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Game Preview: Oilers Host Rush - Today at 7:05 p.m.

December 2, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release


TONIGHT'S MATCHUP The Oilers will face the Rapid City Rush for the first of three meetings this season and for the 43rd time in franchise history. The following two contests will take place in Rapid City on December 31st and January 2nd at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. All-time, the Oilers are 18-20-4 against the Rush. Both the Oilers and Rush are coming off of a three-game weekend where they both went two for three.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS December kicks off with seven straight home games for the Oilers. The Oilers will remain in the BOK Center until December 21st when they travel to Allen. Along with Rapid City tonight, Tulsa will host the Utah Grizzlies, Idaho Steelheads, Missouri Mavericks and Wichita Thunder during that period.

ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME "MAT"T Last week, the Oilers acquired goaltender Matt Grogan and defenseman Mathieu Brisebois. Grogan joins the Oilers after his start in the SPHL with the Mississippi RiverKings where helped his team gain four wins in his four games played. Brisebois, a 23 year-old Quebec native, suited up for all three contests this weekend and recorded a +1 rating.

GLOVES DROPPED There have been 19 fights in the 17 Oilers games this season- averaging the boys in blue to more than one fight per game. Six of those games have been multi-fight contests. One of the six happened to be this past weekend in Wichita where the Oilers racked up 20 penalty minutes in fighting majors- 32 total.

'WON' WIN AWAY Oilers' Head Coach Jason Christie is only one victory away from tying the record of all-time ECHL wins by a head coach. Christie enters the week with 490 wins under his belt in the span of 13 ECHL seasons. With his time split between Peoria, Utah, Ontario and Tulsa, Christie has coached 880 games and is only two wins away from breaking the record.

CARRIED BY CARR Kevin Carr has started between the pipes the last five games since Jussi Olkinuora's call-up to the Manitoba Moose. The six-foot-one Ontario native now ranks fifth amongst goaltenders in the ECHL with a 1.82 goals against average.

OIL DROPS Since being acquired in a trade from Greenville, Emerson Clark has six points in six games with the Oilers (4 goals, 2 assists)... If Head Coach Jason Christie wins tonight and tomorrow night he will break the ECHL record against one of his former teams (Utah)... 'Mo'vember is over and the mustache winners were Justin Mansfield and Brandon Wong

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TONIGHT'S MATCHUP

Tulsa Oilers vs. Rapid City Rush - 7:05 p.m. at BOK Center

Watch on ECHL-TV

Listen on Ustream

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

None

TEAM CAPSULES

Tulsa Oilers

Overall: 7-8-1-1 (16 points)

Home: 4-4-1-0

Road: 3-4-0-1

Rank: 3rd in Central Division

Rapid City Rush

Overall: 9-6-1-1 (20 points)

Home: 6-4-0-1

Road: 3-2-1-0

Rank: 2nd in West Division

OILERS LEADERS

Goals: Emerson Clark - 7

Assists: Adam Pleskach, Dennis Brownie - 11

Points: Adam Pleskach - 15

+/-: Matt Konan +10

PIM: Mathieu Gagnon - 55

RAPID CITY LEADERS

Goals: Daniel O'Donoghue, Spencer Pommells - 5

Assists: Winston Day Chief - 9

Points: Winston Day Chief - 13

+/-: Zach Cohen, Michael Young, Johnathan Narbonne - 9

PIM: Josh Holmstrom- 29

TULSA VS. RAPID CITY ALL-TIME

Overall: 18-20-4

Home: 10-11-1

Road: 8-9-3

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