Oilers Make Roster Moves, Sign Forward Matt Larke
March 18, 2014 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
TULSA, OK - The Tulsa Oilers, chasing a playoff berth for the first time in three years, made a pair of roster moves on Tuesday by signing forward Matthew Larke and waiving forward Cody Dion.
Larke, in his sixth year as a pro, arrives in Tulsa after playing 46 games this season for the Rapid City Rush. The 26-year old winger recorded 17 points (5 goals, 12 assists) during his time in South Dakota. Larke, 5-11, 190-pounds, was claimed off of waivers by the Oilers on March 16 and is reunited with Tulsa center Kyle Bochek, his former teammate with the Bloomington Blaze. A native of Royal Oak, Michigan, Larke spent three seasons in the Southern Professional Hockey League before being called up to the CHL by the Dayton Gems in 2010. Larke helped lead the Gems to the 2011 CHL playoffs and played one more season in Dayton before landing in Bloomington for the 2012-13 campaign. He ranked third in scoring on the Blaze squad with 19 goals and 28 assists in 53 games.
Larke will make his Oilers debut on Friday, March 21 when Tulsa hosts Wichita on Star Wars Night at the BOK Center. The Oilers are 7-4-1 against the Thunder this season and need just one victory over Wichita in the next two games to clinch the StoneWolf Casino Cup. Tulsa sits in seventh place in the CHL standings, one point ahead of the Arizona Sundogs and six points up on ninth-place Wichita.
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