Kansas City, MO -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/03/2015 -- Lamar Hunt Jr.'s Missouri Mavericks will hold the Adopt-A-Mav Auction this week on Saturday November 7 immediately following the 7pm home game. First the Mavericks will face the local rivals the Wichita Thunder and then after the game the live player auction will be held in sections 101 and 102 in the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena.

The Adopt-A-Mav event will allow families to bid in a live auction for Missouri Mavericks players with special prizes awarded season long to the winning families. Families who successfully adopt a Mavericks player will win a custom Mavericks necklace for Kennedy's Custom Jewelers as well as an autographed hockey stick from their player.

Winning families from the Adopt-A-Mav event will be featured on their adopted player's helmet via sticker for the duration of the season. The families names will also be featured on game programs passed out at future home-games. Additional prizes awarded to the families who adopt a player include: discounts at the Top Shelf Team Store in the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena, post game meet and greets, bowling event, Missouri Mavericks hosted dinner at Stonehaus Winery, and more.

The end of the 2015-16 ECHL season will conclude the Adopt-A-Mav program for the season and winning families will receive a game-worn jersey as well as a helmet with their family sticker.

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).