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.
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