FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2010 Contact: Steve McCall

Lawrence, Berger In Alumni Game

Teammates From Last Title Return

Two of the lynchpins from the Tulsa Oilers last championship team in 1993 will return for the third annual American Airlines Oilers alumni game on Saturday August 28^th at 7 p.m. at the Oilers Ice Center (64^th and Mingo).

Doug Lawrence, the Oilers all time leading scorer and penalty minute leader will be playing his third alumni game, and Mike Berger, who has had his number 44 retired will also return this year after missing last year’s game.

“I always love coming back to Tulsa, and seeing a lot of the old fans and the new fans,” Berger said. “You get a bunch of generations of hockey players out there, how could you not have a good time. It shows what type of an organization Tulsa is that so many of the guys love getting together.”

Lawrence was named the MVP of the inaugural alumni game in 2008 joked he wants to reclaim the title from last year’s winner Luc Beausoleil.

“It’s the one time a year I get the chance to get out there and skate and really have a lot of fun,” Lawrence, who also had his number 9 retired last season, said.

Tickets for the alumni game will be $10 for all general admission seats. Oiler season ticket holders will be admitted early to the Oilers Ice Center, for preferred choice of seats.

The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 33 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season, starting on Friday October 15^th against the Wichita Thunder

Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 7:48 am and is filed under CHL News, News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    It will be bookends at the BOK Center this season for the Tulsa Oilers who will open and end their 2010-11 Central Hockey League season at home. In between there will be 31 other home games, giving the Oilers 33 home games this season, the most ever at the BOK Center.
    The Oilers open the season at home against the longtime rival Wichita Thunder on Friday October 15 at 7:35 p.m. Other highlights of the home schedule include holiday night games on Thanksgiving (Thursday November 25 against the Mississippi RiverKings); Christmas (Saturday December 25 against Wichita) and New Year’s Night (Saturday January 1 against the Texas Brahmas).
    The Central Hockey League is adding the Bloomington Prairie Thunder, Dayton Gems, Evansville IceMen, Fort Wayne Komets, and Quad City Mallards this season. Quad City will be the first new team to visit the BOK Center on Tuesday November 23. Evansville visits on Friday February 18 and Dayton comes to Tulsa on Thursday March 3. Fort Wayne, Bloomington, and Rio Grande Valley will not visit Tulsa in the regular season.
    Tulsa will not visit Arizona, Dayton, Fort Wayne, Laredo, or Rio Grande Valley. In their 66 games, the Oilers will not face Rio Grande Valley, or Fort Wayne.
    The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 33 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
    Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

2010-11 Tulsa Oilers Schedule
Day Date Opponent Time (Central)
Fri. Oct. 15 WICHITA 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 16 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 23 @ Bloomington 7:05 p.m.
Tue. Oct. 26 COLORADO 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Oct. 29 @ Colorado 8:05 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 30 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Sun. Oct. 31 WICHITA 4:05 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 5 @ Missouri 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 6 @ Mississippi 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 12 @ Colorado 8:05 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 13 @ Rapid City 8:05 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 18 ALLEN 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 19 MISSOURI 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 20 @ Missouri 7:05 p.m.
Tue. Nov. 23 QUAD CITY 7:05 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 25 MISSOURI 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 26 BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 27 @ Evansville TBA
Fri. Dec. 3 MISSISSIPPI 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 4 MISSOURI 7:35 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 7 RAPID CITY 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 10 TEXAS 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 11 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 14 WICHITA 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 17 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 18 @ Allen 7:00 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 19 ODESSA 4:05 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 21 TEXAS 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 25 WICHITA 7:35 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 26 @ Bossier-Shreveport 4:05 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 28 MISSOURI 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 31 @ Allen 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 1 TEXAS 7:35 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 2 ALLEN 4:05 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 7 @ Quad City 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 8 @ Missouri 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 14 ARIZONA 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 15 BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT 7:35 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 21 LAREDO 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 22 @ Texas 7:30 p.m.
Tue. Jan. 25 COLORADO 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 28 MISSOURI 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 29 @ Missouri 7:05 p.m.
Wed. Feb. 2 @ Allen 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Feb.4 @ Mississippi 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 5 @ Mississippi 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 11 TEXAS 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 12 MISSISSIPPI 7:35 p.m.
Tue. Feb. 15 MISSOURI 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 18 EVANSVILLE 7:35 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 19 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 25 @ Mississippi 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 26 @ Mississippi 7:05 p.m.
Tue. Mar. 1 RAPID CITY 7:05 p.m.
Thu. Mar. 3 DAYTON 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 4 @ Odessa 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 5 @ Odessa 7:05 p.m.
Tue. Mar. 8 WICHITA 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 11 @ Rapid City 8:05 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 12 @ Colorado 8:05 p.m.
Wed. Mar. 16 @ Texas 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 18 @ Allen 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 19 @ Odessa 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 25 @ Wichita 7:05 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 26 WICHITA 7:35 p.m.
Sun. Mar. 27 ALLEN 4:05 p.m.
HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS

This entry was posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 1:07 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

It will be reunion time once again for the Tulsa Oilers on Saturday August 28th, for the third annual American Airlines Alumni Game.

Oiler players from the past, including the original Central Hockey League, will gather at the Oilers Ice Center at 64th and Mingo to play a 7 p.m. game and then mingle with fans afterward.

“We started this as sort of just a fun get together but it’s become one of the highlights of our off season, for both the players and our fans,” Oilers General Manager Taylor Hall said. “Each year it has grown and gotten better.”

Hall, who was a member of the Oilers’ 1993 CHL championship team, will be playing in the game with a number of his former teammates. He said the Oilers will be making announcements about the participants for the game in the upcoming days.

All tickets are $10 for general admission seating to the game. Oiler season ticket holders will have the chance to enter the Oilers Ice Center ahead of members of the general public to choose their seats for the game.

The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 33 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.

Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 11:35 am and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

They have danced and skated their way into the hearts of Tulsa Oilers fans and the Oilers Ice Girls will be holding auditions for the 2010-11 squad on Saturday July 31st.
The tryouts will be in two sessions with a morning skating session at the Oilers Ice Center (64th and Mingo) with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. the dance portion of the tryout will take place at Gold’s Gym Broken Arrow facility (71st and 145th) at 1:30 that afternoon.
“In just two seasons the Ice Girls have become an integral part of our entertainment presentation,” Oilers general manager Taylor Hall said. “Now it’s hard to imagine what an Oiler game would be like without them.”
There is a $20 registration fee for the audition. Applicants must be 18 years old by July 31st. They should bring a headshot photograph, and proof of age along with the registration fee. For the dance portion, applicants should have a half top/sports bra with a t-shirt over it, dance shorts and dance shoes or tennis shoes. They may want to bring a light jacket for the morning skating portion of the tryouts.
“We’ll be looking for ladies that have a good personality and aren’t shy about meeting the public,” Ice Girl coordinator Jessica Barrett said. “Along with the skating and dancing, interacting with our fans is the most important part of being an Oilers Ice Girl.”
Additional information about the Ice Girls tryouts is available at www.tulsaoilers.com.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 33 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 2:07 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Tulsa Oilers are ramping up their efforts to assist our partners, the Tulsa Rampage, this season. We’re beginning by helping them find host families for their incoming players. It is an exciting opportunity for your family to help a young man achieve his dreams and to be an integral part of Oklahoma’s only Junior hockey team.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be providing some detail about players that have signed with the Rampage to give you an opportunity to get to know their players before they arrive in mid-August. You may even find a player you’d specifically like to house!

This week we focus on two foreign players, two from the state of Wisconsin and one from Virginia.

* The first foreign player comes from Sweden. He’s an outgoing young man who hopes to live with a family that will help him get to know the area and what it’s like to live in the U.S. He has an older sister and loves the idea of having host brothers or sisters. His favorite hobby is hockey, including watching all the NHL games but he also likes to get out a lot. He’s had a brief visit to the U.S. in the past but is looking forward to living here throughout the season.
* The second foreign player hails from a suburb of London England and played for the Rampage most of last season. He’s only 17 but has already graduated from high school. He’s got an outgoing personality and loved being a part of the Rampage’s community service projects last season.
* Both of the players from Wisconsin are 19 years old and both have younger brothers. The first is an outdoorsman who loves to go camping, fishing, golfing, and throwing frisbees. He’s a big baseball fan who loves to go to baseball games. He hopes to live in a family with younger kids and dogs and cats. He say’s he’s the rare kind of kid who likes to keep his room clean!
* The second Wisconsin player also loves to be outdoors including fishing and going to the lake to swim or jet ski. He likes biking and riding motorcycles as well. When indoors, he likes video games, reading, watching TV and hopefully hanging out with a family that has kids. In the spirit of a good Wisconsin native, he made a point to mention that he loves Cheese!
* The 17 year old Virginia native has already graduated from high school and will be looking for a job to help supplement his expenses while he’s here. He loves all sports, loves to go golfing, play putt putt, and go bowling. He will not have a car while in Tulsa so he’ll need to be housed with another player that will be bringing a car. He wants to share his love for hockey by mentoring a younger hockey player.

The Rampage have been huge supporters of the TYHA and we hope to return that support to them. Please take the time to contact housing director Robyn Willey at robyn@tulsarampage.com or by phone at (918) 237-1156 to get further information about housing a player for the upcoming season.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 12:34 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Tulsa Oilers will open the 2010-11 Central Hockey League season at home at the BOK Center on Friday October 15, and will also have a new home in the Southern Conference of the CHL.
The CHL has unveiled the home opening dates and the conference alignment for the 18 teams that will play in the affiliated league with the International Hockey League. The league will play a 66 game schedule, with two conferences of nine teams each. Sixteen teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Joining the Oilers in the Southern Conference will be the Allen Americans, Arizona Sundogs, Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, Laredo Bucks, Mississippi RiverKings, Odessa Jackalopes, Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, and Texas Brahmas.
Teams in the Northern Conference will be the Bloomington Prairie Thunder, Colorado Eagles, Dayton Gems, Evansville IceMen, Fort Wayne Komets, Missouri Mavericks, Quad City Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Wichita Thunder.
Plans call for the league to name the conferences after figures of historic significance to the CHL and IHL. Complete schedule details, include the Oilers home opponent, and remaing games will be announced later.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 33 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 3:47 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Tulsa Oilers head coach Bruce Ramsay continues building the 2010-11 team by announcing the signing of three players who played extensively in the Central Hockey League last year. Ramsay has announced he has signed right wing Dan Riedel, left wing Jeff Gumaer both from last year’s Oilers’ team, and forward Chad Costello who played for Corpus Christi last season.

Riedel, joined the Oilers four games into last season and scored a goal in his first game. The 5-foot-9, 177 pounder from Rochester Hills, Mich., appeared in 52 games scoring 18 goals (three game winners) and 23 assists for 41 points.

Gumaer, from Webster Groves, Mo., also scored a goal in his first game with the Oilers at Laredo on December 27th. In his 35 games, the 5-10, 185 pounder had six goals and four assists for 10 points and was +6.

Costello, 5-9, 170 pounds was nearly a point a game player last season for Corpus Christi, with 13 goals and 42 assists for 55 points in 57 games. He was also +10. Although the Oilers didn’t play Corpus Christi last season, he’s hardly a stranger to Ramsay.

In 2008-09, Costello played 65 games for Muskegon in the International Hockey League, when Ramsay was coaching that team. He had 17 goals and 29 assists for 46 points in 65 games.

“Our fans could see the hard work that Dan and Jeff bring to the rink every night, and they’re going to like what they see from Chad, too,” Ramsay said.

The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.

Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 2:02 pm and is filed under CHL News, News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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This entry was posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 1:04 pm and is filed under CHL News, News, Oilers News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

It has nothing to do with fancy movie technology but Tulsa Oilers coach Bruce Ramsay is happy to be seeing in 3-D these days.
The Oilers have signed defensemen Derek Eastman, R.J. Linder and Sean Erickson for the 2010-11 Central Hockey League season. All three played for the Oilers last season.
‘This is a great nucleus for our blueline,” coach Bruce Ramsay said. “All three of these guys bring something special to the table.”
Eastman, 5-foot-10, 190 pounds will be the Oilers player assistant coach this coming season. In his first year in the CHL he was one of only two defenseman named to the league’s postseason all-CHL team. He led the league with six shorthanded assists and tied for fourth among defensemen in scoring with nine goals and 36 assists for 45 points in 63 games.
“Derek was a key player for us in all situations,” Ramsay said. “He obviously made an impression on the rest of the league to be voted onto the all league team.”
Linder saw his second cut short after 11 games with a knee injury. But at the time of his injury, he had four assists and led the Oilers at +11. The 6-foot-2, 195 pounder will be playing in his third season with the Oilers, but hard luck injuries have limited him to just 22 games over the previous two seasons.
“R.J. is the kind of player every coach would want on their team,” Ramsay said. “He’s had some tough luck with injuries and it was a blow when we lost him. Having him healthy for a full season will make a big difference for us.”
Erickson earned a spot on the CHL’s post season all-rookie team. At 6-foot, 175 pounds, he had five goals and 13 assists for 18 points, 15th among league rookies.
“Sean really developed as a solid all around player and became a good offensive threat for us as the season went along,” Ramsay said.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 6:51 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

When the heat hits its peak in July and August, kids can get some cool hockey lessons from the Tulsa Oilers.
Oilers players will be teaming up with Tulsa Youth Hockey Association for a “Learn to play Hockey Program” that will take place on four successive Saturdays starting July 17th at the Oilers Ice Center (64th and Mingo). The camps are for children 4 to 8 years old who have never played hockey with TYHA.
“This is grass roots hockey at the best and most fun level,” Oilers coach Bruce Ramsay said. “Teaching kids who’ve never played hockey how great of a game it is, is one of the things I’ve enjoyed most. I’m really looking forward to this and I know our players are too.”
Camp sessions will be from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. TYHA provides protective equipment and rental skates at no charge for the camp. Equipment is limited and based on participation.
For more information on the camp, contact Eric Lawless and (918) 845-3345 or email him at lawless01@live.com or visit the TYHA website at www.tyha.com.
The Oilers had the second highest point total increase in the CHL this season under head coach Bruce Ramsay, who was in his first season with the Oilers. They will have 32 home games at the BOK Center in the 2010-11 season.
Season tickets for 2010-11 with plans for as low as $26 a month are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 12:41 pm and is filed under CHL News, Oilers News, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.