Revolution battles Sidekicks. Photos by Les Stockton
TULSA, OK—The Dallas Sidekicks scored early and often, and were too much for the Tulsa Revolution on Saturday night as the handed them a 14-5 drubbing in the Cox Business Center on Saturday night.
The Sidekicks roared out to a 4-0 lead before Michael Poneys punched in a penalty kick at the 13:45 mark to put the Revolution on the board near the end of the game’s first quarter.
INDEPENDENCE, MO.—The Tulsa Oilers snapped a 7 game losing streak to the Missouri Mavericks on Friday night as the defeated the team from the Kansas City suburb 4-1 in front of 5,580 in the Independence Event Center. The Oilers snapped a three-game losing streak against the Maverick this season with the win which was solved during regulation time and not in the overtime/shootout conversion.
One of the main things that helped Tulsa to the victory was a stellar penalty-kill unit that disposed of nine Missouri power play opportunities in the game. It was also a game where the Oiler trailed only once, and then for only a little under four minutes. Another anomaly was that once the Oiler had a two goal-cushion over their opponents, they did not let the lead evaporate to force extra time to resolve the game.
The only goal for Missouri in the game came from the recently acquired Josh Brittain at 3:11 of the first period. Brttain lifted the puck over Tulsa goalie Kevin Carr, to give the home side their one and only lead of the game. After that, it was all Tulsa.
As a penalty that was leveled after former Maverick defenseman Dave Pszenyczny expired, Pszenyczny raced from the box and gained the puck behind the Missouri net, fed it to Jon Booras who snapped it into the net behind Mavs goaltender John Griggs to knot the score at 1-1.
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Oilers battle Quad City – Photo by Sean Flynn
MOLINE, IL—The luck the Tulsa Oilers had Tuesday night at home against the Wichita Thunder did not carry over to their next game as the fell in their first meeting with the Quad City Mallards 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Adam Pleskach got the Oilers on the board first at 8:41 of the second period after the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first period. He slammed a backhand shot home behind Quad City goaltender Parker Milner to give the visitors a 1-0 lead that would carry over into the third period.
Coach David Irving
The Tulsa Roughnecks FC named former original Tulsa Roughnecks player David Irving as their first head coach on Wednesday.
Irving, who spent 14-years as the head coach of the Wilmington Hammerheads, has ties to the old NASL Tulsa Roughnecks as a player. Tulsa general manager Noel Lemon acquired the striker in 1980, bringing him to Tulsa. Irving scored three goals in only seven appearances for the Roughnecks before joining the Atlanta Chiefs in mid-season. He played the 1981 season for the San Jose Earthquakes.
Irving comes to Tulsa after serving as head coach of the USL PRO’s Wilmington Hammerheads for 14 seasons.
TULSA, OK—The Tulsa Oilers are thanking their lucky stars that ugly wins count the same as pretty ones do as they survived a near implosion in the second period of their game against the Wichita Thunder on Tuesday night in the BOK Center.
The Oilers roared out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with a shorthanded, starting when Matt Larke caused a turnover in the neutral zone and fed the disc to Steve Mele, who deked the puck around a Thunder defender and backhanded it underneath Wichita goalie Tim Boron to give the home side a 1-0 lead. Tulsa’s second goal of the opening period came after the Thunder successfully killed a 5-on-3 penalty in the middle of the first period.