-581: On April 16, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Independence, to begin play in the 2009–10 season. The new organization teamed up with local newspaper The Examiner to hold a name-the-team contest until May 11. The Missouri Mavericks' name, logo, and colors were unveiled on June 24. On May 29, 2009, it was reported that Scott Hillman would be the Mavericks' first head coach, resigning from his same position with

80-477: A pre-game ceremony in which a large alligator was brought onto the ice to pay tribute to the team's name and logo, as well as Florida's vast population of reptile species. The Everblades won their first Kelly Cup on May 23, 2012, against the Las Vegas Wranglers . Brandon MacLean scored the championship-winning-goal in overtime during game five. Everblades goaltender, John Muse , was named

120-556: A gator-head design fused in the form of an ice skate. Barnstorm Creative Group, a Vancouver graphic design company, designed the logo. Barnstorm was contacted by Carolina Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. , who came up with the idea of choosing the Everblades' colors as blue and green, in tribute to the Hartford Whalers team that Karmanos moved to Raleigh, North Carolina . The Everblades' inaugural home opener featured

160-596: The Calgary Flames (NHL) and the Stockton Heat (AHL). In his fourth season as head coach, Dickson was fired on January 30, 2020, while the team was in last place in their division. After the season ended, the Mavericks hired Florida Everblades ' assistant Tad O'Had as the head coach. On July 28, 2022, the Mavericks announced a new affiliation with the Seattle Kraken and Seattle's AHL affiliate,

200-938: The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area . They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) starting in the 2024–25 ECHL season . Their home games are played at Hertz Arena . The Everblades were founded in 1998. They play in the South Division of the Eastern Conference in

240-473: The Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season . This agreement would be renewed in one-year contracts until 2015. On May 24, 2012, the Mavericks extended head coach Scott Hillman 's contract for two additional years through the 2013–14 season . On July 31, 2012, the Mavericks announced an agreement with Entercom to have all 66 games for the 2012–13 season broadcast on

280-541: The Coachella Valley Firebirds . On May 27, 2024, the Mavericks won the western conference and advanced to the 2024 Kelly Cup finals for the first time in club history. Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which operated

320-482: The ECHL had accepted the Central Hockey League's remaining seven teams as members for the 2014–15 season , officially signaling the end of the Central Hockey League after 22 seasons. The Allen Americans , who won the last two CHL President's Cups, won two consecutive ECHL titles following the folding of the Central Hockey League. The Mississippi RiverKings, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder were

360-655: The Idaho Steelheads . In 2024, the Everblades became the first team to win three straight Kelly Cups by defeating the Kansas City Mavericks 4 game to 1. 1998–99 : John Brophy Award (Bob Ferguson) 1999–00 : Brabham Cup John Brophy Award ( Bob Ferguson ) Plus Performer Award (Andy MacIntyre) 2000–01 : Executive of the Year (Craig Brush) 2003–04 : Gingher Memorial Trophy 2004–05 : Gingher Memorial Trophy Reebok Goaltender of

400-504: The NHL after playing for the club: Florida Everblades that played in the NHL before playing with the team: Individual records Individual streaks Former Florida Everblades goalie Marc Magliarditi was inducted into the ECHL's Hall of Fame on January 23, 2013. Magliarditi played for the Everblades from 1998 through 2001. Florida Everblades President and General Manager Craig Brush

440-857: The New Jersey Devils ), and had briefly been president of the previous Central Hockey League in 1976. In the inaugural 1992–93 season the league had six teams, including the Oklahoma City Blazers , the Tulsa Oilers , the Wichita Thunder , the Memphis RiverKings , the Dallas Freeze and the Fort Worth Fire . After Levins died, the league's championship trophy (awarded to the winner of

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480-931: The Quad City Mallards , folded in 2018 in the ECHL. Brad Treliving , who co-founded the WPHL in 1996, became CHL commissioner following the merger, before leaving to join the Phoenix Coyotes . Duane Lewis was named the permanent commissioner in June 2008. In October 2013, the CHL appointed former president of the Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Ryan to succeed Lewis. On March 8, 2013, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team in Brampton, Ontario . The Brampton Beast would become

520-674: The Southern Professional Hockey League 's Knoxville Ice Bears to do so. In his time with the Ice Bears, Hillman led them to two consecutive SPHL President's Cup championships and Coffey Trophies (awarded for the most regular-season points). On November 13, 2009, the team played their home opener before a crowd of 5,760 people at the Independence Events Center. On September 17, 2011, the Mavericks announced an affiliation agreement with

560-548: The 10th anniversary logo in 2007–08 , the 15th anniversary logo in 2012–13 , the 20th anniversary logo in 2017–18 , and the 25th anniversary logo in 2022–23 . Playoff Appearances The 2008–09 team played 71 games because of scheduling changes caused by the Augusta Lynx and Fresno Falcons ceasing operations mid-season. Four of the five teams (Florida, Charlotte, South Carolina, Mississippi) played 71 games, with Gwinnett playing 72. The 2019–20 ECHL season

600-534: The 2014 offseason, the ECHL accepted the remaining seven teams as members in October 2014, meaning the end for the CHL after 22 seasons. The Central Hockey League (CHL) was revived in 1992 by Ray Miron and the efforts of Bill Levins , with the idea of central ownership of both the league and the teams. Both men were from hockey backgrounds. Miron had been general manager of the Colorado Rockies (now

640-559: The CHL for the 2001–02 season . However, several years of gradual contraction in the former WPHL markets claimed most of these teams in the ensuing years. The last active former WPHL team, the Fort Worth Brahmas , effectively ceased operations following the 2012–13 season . Subsequently, in 2010, the International Hockey League folded and all five remaining IHL teams joined the CHL; the last of these,

680-640: The CHL playoffs) was renamed the Levins Cup . After running the league for eight years, Miron retired in 2000 and sold the league. The Levins Cup was renamed the Ray Miron President's Cup . After experiments in expansion and an ongoing battle for players and markets with the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) throughout the late 1990s, the CHL merged with the WPHL in 2001, with 10 former WPHL teams joining

720-563: The ECHL. They have failed to qualify for the playoffs just once in team history (2013–14) and have made seven appearances in the Kelly Cup finals, winning in 2012, 2022, 2023, and 2024; the latter three appearances constituted the first three-peat in ECHL history. The team was founded in 1998 by Craig Brush, Peter Karmanos Jr. , and Thomas Thewes and was named based on the Florida Everglades . The Everblades' logo features

760-694: The Gingher Memorial Trophy by defeating the Kalamazoo Wings 4–1 in the Eastern Conference finals and went on to win the Kelly Cup over the Las Vegas Wranglers . In 2018, the Everblades went 12–2 through three rounds of conference playoffs and won the Gingher Memorial Trophy before losing the Kelly Cup in seven games to the Colorado Eagles . In 2022, the Everblades went 12–3 through three rounds of conference playoffs and won

800-690: The Gingher Memorial Trophy by defeating the Newfoundland Growlers 4–1 in the Eastern Conference finals and went on to win the Kelly Cup in five games against the Toledo Walleye . In the 1999–00, 2008–09, 2017–18, and 2020–21 seasons, the Everblades won the Brabham Cup , a trophy given to the team that has the best regular season record in the league. The Everblades took the trophy with 108 points in 1999–2000 and 112 points in 2017–18. The 2008–09 and 2020–21 trophies were awarded to

840-564: The Hurricanes to new majority owner Thomas Dundon . After the 2018–19 season, the Everblades dropped the Hurricanes affiliation for the first time and partnered with the Nashville Predators . It was then announced on August 5, 2019, that Karmanos had sold both the team and arena to David Hoffmann, a Naples, Florida , resident and real estate investor. Starting in the 2022–23 season, the Everblades ended their affiliation with

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880-699: The Islanders/Tigers organization still remained the Mavericks affiliate for player development. On March 11, 2017, the Missouri Mavericks announced the team would be renamed the Kansas City Mavericks beginning in the 2017–18 season . Also prior to the 2017–18 season, their affiliation with the Islanders ended when that organization affiliated with the expansion Worcester Railers . On June 8, 2017, Kansas City affiliated with

920-555: The Kelly Cup Finals MVP award. In April 2013, owner Peter Karmanos, Jr. announced he would be selling the team along with Germain Arena to "simplify things" in his life, as he had just retired from the company he founded, Compuware . The team was made for sale and was being shopped by Park Lane, a sports investment-banking firm that specializes in the sale of sports teams. In 2018, Karmanos gave up majority control of

960-542: The Mavericks announced they had signed a two-year affiliation deal with the New York Islanders . The Mavericks then served as the Islanders' secondary minor league affiliate, behind the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League . On June 2, 2016, head coach Richard Matvichuk resigned after leading the Mavericks for two seasons, a regular season championship, and named ECHL coach of

1000-478: The Mavericks, along with the Allen Americans , Brampton Beast , Quad City Mallards , Rapid City Rush , Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder , were all approved for expansion membership application into the ECHL for the 2014–15 season . On February 5, 2015, Lamar Hunt Jr., son of Kansas City Chiefs ' founder Lamar Hunt , bought a 100 percent ownership stake in the Missouri Mavericks. On June 11, 2015,

1040-636: The NAHL. Of the CHL's remaining teams prior to October 7, 2014, Tulsa, Wichita, Allen, Colorado, Fort Wayne, Missouri (now Kansas City), and Rapid City are still active as of 2023. Of the CHL's six original teams from the 1992-1993 inaugural season, only the Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder remain and are still active as of 2023. Florida Everblades The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida , in

1080-603: The Predators and entered a multi-year agreement with the Florida Panthers . On June 13, 2024, team president Craig Brush announced that the team would not be renewing its agreement with the Panthers. On July 10 of that year, the Everblades announced a new multi-year agreement with the St. Louis Blues . Through the Everblades' history, they have had five anniversary logos: the fifth anniversary logo in 2002–03 ,

1120-530: The Year ( Chris Madden ) 2005–06 : Sportsmanship Award ( Steve Saviano ) Reebok Equipment Manager of the Year (John Jennings) 2008–09 : Brabham Cup CCM U+ Most Valuable Player ( Kevin Baker ) Leading Scorer (Kevin Baker) 2011–12 : Gingher Memorial Trophy Kelly Cup Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player ( John Muse ) 2012–13 : Leading Scorer ( Mathieu Roy ) 2015–16 : ECHL CCM Rookie of

1160-561: The first Canadian team in the CHL's history. In October 2013, the Central Hockey League was purchased from Global Entertainment by all the team owners, putting the CHL business model in line with that of the NHL and AHL. On May 2, 2014 the St. Charles Chill ceased operations. Soon after, the Arizona Sundogs and Denver Cutthroats suspended operations. On October 7, 2014, it was announced that

1200-559: The last of the original six franchises still playing at the end of the CHL's tenure; the RiverKings since folded, in 2018. In the 2014–15 season, ten teams (Allen, Brampton, Colorado, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Missouri, Quad City, Rapid City, Tulsa, and Wichita) were in the ECHL, two teams (Mississippi and Columbus) were in the SPHL, and four organizations (Corpus Christi, Fort Worth Brahmas, Odessa, and Rio Grande Valley) fielded junior teams in

1240-693: The league from 2000 to 2013, at which point it was purchased by the individual franchise owners. As of the end of its final season in 2014, three of the 30 National Hockey League teams had affiliations with the CHL: the Dallas Stars , Minnesota Wild , and Tampa Bay Lightning . Several teams of defunct leagues joined the CHL along its history, including the Southern Hockey League , Western Professional Hockey League and International Hockey League . After two teams suspended operations during

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1280-458: The most valuable player of the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs. Florida won the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs with a 4–1 victory at home in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 7,290. The first period saw Las Vegas Wranglers goalie Joe Fallon beaten by Justin Shugg and Mike Ratchuk, but Las Vegas edged back to even the score by the third, with Ash Goldie and Peter MacArthur beating John Muse to force

1320-399: The overtime. At 4:54 into the overtime, after Ryan Donald passed to Matt Beca , who in turn sent the puck to Brandon MacLean, who beat Fallon and secured the victory. The win earned Florida the 2012 Kelly Cup and secured a perfect home record of 11–0 in the postseason (two victories over Greenville and three each over Elmira , Kalamazoo , and Las Vegas ). Additionally, John Muse earned

1360-425: The radio on 1660 KUDL . On May 21, 2014, Hillman announced his resignation from the Mavericks and soon after was named as the first head coach for the expansion Indy Fuel of the ECHL . In June, the Mavericks hired Richard Matvichuk as the organization's new coach. On October 7, 2014, shortly before the 2014–15 Central Hockey League season was set to begin, it was announced that the CHL had ceased operations and

1400-547: The rafters of Germain Arena. Hartlieb's number was retired in a ceremony before a game against the Orlando Solar Bears on October 19, 2012. Hartlieb was presented with an ECHL Championship ring (he filled in on with the team in the 2011–12 regular season, but did not appear in the playoffs), and hoisted the Kelly Cup. A banner made with his number was hung to the rafters of Germain Arena next to Berg and Buckley's. Florida Everblades alumni that advanced to play in

1440-505: The team with the best points percentage due to imbalanced schedules, where the Everblades had 0.725 and 0.667 winning percentages, respectively. The Florida Everblades won the Kelly Cup in 2012 taking the series 4 games to 1 over the Las Vegas Wranglers . A decade later, they won the Cup in 2022 in another five game series, defeating the Toledo Walleye 4 games to 1. The Everblades would repeat as champions in 2023 4 games to none over

1480-731: The trophy was given to the champion of the Eastern Conference; the Everblades beat the Reading Royals 3–2 to win the conference but lost the Kelly Cup to the Idaho Steelheads . In 2005, the Gingher trophy was given to the American Conference champion. The Everblades beat the Charlotte Checkers 4–2 to win the conference before losing to the Trenton Titans in the Cup finals. In 2012, the Everblades won

1520-581: The year in 2015–16 . He left the organization to become the head coach of the Western Hockey League 's Prince George Cougars . He was replaced by John-Scott Dickson, who had played for the team from 2011 to 2015 before joining the coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2015–16. Also, beginning with the 2016–17 season, the Mavericks and St. Louis Blues entered into a working agreement for cross-promoting hockey in Missouri and Kansas. However,

1560-637: Was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame on February 5, 2016. Brush has served as the team's President and General Manager since the team's inception in 1998 and he oversees all aspects of both the hockey club and the sports complex. Brush also served as the Chairman of the ECHL Board of Governors for three seasons from 2003 through 2006. The Everblades have won the E.A. Gingher Memorial Trophy five times, in 2004 , 2005 , 2012 , 2018 and 2022 . In 2004,

1600-662: Was suspended on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and the rest of the season was cancelled on March 14, 2020. Berg and Buckley's numbers were retired during a pre-game ceremony on October 19, 2007, as the Everblades hosted the Mississippi Sea Wolves , in what would be the Sea Wolves' first official regular season game after being placed on a two-year hiatus due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina . Banners made with their jersey numbers were hung to

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