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Published on December 6, 2005 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release


Eagles Fly In: The Tulsa Oilers and Colorado Eagles meet for the fourth time this season. This is the second of third visits by Colorado to Tulsa this season.

Records: Oilers are 7-7-2 with 16 points, in fourth place in the Northwest Division. Colorado is 13-5-0 with 26 points in second place in the Northwest Division.

Season Series: The Oilers won the first game of this series 5-1. Colorado has won the next two games, each by one goal, 2-1 in a shootout, and 5-4.

Working Overtime: the Oilers are coming off back-to-back overtime games against Wichita. They lost last Friday, 6-5, and won on Saturday 4-3. The Oilers previsou game was the 5-4 loss to Colorado so they have played three straight one goal games. Over half of the Oiler games this year have been decided by one goal. Tulsa is 5-2-2 in one goal games.

Youth Shall Be Served: Rookie Jim Dahl leads all CHL rookies with seven goals. He's second in the leagues rookie scoring race with nine assists and 16 points. Odessa's Dominic Leveille has 22 points. Shawn Futers of the Oilers is second among rookies in penalty minutes with 96.

Back, Ready For Action: And speaking of Futers, he is eligible for tonight's game after sitting out a CHL one game suspension on Saturday night.

Hottin' Otten: Drew Otten has scored a goal in each of the Oilers last two games. He and Dahl are the two Oiler players working on current goal scoring streaks.

A Dan-dy Goal: Defenseman and team captain Dan Hodge scored his first goal of the season, a power play goal on Saturday night. The Oilers power play which struggled early in the season has risen to 11.1 percent and is ranked 13th.

Next Up: Tonight starts the busiest week of the season thus far for the Oilers. On Friday They visit the Wichita Thunder at 7:05 p.m. On Saturday night, it's on to Oklahoma City for a 7:35 match-up with the Blazers. Sunday afternoon, the Oilers will host the Blazers at 2 p.m.. both Friday and Saturday's games can be heard on KMMY FM 97.1. both Saturday and Sunday's game can be seen on Cox TV cable channel 3.

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