After nearly 10 days without playing a game, the Oilers will get back to action this Wednesday evening against the Midland Dow Chargers. The game will test the young Oilers and will be played in Midland at 7 PM at the Midland Civic Arena.
The last game the Oilers played was on the 3rd of December when they hosted the Okemos Chiefs at the Mount Pleasant Ice Arena. The Oilers were outpaced by the Chiefs 4-2.
The first period had the two teams feeling each other out and ended in a 0-0 tie.
The second period proved to be too much for the Oilers. After giving up a power play goal to Okemos, the Oilers turned the puck over in their transition breakout and found themselves down 2-0. A nifty setup from Senior Josh Watters allowed Senior Ryan Heeke to bury the puck in the net and cut the deficit in half. However, the momentum quickly changed with another turnover by the Oilers resulting in a Chiefs goal. Okemos scored another goal late in the second period to take a 4-1 lead in to the second intermission.
Mt. Pleasant showed plenty of fight and grit in the third period out shooting the Chiefs 13-4, however they could only manage one goal from Senior Cody Yazzie with assists going to Junior defenseman Eric DeLorenzo and Freshman winger Robert Backus.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 23 saves in the loss. The Oilers record fell to 2-2.
After the Oilers Wednesday night game at Dow, they will travel to Gladwin on Saturday the 18th to face the Flying G's at 5 PM.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
First Road Win
After spending Monday and Tuesday practicing and working on strength and conditioning, the Mount Pleasant Oilers traveled to Bay City Wednesday evening to play the Bay Area Thunder at the Bay County Civic Arena in Bay City.
The Mt. Pleasant Oilers entered it's first game with a full roster of players, including players who had missed the first two games of the season due to the exceptional run by the football team.
The game got off to a shaky start at the Thunder scored a mere 14 seconds in to the game on a nifty wrap around by Shane Vermeesch. Mount Pleasant regrouped and fought there way through a very fast paced first period.
The Oilers came out buzzing in the second period, scoring three goals. Senior Jose Vasquez netted a power play goal to get the scoring started and Mount Pleasant added a regular strength goal by Junior Eric DeLorenzo. Bay Area scored a full strength goal half way through the period tying the game at 2. Junior Chris Yoder added a power play goal a few minutes later to give Mt. Pleasant a 3-2 lead.
The Oilers took that lead in to the third period and played a strong, disciplined defensive game and held on to the 3-2 victory.
Bay Area Thunder head coach Dave LaCourt stated "Overall we played a good game but had some penalties in the second period and Mt. Pleasant took advantage of them. In the third period we just couldn't get a goal in the net."
Addiding assists were Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with two, Junior Chris Yoder, Seniors Ryan Heeke and Alex Horton.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 21 saves in his first start of the season for the win.
The Oilers will host Okemos on Friday December 3rd at 7 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Ice Arena.
The Mt. Pleasant Oilers entered it's first game with a full roster of players, including players who had missed the first two games of the season due to the exceptional run by the football team.
The game got off to a shaky start at the Thunder scored a mere 14 seconds in to the game on a nifty wrap around by Shane Vermeesch. Mount Pleasant regrouped and fought there way through a very fast paced first period.
The Oilers came out buzzing in the second period, scoring three goals. Senior Jose Vasquez netted a power play goal to get the scoring started and Mount Pleasant added a regular strength goal by Junior Eric DeLorenzo. Bay Area scored a full strength goal half way through the period tying the game at 2. Junior Chris Yoder added a power play goal a few minutes later to give Mt. Pleasant a 3-2 lead.
The Oilers took that lead in to the third period and played a strong, disciplined defensive game and held on to the 3-2 victory.
Bay Area Thunder head coach Dave LaCourt stated "Overall we played a good game but had some penalties in the second period and Mt. Pleasant took advantage of them. In the third period we just couldn't get a goal in the net."
Addiding assists were Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with two, Junior Chris Yoder, Seniors Ryan Heeke and Alex Horton.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 21 saves in his first start of the season for the win.
The Oilers will host Okemos on Friday December 3rd at 7 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Ice Arena.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Weekend Wrapup
Another Oiler Invite is in the books and the champs from L'Anse Creuse North walked away with the hardware after defeating their rivals L'Anse Creuse 6-2 in the Championship game Saturday at the Mount Pleasant Ice Arena.
The Oilers took third place by defeating Freeland on Saturday 8-2. The game left the Oilers with a 1-1-0 record on the year.
On Friday evening a young Oilers team was defeated by L'Anse Creuse 4-3 in a very fast, spirited game. L'Anse jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first period and had Mount Pleasant playing on their heals a bit. The team responded with a nice shorthanded goal near the end of the period to close the gap 3-1. The second period had back to back action with the Oilers netting 2 goals, one at even strength and one on the power play to even the game at 3-3 heading in to the 3rd period.
The final period of the game saw several penalties called on each team and Mt. Pleasant was unable to overcome spending much of the period on the penalty kill. LC scored the game winning goal with a few minutes remaining in the game, handing Mt. Pleasant a loss after a very hard fought game. There was a total of 21 penalties in the game, including 9 called on the Oilers.
Scoring goals for the Oilers were Sophomores Danny Pulver and Nick Coscarelly (who had 2) adding assists were Juniors Eric DeLorenzo and Chris Yoder (who had 2). Freshman Adam Salisbury had 21 saves in the loss.
Fridays game against Freeland was played at 3 PM and Mt. Pleasant found a way to bounce back from a very tough defeat the evening before by beating Freeland 8-2. Freeland also boasts a very young team and the game, although a little sloppy at times was played with much fewer penalties as the previous game with only a total of 5 penalties called, three of which were on the Oilers.
The score sheet was full for the home team including a hat trick from Senior Cody Yazzie, two goals from Freshman Jonathon Curtis and a goal each for Junior Jesse McDevitt-Irwin who also tallied an assist, Freshman Robert Backus who also had an assist, and Sophomore Nick Coscarelly. Additional assists were given to Senior Josh Watters, Sophomore Nathan Pittsley (who had 2), Freshman Bryce Bolles, Freshman Andrew Dickinson, Freshman Max Heeke, Junior Chris Yoder and Freshman Tyler Jackson. Freshman Adam Salisbury had 25 saves in securing the win.
The Oilers will travel to Essexville Garber on December 1st.
The next home game at the Mt. Pleasant Ice Arena will be on Friday December 3rd at 7 PM against Okemos.
The Oilers took third place by defeating Freeland on Saturday 8-2. The game left the Oilers with a 1-1-0 record on the year.
On Friday evening a young Oilers team was defeated by L'Anse Creuse 4-3 in a very fast, spirited game. L'Anse jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first period and had Mount Pleasant playing on their heals a bit. The team responded with a nice shorthanded goal near the end of the period to close the gap 3-1. The second period had back to back action with the Oilers netting 2 goals, one at even strength and one on the power play to even the game at 3-3 heading in to the 3rd period.
The final period of the game saw several penalties called on each team and Mt. Pleasant was unable to overcome spending much of the period on the penalty kill. LC scored the game winning goal with a few minutes remaining in the game, handing Mt. Pleasant a loss after a very hard fought game. There was a total of 21 penalties in the game, including 9 called on the Oilers.
Scoring goals for the Oilers were Sophomores Danny Pulver and Nick Coscarelly (who had 2) adding assists were Juniors Eric DeLorenzo and Chris Yoder (who had 2). Freshman Adam Salisbury had 21 saves in the loss.
Fridays game against Freeland was played at 3 PM and Mt. Pleasant found a way to bounce back from a very tough defeat the evening before by beating Freeland 8-2. Freeland also boasts a very young team and the game, although a little sloppy at times was played with much fewer penalties as the previous game with only a total of 5 penalties called, three of which were on the Oilers.
The score sheet was full for the home team including a hat trick from Senior Cody Yazzie, two goals from Freshman Jonathon Curtis and a goal each for Junior Jesse McDevitt-Irwin who also tallied an assist, Freshman Robert Backus who also had an assist, and Sophomore Nick Coscarelly. Additional assists were given to Senior Josh Watters, Sophomore Nathan Pittsley (who had 2), Freshman Bryce Bolles, Freshman Andrew Dickinson, Freshman Max Heeke, Junior Chris Yoder and Freshman Tyler Jackson. Freshman Adam Salisbury had 25 saves in securing the win.
The Oilers will travel to Essexville Garber on December 1st.
The next home game at the Mt. Pleasant Ice Arena will be on Friday December 3rd at 7 PM against Okemos.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Game Day
As all the crazy Black Friday shoppers were up before the sun this morning trying to save a few bucks on a laptop or that hottest toy this Christmas season, the calender has officially hit November 26, 2010 which means today is the first official game of the 2010-2011 game for the Mt. Pleasant Oiler hockey team.
The team will square off against L'Anse Cruese at the Mt. Pleasant Ice arena at 7 PM. This will be a good test for a young Oiler team. The game will be the second game of the evening in part of the Oiler Invite Tournament.
The first game will feature L'Anse Cruese North and Freeland at 5 PM.
The team will square off against L'Anse Cruese at the Mt. Pleasant Ice arena at 7 PM. This will be a good test for a young Oiler team. The game will be the second game of the evening in part of the Oiler Invite Tournament.
The first game will feature L'Anse Cruese North and Freeland at 5 PM.
Friday, November 19, 2010
The first few weeks
The 2010-2011 high school hockey season is under way. As a new Assistant coach for the Mt. Pleasant High School Oilers I thought fans may like to get an inside look at what a high school hockey season feels like.
In the next few months I will take you behind the scenes as we prepare our 22 game season. I will give updates on practice, what we do to get these kids ready for game night. I will talk about game performances, wins, losses and how the team is doing. I will give fans information so that you may make plans to attend games, follow the team and become more educated on the great game of hockey.
My goal, no pun intended, in the next few months is to give you, the fan, an inside look at the high school hockey season for Mt. Pleasant High School and keep you informed on the teams progress, standings and future.
Come out and watch these kids play, next home game Friday November 26th.
In the next few months I will take you behind the scenes as we prepare our 22 game season. I will give updates on practice, what we do to get these kids ready for game night. I will talk about game performances, wins, losses and how the team is doing. I will give fans information so that you may make plans to attend games, follow the team and become more educated on the great game of hockey.
My goal, no pun intended, in the next few months is to give you, the fan, an inside look at the high school hockey season for Mt. Pleasant High School and keep you informed on the teams progress, standings and future.
Come out and watch these kids play, next home game Friday November 26th.
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