shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (5/20/2009 7:26:40 AM)

I wonder how his teams were on the power play since it appears that we might be in the penalty box a little bit more. Good luck coach and welcome to Tulsa!

BigOkie, (5/20/2009 8:56:38 AM)

Not sure why, but my last comment didn't post.

If you go to pointstreak dot com and click Hockey, then IHL,, then select the 2008/2009 season from the dropdown then Text Stats, reports then league report you can get a pretty comprehensive report of all the teams in that league from last season.

I'm guessing you were meaning PK instead of PP. Didn't look stellar (76 percent), but their PP was a sight better than the Oilers last season at 23 percent. Their goals-for average was just above 4, but goal against just under that, so they played alot of close games or had blowouts go both ways.

In comparision, the Oiler powerplay last season was horrific at 14 percent, while their PK was about the same (77 percent). Both near the bottom. Goals for was a problem at 2.8, goals against was HORRIBLE at 4.2.

Looks a bit better, dontcha think?

Ignatz, Broken Bow (5/20/2009 8:59:29 AM)

Strange article, just concentrated on his penalty minutes. What was his career plus/minus, points,goals, play-off teams, championships? Article makes him sound like a thug. Brahmas and Eagles were easily two best teams in CHL and neither thugged it up.

BigOkie, (5/20/2009 9:14:50 AM)

That was a different time, 10 years ago. There weren't so many leagues with so many teams like there are now. The talent pool was less diluted and you could bring guys in like that. The Oilers had a known NHL caliber enforcer (Craig Coxe) on their roster for five seasons who registered 80+ points most of those seasons with us. Why? Because CHL players knew that Coxsey gooned it up with the likes of Bob Probert, Joey Kocur and the like.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to have a tough team. That's something we've lacked sorely for many many seasons. You can be tough and still be skilled. His Muskegon team last season appeared to be that way. He had the league MVP on that team with 120 points or so, plus some guys who were 200+ in the penalty minutes category.

shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (5/20/2009 9:16:23 AM)

Thanks Big Okie, I meant PK and not PP. Anything has to be an improvement over last season.

BigOkie, (5/20/2009 9:29:26 AM)

And sometimes I wish the writers would pay better attention to their research. The Muskegon team attendance for last season as an average was just over 2900. The number he (Bill Haisten) cites is likely from Pointstreak dot com and is the 5 game Playoff average, not the 2008-2009 average.

beanhead, Edmond (5/20/2009 10:02:17 PM)

Only thing I remember about Bruce Ramsay is when he played for Wichita -- and one night getting his head pounded to hamburger by Oklahoma City's Marco Cefalo and Wade Brookbank. Remember that night, Bruce? Hard to see out of two swollen eyes, isn't it? Sauter will not only outcoach you, but his team will outwork your squad.

BigOkie, (5/21/2009 1:16:30 AM)

Yeah, that's why the Blowsers haven't got past the first round since, oh, I don't know, 2000? We may not have made the playoffs since 2005, but guess what? After 15 season, you still have just one more championship than we do.

Harhar!

And relegated back over to the Myriad for next season by the NBA's crappiest team to boot! That's rich!

BigOkie, (7/16/2009 8:50:41 PM)

Will be kinda hard to outcoach us this season, eh beanhead?

Harhar!!

shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (8/3/2009 12:13:21 PM)

Nice come back there Big Okie.... I wonder how many Blowser fans will make the trip down the pike to watch some hockey this season?