Gauthier Helps Thunder Snap Skid with OT Win in Tulsa
December 19, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Wichita Thunder News Release
Tulsa, OK - Danick Gauthier recorded the overtime winner to help lift Wichita (7-17-0-1) past Tulsa (10-10-2-1) on Friday night by the final of 3-2 at the BOK Center. The Thunder led by a pair with three minutes remaining before the Oilers mounted a comeback to force the extra session. The win helps snap a seven-game losing skid and is the first road victory for Wichita since Opening Night against Tulsa on October 16th. The Thunder takes the lead in the StoneWolf Casino Cup Series, now up 3-2-0-0.
Andy Huff had a pair of goals while Landon Oslanski added two helpers.
Both teams were solid defensively through the first 10 minutes of the contest. A combined six shots were fired on the netminders before Wichita got on the board with less than five minutes to go in the opening frame. Huff found a rebound off a centering
pass from Kenton Miller and beat Kevin Carr to the glove side to make it 1-0.
Huff added his second tally of the night early in the second on the power play. Wichita won a face-off, moved it across to Landon Oslanksi and his shot was tipped in by Huff at 2:12 and a 2-0 advantage. Joey Sides almost upped the lead to three with a rebound opportunity, but Carr snagged it with the glove. The Thunder took a 2-0 advantage into the second intermission.
In the third, Tulsa pulled even with two markers with less than three minutes remaining. Brian Nugent cut the lead to one at 17:05 with a one-timer from the left circle. The Oilers pulled their goaltender and had an offensive zone face-off that led to the game-tying goal at 19:22 from Axel Blomqvist. The final horn sounded and overtime was needed.
Gauthier scored the game-winner when he picked up a loose puck on the left boards, worked to the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot that beat Carr at 1:21 of the extra period for the 3-2 victory.
Wichita won its first game of the season in an overtime and improved to 3-1 with games that went past regulation. Huff recorded his fifth and sixth tallies of the year. Miller and Springer also added helpers in the contest. Shantz earns his fifth win of the season, stopping 21 of 23 shots. Carr takes the overtime loss, stopping 21 of 24 shots he faced.
Wichita went 1-for-2 on the power play. Tulsa went 0-for-2 on the man advantage.
The Thunder finishes their seven-game road trip with another meeting tomorrow night against the Oilers at 7:05 p.m.
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