The Oxford Wildcats completed a weekend road trip that had them open on Friday in Gaylord and stop in Mt. Pleasant for a Saturday afternoon puck drop at 3 PM.
Oxford, a division 2 team from downstate brought a very fast paced and defensive minded game to the Oilers on Saturday.
However it was the Oilers opening the score on Saturday when Freshman Bryce Bolles took a pass from Senior Center Jose Vasquez and buried it just three minutes in tot he game to give the Oilers a quick 1-0 lead.
Unfortunately by the end of the period Mt. Pleasant would head to the locker room down 2-1 as Oxford took advantage of a hooking call to tie it up and then scored an even strength goal with two minutes to go to give them the one goal lead.
The Oilers fought back in the second when Senior Josh Watters found the back of the net during a wild scrum in front of the Oxford goalie and Freshman Robert Backus was given an assist on the play.
The rest of the game was played very physically, with scrums after several whistles, four minor penalties handed out for roughing and several shots taken by each team.
The end of regulation still found the score deadlocked at 2 and a seven minute sudden death overtime was played only to have goalies from each side make several key stops to preserve the 2-2 tie.
The Oilers goalie, Junior Derek D'Artangnan made 15 saves in the third period and overtime alone for a game total of 28.
Mt. Pleasant will next face Alpena at home Friday evening the 14th at 7pm.
The Oilers now sit at 4-5-1, with another 14 games left on the schedule.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Conference Play
The Oilers got back in to conference play Wednesday night at the Ice Arena in Mt. Pleasant when they squared off with the Bay City Wolves.
The game was lopsided from the start as the young Oilers found themselves a bit foggy from the long layoff and fell to Bay City 7-0.
The Wolves out shot the Oilers 53-13 and Junior goalie had the highest total of saves for the season with 46. His strong play was not enough and the Oilers were unable to to muster any kind of offense at all and saw there record drop to 4-5.
They will next face the Oxford Wildcats at home, Saturday afternoon at 3 PM.
The game was lopsided from the start as the young Oilers found themselves a bit foggy from the long layoff and fell to Bay City 7-0.
The Wolves out shot the Oilers 53-13 and Junior goalie had the highest total of saves for the season with 46. His strong play was not enough and the Oilers were unable to to muster any kind of offense at all and saw there record drop to 4-5.
They will next face the Oxford Wildcats at home, Saturday afternoon at 3 PM.
Holiday Tournament
The Mt. Pleasant Oilers were invited to play in a Holiday Tournament in Lansing over the school break. This was not originally on the schedule, however the Oilers needed to find two additional games to fill out their 24 game schedule, so this addition worked out very well.
Unfortunately, Head Coach Paul Visich and Assistant Coach Greg Millis were both unavailable to coach as they each had conflicts Holiday travel plans.
A special thank you to Assistant coach Alex Weisenburger who took on the task of running a couple practices and then taking the team to Lansing and playing two games, ultimately winning the tournament and earning the Oilers a nice trophy to be displayed at the I.C.E. Arena in Mt. Pleasant. An additional special thank you to Pete Courtright and Nate Morang for assisting Coach Alex for the week.
In the first game Mt. Pleasant defeated Warren Mott in overtime by a score of 4-3. Seniors Ryan Heeke (two goals) and Josh Watters (goal and an assist) along with Freshman Robert Backus led the scoring attack along with assists from Sophomore Danny Pulver, Junior Eric DeLorenzo and Senior Cody Yazzie. Junior net minder Derek D'Artangnan had 18 saves in the game.
The Championship game featured the host team Lansing Patriots facing off against the Oilers. In a game that had 17 minor penalties assesed, the Oilers won the battle of attrition and the trophy by a score of 3-1. Seniors Cody Yazzie, Josh Watters (goal and an assist) and Ryan Heeke (goal and an assist) all had goals and assists were handed out to above for mentioned as well as Senior Alex Horton, Freshman Max Heeke and Sophomore Danny Pulver. Junior goaltender Derek D'Artangnan was strong in net stopping all but one of the 17 shots he faced.
The tournament championship approved the Oilers record to 4-4.
Trip to Gladwin
On Saturday December 18th Mt. Pleasant traveled north to take on the Mid Michigan Storm in Gladwin.
The game was a very physical game and Mt. Pleasant played a very disciplined game only being assessed two minor penalties while The Storm were tagged with seven penalties.
The scoring opened up in the second period with a an un-assisted breakaway for the Storm to put them out to a 1-0 lead. However the Oilers answered quickly as they took advantage of a cross checking penalty and scored just seven seconds in to the power play as Senior Josh Watters took a pass from Senior Ryan Heeke and buried it in the net to tie the game at 1.
The Storm opened the third period with two goals just 30 seconds apart and put the Oilers quickly back on their heals. Mt. Pleasant regrouped and Sophomore Danny Pulver stole the puck, skated up ice and hit Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with a nifty pass and Coscarelly scored to pull the Oilers within one.
The Oilers out shot the Storm in the remaining ten minutes of the third period but were unable to get one past Mid Michigan's goalie and fell to the Storm 3-2. Junior Goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 24 saves in the loss and the Oilers record fell to 2-4.
The Oilers look forward to the rematch with the Storm at their barn on Friday February 18th.
The game was a very physical game and Mt. Pleasant played a very disciplined game only being assessed two minor penalties while The Storm were tagged with seven penalties.
The scoring opened up in the second period with a an un-assisted breakaway for the Storm to put them out to a 1-0 lead. However the Oilers answered quickly as they took advantage of a cross checking penalty and scored just seven seconds in to the power play as Senior Josh Watters took a pass from Senior Ryan Heeke and buried it in the net to tie the game at 1.
The Storm opened the third period with two goals just 30 seconds apart and put the Oilers quickly back on their heals. Mt. Pleasant regrouped and Sophomore Danny Pulver stole the puck, skated up ice and hit Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with a nifty pass and Coscarelly scored to pull the Oilers within one.
The Oilers out shot the Storm in the remaining ten minutes of the third period but were unable to get one past Mid Michigan's goalie and fell to the Storm 3-2. Junior Goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 24 saves in the loss and the Oilers record fell to 2-4.
The Oilers look forward to the rematch with the Storm at their barn on Friday February 18th.
Midland Dow
On December 15th, the Oilers traveled to Midland to face the Chargers from Dow High School. This game was a match up of two teams from the Saginaw Valley Conference.
The game was a back and forth affair with Dow jumping out to an early lead on a power play goal and then adding another at even strength.
As the period expired, Mt. Pleasant went to the locker room down 2-0. The Oilers regrouped a bit in the second scoring an early goal and staying pace with the Chargers in the shot department, with each team tallying 8 shots on net.
The third period proved to be too much for the Oilers as they took a few minor penalties and the Chargers took advantage scoring two power play goals and eventually settling on a 4-2 victory.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan finished the game with 25 saves.
The Oilers record fell to 2-3 in the defeat.
The game was a back and forth affair with Dow jumping out to an early lead on a power play goal and then adding another at even strength.
As the period expired, Mt. Pleasant went to the locker room down 2-0. The Oilers regrouped a bit in the second scoring an early goal and staying pace with the Chargers in the shot department, with each team tallying 8 shots on net.
The third period proved to be too much for the Oilers as they took a few minor penalties and the Chargers took advantage scoring two power play goals and eventually settling on a 4-2 victory.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan finished the game with 25 saves.
The Oilers record fell to 2-3 in the defeat.
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