ECHL Tulsa Oilers

Oilers Rally, Fall to the Steelheads 5-3

Published on February 23, 2016 under ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release


Tulsa, OK - The Oilers came back from a deficit against the Idaho Steelheads but couldn't finish them off on a Tuesday night in Tulsa when then fell 5-3.

With attention on the Oilers' attacking zone where Mathieu Gagnon and Zach Bell were engaged in on-ice brutality, Idaho's Joe Basaraba sniped over the shoulder of Kevin Carr and the Steelheads took the first lead of the night.

Tulsa would prepare to head to the locker room down by one, but with 15 seconds left in the first period a deflection goal by Andrew Carroll on the Corbin Baldwin shot doubled Idaho's lead 2-0.

The Oilers made their mark early in the second 20 minutes. Dan DeSalvo set up a perfect play for Jiri Fronk when he back-handed the puck to the other side of Jack Campbell. Fronk beat the ECHL's top ranked goaltender for his first goal as an Oiler.

Off a pass from Adam Pleskach, DeSalvo crossed the blue line and shot a deep wrister over the head of Campbell where he tied up the contest 2-2 6:20 into the third frame.

Five minutes later another blue line shot was taken, this time by Zack Kamrass. Similar to their second goal of the night, a deflection off the stick of Carson McMillan put the Steelheads back on top, 3-2.

Heroics from Connor Kucera with under four minutes left tied the game and gave hope for the team to extend their win streak to four. From the top of the circle, the defenseman slapped in a one-timer.

Those dreams were crushed at the 18:57 mark when first star of the game, Rob Linsmayer, tapped in a goal off the shot of Tommy Fallen.

Idaho's Kyle Jean sealed the score 5-3 on an empty net goal with 48 seconds remaining.

The Oilers' loss put the Steelheads up three points on Tulsa and inked them the first place position in the West Division.

Tulsa is on the road this weekend as they take on the Cincinnati Cyclones and Fort Wayne Komets for the first time this season. The Oilers do not return to the BOK Center until March 18 when they host the Missouri Mavericks.

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