
Oilers at Americans Tonight: Preview
January 29, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
Round 2 of the four-game series week between the Tulsa Oilers and Allen Americans has arrived. Tuesday night the Oilers started things off with a shutout over the Americans where Kevin Carr would take the win 2-0 but Joel Rumple would still stop 41 shots. Americans' Chad Costello's seven-game point streak was snapped. Tulsa is now only nine points below the Americans in the standings and hopes to only be down by seven after tonight.
Through eight meetings this season, the Oilers have stolen five victories from Allen.
LINE LEADERS
The line of Dan DeSalvo, Phil Brewer and Emerson Clark has continued to prove plentiful. Again and again. These skaters have a combination of 17 points in the last six games- Clark 7, DeSalvo 7 and Brewer 3.
'HOWE' DOES HE DO IT?
Alongside his competent teammates, Emerson Clark is on quite the roll. With 29 points, Clark has 16 goals and 13 assists (3 goals and 2 assist from Greenville Swamp Rabbits prior to trade). On Saturday, January 9, the forward earned himself a Gordie Howe Hat Trick with a goal, three assists and a fight. For some this would be a rare occurrence, but not for Clark. Only three games later he did it again. Saturday (January 16) against the Steelheads, Clark netted two goals, an assist and a fight. Only one game would separate his third Gordie in 15 days. Three consecutive Saturdays Clark would produce.
The forward is fifth in the league with 113 penalty minutes. The last three times Clark has fought in games the Oilers were down and then came back to win (Wichita 01/09, Idaho 01/16, Missouri 01/23).
Clark carries his team in shooting percentage and is fourth in the ECHL at 23.2%. With 16 goals on 69 shots this year, in his last five games, Clark has five goals on 16 shots (31.2%).
EXTRA DROPS
Kevin Carr is fourth in both goals against average (1.97) and in minutes (1614)...Among rookies in the ECHL, Dan DeSalvo is sixth in scoring with 31 points, fourth in assist with 20 and first in plus/minus at +19... Phil Brewer is tied for first in rookie shootout goals with two...Tulsa is eighth at home on the power play at 20.4%...The Oilers are fifth in goals against per game averaging 2.43 and fourth in shots against with 27.43...
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
Tulsa Oilers @ Allen Americans - 7:05 p.m.
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PREVIOUS MEETINGS
5-3-0
TEAM CAPSULES
Tulsa Oilers
Overall: 19-14-2-2 (42 points)
Home: 10-6-2-1
Road: 9-8-0-1
Rank: 3rd in Central Division
Allen Americans
Overall: 24-15-2-1 (51 points)
Home: 10-6-2-1
Road: 14-9-0-0
Rank: 2nd in Central Division
OILERS LEADERS
Goals: Emerson Clark - 16
Assists: Dan DeSalvo - 20
Points: Dan DeSalvo - 31
+/-: Dan DeSalvo, Dennis Brown +19
PIM: Emerson Clark - 113
AMERICANS LEADERS
Goals: Chad Costello - 16
Assists: Chad Costello - 42
Points: Chad Costello - 58
+/-: Greger Hanson, +8
PIM: Dyson Stevenson - 74
TULSA VS. ALLEN ALL-TIME
Overall: 23-34-5
Home: 12-17-2
Road: 11-17-3
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