Tulsa Oilers right wing Luke Stauffacher will be the featured player guest along with many of his teammates at the Tulsa Oilers Hockey Happy Hour  Monday March 2 at 6:30 p.m. The show originates from Indigo Joe’s Sports Pub and restaurant at 104th and Memorial. Indigo Joe’s is a non smoking family friendly full service restaurant.

Along with Stauffacher, coach Bruce Ramsay and many other Oiler players, fans in attendance will have the chance to ask questions and win Oilers prizes.  The Hockey Happy Hour can be heard via the internet at www.tulsaoilers.com and www.edgetulsa.com/oilers.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm and is filed under 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.

Third Oiler Honored

Tulsa Oilers defenseman Derek Eastman has been named to the Central Hockey League’s All-CHL team in balloting conducted among league coaches, and media personnel.

Eastman, 5-foot-10, 190 pounds from St. Paul, MN is the third leading scorer among CHL defensemen. He has eight goals and 36 assists for 44 points. Eastman is also second in the league in shorthanded assists.
“Derek has been rock solid for us all year long” Oiler coach Bruce Ramsay said. “He’s been great in every situation, power play, penalty kill, late in games, whenever we have needed him, he has come through”
Eastman is the third Oiler to be honored this postseason. Trainer Stuart Nichols was named CHL Trainer of the Year, and defenseman Sean Erickson was named to the CHL all-Rookie team.
Joining Eastman on the All-CHL team are forwards Kevin Ulanski and Riley Nelson of the Colorado Eagles; Les Reaney of the Rapid City Rush; defenseman Aaron Schneekloth of Colorado; and goaltender Joel Martin of the Odessa Jackalopes.
The Oilers conclude their season with three road games this week, playing at Bossier-Shreveport Thursday and a pair of games at Mississippi Friday and Saturday. All three games start at 7:05 p.m and can be heard via the internet at www.tulsaoilers.com and viewed at CHL TV.
Season tickets for the 2010-11 season are now available by calling the Oilers office at 918-632-PUCK (7825).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 4:22 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.

Goaltender Marco Emond turned away all four shooters he faced in a shootout, while Aaron Davis and Marty Standish connected, to lift the Tulsa Oilers to a 3-2 shootout win over the Missouri Mavericks. The win pulled the Oilers to within three points of Missouri and Mississippi who are tied for fourth place in the Central Hockey League’s Northern Conference.

Jake Riddle opened the scoring with the Oilers 19th shorthanded goal of the season, tying Texas for the league high. Jeff MacDermid tied it with just over a minute left in the first period.

In the second period, it was the Oilers turn to score late. Luke Stauffacher was able to punch in a rolling puck and that held until Mike Burgoyne scored midway through the third. Standish’s shootout attempt that ended the game set off a raucous celebration as the Oilers wrapped up their home schedule.

Tulsa plays its final six games on the road starting at Amarillo on Wednesday at 11:05 a.m.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 5:53 am 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.

The Tulsa Oilers overcame a two goal deficit at the start of the third period, and in spite of losing 4-3 to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs in overtime still earned an important point to stay within striking of a playoff position in the Northern Conference.

Goaltender Marco Emond, in his first start of the season for the Oilers, stopped 20 of 21 shots he faced in the first period, as only Tyrel Lucas’ rebound with 39 seconds left gave Bossier-Shreveport a 1-0 lead.

Dan Riedel got that back for the Oilers in the first two minutes of the second period. His goal ended a shutout streak of 86:05 against Bossier-Shreveport. The Mudbugs answered back in the second period though with a shorthanded goal by Brett Smith and power play goal by Jeff Kyrzakos.

Derek Eastman’s’ shorthanded blast that cut the lead to 3-2 at 7:45 of the third period ignited the Oilers’ rally. Troy Riddle lifted home a rebound with 2:58 left to force the overtime.

It didn’t take long for Justin Aikins to end the contest, scoring 21 seconds into overtime. The point keeps the Oilers within two points of fifth place Missouri for the final playoff spot in the Northern Conference. The Oilers trail fourth place Mississippi by five points.

The Oilers and Bossier-Shreveport play again Sunday afternoon at 4:05 at the BOK Center.

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 1:46 am 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.

The start of Wednesday’s game at Wichita is being delayed slightly. Warm ups are scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. with face off anticipated for approximately 7:25

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 7:34 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.

The Tulsa Oiers suffered their first shutout of the season, 6-0 at the hands of the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Sunday at the BOK Center.

Six different players scored for Bossier-Shreveport. Mark Johnson, David Pszenyczny, Scott Kalinchuk, and Joe Blaznek scored in the first period to stake Bossier-Shreveport to a 4-0 lead. David Rutherford, and Jeff Kyrzakos added goals in the second period. The teams skated through a a scoreless third period.

Prior to the game the Oilers signed goaltender Marco Emond, who had played with the Oilers in 2005-06, and right wing Luke Stauffacher. They released goaltender Francois Lemay and left winger Brett Liscomb.

The Oilers next game is Wednesday at Wichita at 7:05 p.m.

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at 8:00 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.

The bad news is the Tulsa Oilers lost 4-3 in a shootout at home to the Missouri Mavericks Tuesday night.  The good news is the teams play again Thursday night at Missouri.

That bodes well for the Oilers, as the two teams have played each other six times this season, and the visiting team has won each time.

Tuesday it didn’t take long for Missouri to strike, as Nick Sirota scored just 12 seconds after the opening face off.  Braden Walls stretched the lead to 2-0 midway through the first period, a period in which Oiler coach Bruce Ramsay admitted the team didn’t play well.

That changed in the second period, a special period for brothers Jake and Troy Riddle. Jake scored two power play goals, and Troy had a shorthanded unassisted breakaway goal.

The lead got wiped out though with another early period goal as former Oiler Tom Maldonado scored his second goal for Missouri, both against the Oilers, just 23 seconds into the third period. The shots on goal reflected the even nature of the game as Missouri had a 31-30 edge in regulation time.

Missouri also had the only shot in overtime as the game moved to a shootout. Dan Riedel scored on the Oilers first shot but none of the other four Tulsa players could score. And after Toby Lafrance had scored for Missouri, it came down to Jordan Foreman who was able to score for Missouri, giving the Mavericks their second shootout victory in Tulsa this season.

Game time Thursday is 7:05 p.m. The Oilers hope the season trend extends into game seven.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 3:12 am and is filed under 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.

Tulsa Oilers left wing Dan Riedel will be the featured player guest at the Tulsa Oilers Hockey Happy Hour  Monday February 1 at 6:30 p.m. The show originates from Indigo Joe’s Sports Pub and restaurant at 104th and Memorial. Indigo Joe’s is a non smoking family friendly full service restaurant.

Along with Riedel and coach Bruce Ramsay, fans in attendance will have the chance to ask questions and win Oilers prizes.  The Hockey Happy Hour can be heard via the internet at www.tulsaoilers.com and www.edgetulsa.com/oilers.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 11:19 am 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.

A quick start wasn’t enough for the Tulsa Oilers as they fell to the Texas Brahmas 5-2 Sunday in Texas.

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 8:07 pm and is filed under 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.

The Tulsa Oilers will play the Colorado Eagles tonight at 7:35 at the BOK Center. The Oilers game with Colorado for Friday January 29 is on!

This entry was posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 10:43 am and is filed under 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.