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Wichita, KS (Oct. 15th) - Wichita rallied twice in the third period, but were unable to overcome its longtime rival on Saturday night as Tulsa claimed a 4-3 win at INTRUST Bank Arena. Jack Rodewald, Landon Oslanski and Alex Krushelnyski each scored for the Thunder in the losing effort. Wichita got off to a quick start when Krushelnyski received a lead pass from Mitch Holmberg and scored on a breakaway past Oilers netminder Jamie Phillips to make it 1-0. The Oilers scored the next three, tying the game on a tally from Darcy Murphy halfway through the first. Early in the second, Murphy added another at 1:33 with a backhand shot while falling away from the cage to make it 2-1. At 17:36, Shawn Bates increased the lead to 3-1 with a backhand down the right seam over Greenham's shoulder. Oslanski cut the lead to one at 11:03 with a shot from the left wing circle while dragging it past the outreached defender and finding the net to make it 3-2, Oilers. Tulsa answered quickly, just 44 seconds later, with a rebound goal that appeared to clank off the post, but the goal was awarded to Adam Pleskach to make it 4-2. Wichita pulled its goalie with 1:36 left and got within one when Jack Rodewald potted a rebound in the crease for his first of the season. The Thunder had chances in the last 20 seconds, but couldn't find the equalizer and lost by the final of 4-3. Melindy, Holmberg and Marcotte earned assists in the losing effort. Wichita outshot the Oilers in the third by a count of 17-6. Greenham takes the loss, stopping 32 of 36 shots on net. In his first pro start, Phillips claims the win, stopping 31 of 34 shots he faced. Wichita went 0-for-2 on the power play. Tulsa was 0-for-4 on the man advantage.
Wichita, KS (February 19th) - Wichita (30-15-6) won its third game in a row by defeating the Allen Americans (29-12-9) 5-1 on Tuesday night at INTRUST Bank Arena in front of 5,940 fans. Chad Painchaud recorded three points and rookie netminder Grant Rollheiser earned his first win in a Thunder uniform. Wichita is 3-1-1 against Allen this season. With the victory, the Thunder move past the Fort Worth Brahmas into second place and just one point behind Allen. The two teams will meet once again on Friday night, this time at the Allen Events Center. Even though the two teams have only seen each other a total of 17 times including tonight, there was a different feeling in the building. Matt Robinson was sent off just eight seconds into the game for a cross check, which set the tone for how the early part of the game would go. Wichita struck first with a Chad Painchaud goal at 7:52 off a rebound to make it 1-0. Late in the period, Torrie Jung came out to challenge a shot and was shaken after making a save on a Jarret Lukin chance from the slot. He was lifted out of the game and Rollheiser came on in relief for the second time in the last four contests. Lukin evened things up five minutes into the second period with a snap shot off the bar past Rollheiser. After that, Wichita took control of the game and scored four unanswered. RG Flath got the game-winner at 14:36 after Matt Summers stole the puck from Aaron Dell behind the net and fed Flath in the slot for his 22nd of the season. With under a minute to go in the period, Neil Trimm found a long dump out from Kevin Young, skated in on a short break-a-way and put a backhand over the shoulder of Dell to extend the lead to 3-1. Ian Lowe and Painchaud closed out the scoring in the third period, giving Wichita a 5-1 win. The Thunder out-scored Allen 9-2 over the last two meetings and have won the last three over the Americans. Painchaud extended his scoring streak to six games with a goal and two assists. He has recorded three points in the last two contests and also has a Gordie Howe hat trick in back-to-back games. Flath also extended his scoring streak to six games with a goal and an assist. Trimm scored his 24th of the season and leads the team with 54 points. In his first game at home since signing last Friday, Rollheiser earned third star honors, stopping 27 of 28 shots Wichita went 0-for-4 on the power play while Allen was 0-for-6. Boxscore: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=2130696 Video highlights courtesy of KGGoalie
http://www.wichitathunder.com/ Wichita, KS (December 15th) -- Wichita (16-7-2) thrilled the home crowd on Teddy Bear Toss Night, pulling away late from the Tulsa Oilers (8-12-2) with a 5-2 victory on Saturday night at INTRUST Bank Arena. Four different players found the back of the net for Wichita while Kevin Regan earned his 11th win of the season. Wichita leads the season-series 3-1-0 with a Sunday afternoon meeting tomorrow against Fort Worth to finish off a three-in-three for the second-straight weekend. Tulsa's Gary Steffes gave the Oilers the early lead with a goal at 10:11 of the first period. Steffes sat behind the net and as the puck went out to the right circle, found himself all alone in front of Kevin Regan and made a nice move to the backhand for his 14th goal of the season. Les Reaney brought the waterfall of teddy bears to the ice just 27 seconds into the second period. A clearing attempt went off Greger Hanson, found its way to Reaney at the right face-off dot and he slipped it past Garman to tie the game at one. Tulsa's Ben Gordon re-gained the lead for Tulsa at 9:53, beating Regan to the short-side on a two-on-one break to make it 2-1. Less than a minute later, Kevin Young started a rush and finished it with a wrap-a-round goal at 10:39 to tie the game at two. At 13:14, Dave Inman let a slap shot fly from the blue line, popped up and over Garman and found its way into the net to give the Thunder their first lead of the game, 3-2. In the third period period, Wichita pulled away, scoring two goals in 29 seconds and completing a run of four unanswered. Matt Summers found a gap in the Tulsa defensive zone and put home a one-timer at 16:55 to make it 4-2. Trimm was given credit for the goal as he skated right past Keserich as the shot was approaching the net. At 17:36, Trimm showed great patience on the right wing wall and skated all the way to the net scoring on a backhand to increase the lead to 5-2. Trimm led the way with four points (2g, 2a) and now as 15 on the season. Chad Painchaud added two helpers and now has a team-leading 19 on the season. Regan won his fifth-straight start, stopping 17 of 19 shots. The Wichita-Tulsa rivalry of old made an appearance as the two teams combined for 62 penalty minutes and eight fighting majors. Wichita went 0-for-5 on the power play and Tulsa didn't fare any better, going 0-for-4. Boxscore: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=2005450 Video's courtesy of KGGoale http://www.youtube.com/KGGoalie
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