Tonight's Preview
January 27, 2006 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Tulsa Oilers News Release
A Busy Stretch: The Tulsa Oilers begin a stretch of four games in five nights tonight hosting the Memphis RiverKings. Three of these four games will be home games.
Records: Oilers are 17-6-3 with 37 points, in fourth place in the Northwest Division. Memphis is 15-19-1 with 31 points in third place in the Northeast Division.
Season Series: This is the fifth game between these two teams, in what has been an extremely competitive series. Three of the previous four games have been decided by one goal, including a Memphis win in overtime (one of only two overtime games Memphis has played this year). The Oilers have won two games in regulation time and are 2-1-1 against Memphis. Memphis is 2-2-0 against the Oilers.
Home Sweet Home: The Oilers have won three straight home games to get back to the .500 mark. Tulsa is now 7-7-2 at home. Tulsa has played 16 of its 32 scheduled home games.
Been There, Done That: Jaroslv Cesky picked up his second Okaley Central Hockey League Player of the Week honor last week. He had two goals and six assists for eight points in three games. Cesky was previously the Oakley CHL player of the week for the week ending December 18th.
Oh Henry: Henry Kuster has continued his red hot scoring picking up seven points in his last four games. He has three goals and four assists in his current four game scoring streak.
Turning Back The Clock: Tonight is the start of Turn Back the Clock Weekend for the Oilers. The team is wearing special nostalgia jerseys tonight and tomorrow. Those jerseys will be auctioned following tomorrow's game. Tonight 's off-ice activities are centered around a 1980's theme. Tomorrow's theme will be the 1970's.
Next Up: The Oilers host the Youngstown SteelHounds tomorrow at 7:35 p.m. Memphis heads to Wichita tomorrow.
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