Oilers Rushed to Second Straight Loss, 4-2
December 2, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
TULSA, OK - It was a less than happy ending in the BOK Center Wednesday night when the Rapid City Rush, in front of 3,511 fans and Miss Oklahoma herself, defeated the Tulsa Oilers. With goals by Oilers' Christophe Lalancette and Brandon Wong, Tulsa fell 4-2 after a late third period tie-breaking goal followed by a pair of empty netters.
Not early in the first period, but before the period even began, punches were traded by two opposing heavy-weights. With 20 minutes on the clock, Mathieu Gagnon and Jimmy Bonneau dropped the gloves and participated in a lengthy brawl that resulted in five minutes apiece. 7:13 into the frame Christophe Lalancette slapped a hard one from the stick of Matiheu Brisebois and Jordan Kremyr for his eighth point in nine games (4 goals, 4 assists). A response came from the Rush with 2:47 left when Kale Kerbashian received a tight pass off the breakaway of Mikhail Stefanovich and beat Kevin Carr to the net, tying the period 1-1.
A hooking minor in the second twenty minutes put the Rush on their sole power play of the period. Carr, with a hard-fought performance, stopped all eleven shots faced throughout the frame.
Six minutes left in the third, with the Oiler's on the penalty kill, Ben Walker took a shot off the leg and limped through the play where Tulsa then gave up their first shorthanded goal of the season to Rush's Taylor Doherty. With the Oilers trailing by one at the 2:03 mark, Destry Straight scored an empty net goal off the face-off for the Rush followed by a second empty bucket credited to Rapid City's Cody Ferriero. The Oilers allowed four unanswered goals and slumped 4-1. Brandon Wong replied with 13 seconds left and marked his fifth goal of the year. Regulation ended with a 4-2 loss for Tulsa.
The Oilers will face Rapid City two more times this season, once later in December and again in January- both in Rush territory. Tulsa's record now sits at 7-9-1-1 overall as they return to the BOK Center tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. to contend against West Division leaders, the Utah Grizzlies, for the first time in franchise history.
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