Ramsay Helps Oilers Down Thunder in Fight-Filled Affair
November 28, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
WICHITA, KS - Brady Ramsay notched a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the third period on Saturday night, to lift the Oilers to a 4-2 triumph over the Thunder in front of 4,828 at Intrust Bank Arena. The Oilers claimed their second straight victory over the Thunder in the StoneWolf Casino Cup series in a fight-filled contest that demonstrated the dislike, and the intensity between the two long-time rivals.
A fortunate bounce off glass led to Wichita's first goal of the game at the 12:16 mark of the opening period. Thunder defenseman Donnie Harris shot the puck down the boards and as Oilers' goalie Kevin Carr moved behind his net to anticipate the path of the puck, the frozen disc popped off the corner glass and slipped out in front of the Tulsa net. Danick Gauthier slammed the puck into the yawning cage for his fourth goal of the season and a 1-0 lead for the home team. Four minutes later, the Oilers were able to level the contest thanks to a strong individual effort from Brady Ramsay. The second-year winger beat Wichita defenseman Eric Springer to a loose puck and finished off a backhand wraparound for his third goal of the season and his first strike in the last 14 games. With less than a minute to play in the period, Oilers' forward Mathieu Gagnon was called for boarding and the Thunder was able to capitalize on the power play. Gauthier roofed a shot over Carr with only one second remaining on the clock to give Wichita a 2-1 edge and just its fourth power play goal of the entire season.
It didn't take long for the Oilers to tie the score in the second period. Christophe Lalancette batted a rebound through Thunder goalie Grant Rollheiser at 2:50 to draw even with his third goal of the season. The middle frame turned nasty at 4:05 when Thunder forward Paxton Leroux bloodied the face of Oilers' defenseman Tom Kroshus. Both players were assessed a five-minute fighting major while Leroux incurred an extra minor for instigating and Kroshus was sent to the dressing room for facial repairs. With five and a half minutes remaining in the period, the Oilers and Thunder suddenly turned back the clock to the old Central Hockey League days by engaging in three fights in a matter of seconds. First, Ramsay traded punches with Mason Baptista and after the ensuing face off, Gagnon attempted to avenge Kroshus by dropping the mitts with Leroux. The fight hat-trick was completed moments later as Emerson Clark engaged in his first fight as an Oiler by taking on Thunder enforcer Erick Lizon. With the dust finally settled, the four fights in the second period accounted for 48 of the 66 total penalty minutes in the contest.
The 2-2 draw held until the latter stages of the third period when Ramsay gave Tulsa its first lead of the night. A shorthanded slap shot by Ben Walker was kicked out by Rollheiser but Ramsay buried the second chance bounce for his second goal of the night and the Oilers' first shorthanded tally of the season. Clark sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 19:54 and the Oilers earned back-to-back wins for the first time in nearly three and a half weeks.
The Oilers are on a two-game road win streak for the first time this season and will start a stretch of eight consecutive home games on Sunday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. against the Central Division-leading Missouri Mavericks.
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