The game between Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw Heritage originally scheduled for the 2nd of February at 7pm was rescheduled due to the blizzard that hit Central Michigan with over a foot of snow and winds in excess of 50MPH. The game will be played as a Matinee on February 14th at 2:45Pm at the Saginaw Ice Arena.
The Oilers traveled to the Saginaw Ice Arena Friday night for a rematch against the Swan Valley Titans. Swan Valley handed Mt. Pleasant a 7-4 loss last month in Mt. Pleasant and the Oilers were determined to repay the favor to the Titans.
A very entertaining game Friday evening as both teams played a physical, fast paced game with some great saves by the goalies at both ends that had the fans in attendance on there feet.
Mt. Pleasant opened the scoring when Sophomore Nick Coscarelly scored from an off angle, surprising the Titans goalie with a crisp, accurate snapshot. Senior Cody Yazzie and Junior Jesse McDervitt-Irwin picked up assists on the play. Unfortunately the lead wouldn't last long as the Titans capitalized on a wild scrum in front of Freshman goalie Adam Salisbury and tied the score just 1:40 after the Oilers opened the scoring.
The first period had both teams in the locker room with a 1-1 tie on the scoreboard. However, the second period would belong to the Oilers as they knotted three goals and goalie Salisbury made some key saves to preserve the three goal lead heading in to the third. The "yellow" line for the Oilers was all over the score sheet with goals going to Senior Ryan Heeke and Sophomore Danny Pulver (2) with assists going to Senior's Josh Watters (3), Ryan Heeke (2) and Sophomore Danny Pulver.
The Titans managed to get a goal past Salisbury in the third as talented Sophomore Hayden Ray found the back of the net on the power play cutting the Oilers lead to two with 7:46 left to play.
However that would be all the Titans would muster as the Oilers played solid "D" from that point on, closing the door on any comeback by the Titans and eventually picking up a much needed conference win.
Adam Salisbury finished the game with 29 saves.
The Oilers improved to 6-8-1 will face Lapeer East today at 5PM at the I.C.E. arena in Mt. Pleasant.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Matchup with Midland
The Oilers traveled to Midland Wednesday evening to face the highly touted Chemics from Midland High.
The game was very entertaining and the young Oilers took it right to Midland right out of the gate in an attempt to spoil Midland's "Senior Night".
The Chemics opened the scoring six minutes in to the game, but the Oilers fought back and with just under three minutes to go, Senior Ryan Heeke got on past the Chemics goalie to even the score and send the Oilers in to the locker room tied at 1 after 1, Junior Jesse McDervitt-Irwin was credited with an assist on the play.
The second period was full of back and forth play with each team adding two goals and sending both teams to the locker room tied at 3 and setting up the final fifteen minutes as possibly a huge upset in the making. Sophomore Nick Coscarelly had both goals in the second for the Oilers with the only assist going to Senior Cody Yazzie.
The stunned crown waited in anticipation and unfortunately the home team did not disappoint in the third. The Chemics came out buzzing and controlled the third period, scoring three goals and out shooting the Oilers 15-5 en route to a 6-3 victory.
The Oilers, who fell to 5-8-1 learned valuable lessons on the defeat and look forward to there match up with the Chemics on their home ice on the 23rd of February.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 34 saves in the loss. The Oilers will travel to Saginaw on the 2nd to face Heritage at 7pm.
The game was very entertaining and the young Oilers took it right to Midland right out of the gate in an attempt to spoil Midland's "Senior Night".
The Chemics opened the scoring six minutes in to the game, but the Oilers fought back and with just under three minutes to go, Senior Ryan Heeke got on past the Chemics goalie to even the score and send the Oilers in to the locker room tied at 1 after 1, Junior Jesse McDervitt-Irwin was credited with an assist on the play.
The second period was full of back and forth play with each team adding two goals and sending both teams to the locker room tied at 3 and setting up the final fifteen minutes as possibly a huge upset in the making. Sophomore Nick Coscarelly had both goals in the second for the Oilers with the only assist going to Senior Cody Yazzie.
The stunned crown waited in anticipation and unfortunately the home team did not disappoint in the third. The Chemics came out buzzing and controlled the third period, scoring three goals and out shooting the Oilers 15-5 en route to a 6-3 victory.
The Oilers, who fell to 5-8-1 learned valuable lessons on the defeat and look forward to there match up with the Chemics on their home ice on the 23rd of February.
Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan made 34 saves in the loss. The Oilers will travel to Saginaw on the 2nd to face Heritage at 7pm.
The Mt. Pleasant Oilers faced the Midland Dow Chargers for the second time this year on Saturday the 22nd at home. Unfortunately the outcome was the same as these two evenly matched teams played a very competitive, close game.
The Chargers opened the scoring on a breakaway late in the second period and were able to find the net and take a 1-0 lead in to the locker room after 30 minutes of play.
The third period was very entertaining and the pace of play was quick. The Chargers scored two goals in a matter of sixty seven seconds to take a 3-0 lead with eight minutes left to play in the game. The Oilers, however did not lay down and give up, the fought the entire remainder of the game and eventually were able to crack a very solid performance by Dow's goalie when Senior Cody Yazzie redirected a shot from the point from Sophomore Nathan Pittsley with only 1:19 to go in the game. Sophomore Nick Coscarelly also picked up an assist on the goal.
The Oilers were forced to pull there goalie and with just 10 seconds remaining scored again as this time Yazzie setup fellow Senior Ryan Heeke to pull the Oilers withing one. However, the clock was against the Oilers and they simply ran out of time and fell to Midland Dow for the second time season 3-2.
Freshman goalie Adam Salisbury had 17 saves in the loss falling the Oilers to 5-7-1. They will next take on The Chemics from Midland High at Midland on the 26th of January at 7PM.
The Chargers opened the scoring on a breakaway late in the second period and were able to find the net and take a 1-0 lead in to the locker room after 30 minutes of play.
The third period was very entertaining and the pace of play was quick. The Chargers scored two goals in a matter of sixty seven seconds to take a 3-0 lead with eight minutes left to play in the game. The Oilers, however did not lay down and give up, the fought the entire remainder of the game and eventually were able to crack a very solid performance by Dow's goalie when Senior Cody Yazzie redirected a shot from the point from Sophomore Nathan Pittsley with only 1:19 to go in the game. Sophomore Nick Coscarelly also picked up an assist on the goal.
The Oilers were forced to pull there goalie and with just 10 seconds remaining scored again as this time Yazzie setup fellow Senior Ryan Heeke to pull the Oilers withing one. However, the clock was against the Oilers and they simply ran out of time and fell to Midland Dow for the second time season 3-2.
Freshman goalie Adam Salisbury had 17 saves in the loss falling the Oilers to 5-7-1. They will next take on The Chemics from Midland High at Midland on the 26th of January at 7PM.
Swan Valley
The Oilers hosted conference play Wednesday night as the Swan Valley Titans came to town.
The game was a barn burner as the penalty column on the score sheet equaled the goal tally with a wide open, physical game played by both teams.
The Oilers could not bolster enough offense nor stymie the Titans on defense and were unable to pick up a much needed conference win with the Titans running out of town with a 7-4 victory.
Scoring gaols for the Oilers were Senior Josh Watters, Sophomore's Nick Coscarelly and Danny Pulver and Freshman Robert Backus. Adding assists were Senior's Cody Yazzie (2) and Alex Horton, Junior Chris Yoder and Sophomore Nick Coscarelly. Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan had 22 saves in the loss.
The Oilers fall to 5-6-1 and will take on another conference foe, Midland Dow on Saturday the 22nd at 3:00 PM at the I.C.E. Arena in Mt. Pleasant.
The game was a barn burner as the penalty column on the score sheet equaled the goal tally with a wide open, physical game played by both teams.
The Oilers could not bolster enough offense nor stymie the Titans on defense and were unable to pick up a much needed conference win with the Titans running out of town with a 7-4 victory.
Scoring gaols for the Oilers were Senior Josh Watters, Sophomore's Nick Coscarelly and Danny Pulver and Freshman Robert Backus. Adding assists were Senior's Cody Yazzie (2) and Alex Horton, Junior Chris Yoder and Sophomore Nick Coscarelly. Junior goalie Derek D'Artangnan had 22 saves in the loss.
The Oilers fall to 5-6-1 and will take on another conference foe, Midland Dow on Saturday the 22nd at 3:00 PM at the I.C.E. Arena in Mt. Pleasant.
January 14 against Alpena
The Alpena Wildcats traveled tot he I.C.E. Arena in Mt. Pleasant to take on the young Oilers in a Friday night showdown. Alpena has a strong tradition and quite a following back home, the game was even televised live on the local Alpena radio station.
The Oilers wasted little time thought showing the Wildcats that they meant business. The scoring opened up just five minutes in to the game when Josh Watters took a nifty pass from Freshman Robert Backus and buried it in to the net. Senior Ryan Heeke was also credited with an assist on the first goal.
Just sixty one seconds later Mt. Pleasant added to their lead when Junior Eric Delorenzo took a pass from Senior Coddy Yazzie and quickly moved it to Sophomore Nick Coscarelly who scored to make it 2-0 Mt. Pleasant.
The heavy hitting affair saw several penalties handed out to each team and the scorekeeper was kept busy writing names down in the penalty column.
In the second period Mt. Pleasant added another goal as Senior Josh Watters returned the favor to his buddy Ryan Heeke who found the net on a great bing bang passing play. The goal gave Mt. Pleasant a 3-0 lead heading in the the final period.
The third period was marred by a fight and again several penalties. but Mt. Pleasant added another goal from Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with assists going to Senior Cody Yazzie and Junior Chris Yoder.
Junior netminder Derek D'Artangnan lost his bid at a shutout with just 1:50 to go in the game as Alpena had an extra attacker and were able to get one past the Oiler goalie. D'Artangnan ended the game with 25 saves.
The Oilers held on to a 4-1 victory to improve to 5-5-1 and will next face Swan Valley at home on the 19th at 7:00 PM.
The Oilers wasted little time thought showing the Wildcats that they meant business. The scoring opened up just five minutes in to the game when Josh Watters took a nifty pass from Freshman Robert Backus and buried it in to the net. Senior Ryan Heeke was also credited with an assist on the first goal.
Just sixty one seconds later Mt. Pleasant added to their lead when Junior Eric Delorenzo took a pass from Senior Coddy Yazzie and quickly moved it to Sophomore Nick Coscarelly who scored to make it 2-0 Mt. Pleasant.
The heavy hitting affair saw several penalties handed out to each team and the scorekeeper was kept busy writing names down in the penalty column.
In the second period Mt. Pleasant added another goal as Senior Josh Watters returned the favor to his buddy Ryan Heeke who found the net on a great bing bang passing play. The goal gave Mt. Pleasant a 3-0 lead heading in the the final period.
The third period was marred by a fight and again several penalties. but Mt. Pleasant added another goal from Sophomore Nick Coscarelly with assists going to Senior Cody Yazzie and Junior Chris Yoder.
Junior netminder Derek D'Artangnan lost his bid at a shutout with just 1:50 to go in the game as Alpena had an extra attacker and were able to get one past the Oiler goalie. D'Artangnan ended the game with 25 saves.
The Oilers held on to a 4-1 victory to improve to 5-5-1 and will next face Swan Valley at home on the 19th at 7:00 PM.
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