Coaching Staff

Tony Martino assumed the coaching duties of the Oilers in January and coached his first game Janaury 6th. He returns to Tulsa, taking the coaching reins, after being a key figure in the Oilers glory days of the CHL championship in 1993 and appearance in the final in 1994.

Martino was anmed the CHL goaltender fo the year in the CHL’s first season of rebirth in 1992-93 and backstopped the Oilers to the league championship. He played with the Oilers through the 1995-96 season and was renown for his feisty attitude on the ice, with having at least 46 penalty minutes every season and one year 92 (he topped that with the New Mexico Scorpions of the Western Professional Hockey League in 1996-97 with 179 penalty minutes).

His coaching career began with New Mexico and he won 49 and 44 games in his first two years, and coached the Scorpions in their first season in the CHL (2001-02) winning 33 of 64 games.

Martino’s coaching record also includes a stint as an assistant coach in the American Hockey League, and working as a scout and video coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL.