Oilers fall to Wichita 6-2

BY Staff Reports
Saturday, December 08, 2012
12/08/12 at 5:24 AM


Highlights: Wichita's Neil Trimm scored a hat trick in the second period as the Thunder defeated the Tulsa Oilers 6-2 in Central Hockey League action Friday night in Wichita, Kan.

Notes: Wichita's R.G. Flath scored just 39 seconds into the match, but Ryan Cramer tied the score for the Oilers with a goal at the 2:08 mark. Matt Summers added a goal for the Thunder at the 5:51 mark, and Trimm put the game away with his second-period outburst.

Up next: Vs. Bloomington. 7:35 p.m. Saturday at the BOK Center.Thunder 6, oilers 2

Tulsa 1 0 1 - 2
Wichita 2 3 1 - 6


First period: 1, Wichita, Flath (Summers, Hanson) 0:39. 2, Tulsa, Cramer (Fisher, Ofukany) 2:08. 3, Wichita, Summers (Flath, Nathan Lutz) 5:51. Penalties: Wichita, Hanson (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:33. Wichita, Flath (high sticking) 10:54. Tulsa, Buvinow (interference) 18:12.

Second period: 4, Wichita, Trimm (Lowe, Griffith) 1:10. 5, Wichita, Trimm (Summers, Young) 6:44. 6, Wichita, Trimm (Flanigan, Boogaard) 13:25 Penalties: Tulsa, Gordon (boarding) 2:37. Wichita, Hanson (to many men) (bench minor) 9:09. Tulsa, Buvinow (slashing) 17:16.

Third period: 7, Wichita, Griffith (Trimm, Regan) 7:39. 8, Tulsa, Register (pp) (Cramer, Menei) 18:20. Penalties: Wichita, Young (slashing) 2:11. Tulsa, Fisher (high sticking) 3:06. Tulsa, Beausoleil (hooking) 9:19. Wichita, Griffith (attempt to injure, match) 17:01. Tulsa, Menei (cross checking) 17:01. Wichita, Flath (cross checking) 19:32, Wichita, Flath (fighting, major) 19:32. Tulsa, Steffes (fighting, major) 19:32.

Shots: Tulsa 8-8-6 - 22; Wichita 15-12-8 - 35.

Saves: Tulsa, Keserich 18. Wichita, Regan 20.

Referee: Peter Tarnaris. A: 4,052.



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