Oilers at Utah Grizzlies Tonight
January 13, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
For the first time in franchise history, the Oilers will head to Utah. Tulsa has welcomed the Grizzlies to the BOK Center this season but has yet to travel to their barn. Earlier in December (12/3) when the Grizzlies payed a visit to Tulsa, the Oilers sent them back to West Valley City, Utah with a 5-1 loss.
LIT LINE
The line of Dan DeSalvo, Phil Brewer and Emerson Clark has continued to prove plentiful. On Saturday's contest against the Thunder, this line produced a combination of 11 points.
FORTUNE OF 500
Not long after becoming the most winning coach in the ECHL, Oilers' leader Jason Christie is with 499 victories. Christie's next win will be his 500th and could potentially be in his former rink and against his former team, the Utah Grizzlies.
TIME OUT
On Saturday, January 2, Tulsa participated in a battle against the Rapid City Rush that resulted in a total of 216 penalty minutes (109 Oilers, 107 Rush). Of these Oiler minutes, seven were majors and six were game misconducts. See Final Box Score.
As a result of this scrap against the Rush, three Oilers skaters were suspended. Kevin Carr and Emerson Clark will return to the lineup against the Grizzlies, however, Mathieu Gagnon still has five more games to serve.
Forward Mathieu Gagnon:
Tulsa's Mathieu Gagnon has been suspended for eight games - five games for leaving the players' bench under Rules 70.3 /70.10 to begin an altercation at the conclusion of the game and an additional three games under Rule 28 - Supplemental Discipline for continuing an altercation at the conclusion of the game. He will miss Tulsa's games vs. Missouri (Jan. 5), at Wichita (Jan. 8), vs. Wichita (Jan. 9), at Utah (Jan. 13), at Idaho (Jan. 15 and Jan. 16) and at Missouri (Jan. 22 and Jan. 23).
EXTRA DROPS
Christophe Lalancette is on a five-game point streak (1 goal, 7 assists)...Mathieu Gagnon's individual game penalty minute high is 30... Tulsa is 11-3-1 when scoring first...Tulsa is third in penalty minutes at 543...The Oilers do not return to the BOK Center until January 26th...
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
Tulsa Oilers @ Utah Grizzlies - 7:05 p.m. MST Maverick Center
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PREVIOUS MEETINGS
1-0-0-0
TEAM CAPSULES
Tulsa Oilers
Overall: 16-11-2-2 (36 points)
Home: 9-6-2-1
Road: 7-5-0-1
Rank: 3rd in Central Division
Utah Grizzlies
Overall: 19-13-2-0 (40 points)
Home: 10-7-1-0
Road: 9-6-1-0
Rank: 1st in West Division
OILERS LEADERS
Goals: Adam Pleskach - 12
Assists: Dennis Brown, Dan DeSalvo - 15
Points: Adam Pleskach - 25
+/-: Dennis Brown +16
PIM: Mathieu Gagnon - 92
GRIZZLIES LEADERS
Goals: Ryan Walters - 13
Assists: Charles Sarault - 21
Points: Ryan Walters, Charles Sarault - 28
+/-: Cory Fienhage, +8
PIM: Jon Puskar - 40
TULSA VS. GRIZZLIES ALL-TIME
Overall: 1-0-0
Home: 1-0-0
Road: 0-0-0
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