Tonight's Match Up
March 3, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
*Last Look:* The Tulsa Oilers host the Mississippi RiverKings for the sixth and final time this regular season.
*Records: *Oilers are 25-24-6 with 56 points in sixth place in the North Conference.
Mississippi is 27-21-7 for 61 points in fourth place in the North Conference.
*Season Series: *This is the ninth of 11 meetings between the two teams this season. The Oilers have won six of the previous eight meetings so are 6-2-0 against Mississippi. Two of those wins have come in overtime, so Mississippi is 2-4-2 against the Oilers. In the last meeting, Dan Riedel scored in overtime to give the Oilers a 3-2 win on February 12^th. Tulsa is 4-1-0 at home against Mississippi. The two overtime games have been here at the BOK Center so Mississippi is 1-2-2 in Tulsa this season.
*Recent Action: *The Oilers dropped their third straight one goal game, losing 3-2 to Bossier-Shreveport on Sunday. Mississippi won its second straight game and fifth in its last seven games with a 5-3 win over Allen on Saturday.
*Fleck Behind Bench:* Oiler defenseman Tyler Fleck who has been placed on season ending injured reserve due to shoulder surgery is the Oilers interim coach while coach Bruce Ramsay is in Canada on family matters.
*Brother Act: *The Oilers will have Jake Riddle back in the line-up tonight, after sitting out a one game suspension Sunday. He has six points on four goals and two assists in his last three games. His older brother Troy had an unassisted shorthanded goal Sunday, giving him goals in two straight games.
*On The Board:* Right winger Luke Stauffacher scored his first goal as an Oiler on Sunday, deflecting in a shot by Tyler Butler while the Oilers had an extra attacker on a delayed penalty. In his four games with the Oilers, he has one goal and one assist.
*Next Up: *The Oilers continue this longest and final homestand of the regular season on Friday against Rapid City at 7:35 p.m. Mississippi heads to Allen for a weekend set of road games on Friday and Saturday.
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