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.
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