Phil Brewer(73) and Jordan Kremyr celebrate a goal in the first period on Thursday against Utah.

TULSA, OK—It’s a rare thing for the Tulsa Oilers to play two hockey games in the middle of the week, so for this article the reader gets two (2) recaps for the price of one.  This week and next week the Oilers will play four games spanning the gap between Wednesday and Friday, and for three of those games they will play teams that have never played in Oklahoma before.

First up this week on Wednesday, Tulsa took on a familiar opponent, the Rapid City Rush.  The Oilers have squared off against Rapid City since 2008 when they were members of the old Central Hockey League.  They have met 43 times since then and they were former divisional opponents last year’s merger season when the CHL married the ECHL.

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Navy amassed 469 rushing yards en route to a 44-14 victory Saturday night in front of 22,749 fans at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The Midshipmen took advantage of good field position early in the game to take a 21-0 lead with just under 20 minutes gone off the clock, and then scored 21 second-half points.

Navy improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the American Athletic Conference, and took sole possession of first place in the West Division with Houston’s loss to UConn earlier in the day. The Hurricane fell to 5-6 overall and 2-5 in league play.

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The Iowa State Cyclones blew into Norman full of confidence Saturday night following their shutout of Texas a week earlier. After recceiving the opening kickoff, Cyclones quarterback Joel Lanning marched his team into OU territory, taking the lead on a 43-yard field goal by kicker Cole Netten.  The Cyclones held the lead for 13 seconds.

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TULSA, OK—The TU Golden Hurricane (5-4) returned home on Saturday afternoon following a 40-31 win over SMU last weekend.  With the win over the Mustangs, the Golden Hurricane doubled the win total from 2014, pulling even for the season at 4-4 (1-3 American).  The University of Central Florida Knights (0-10) came into the game winless in both their conference schedule and their non-conference schedule through nine games.

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LOVELAND, CO.—The Tulsa Oilers (4-5-0) traveled to the Rockies this weekend for a two game set with the Colorado Eagles (3-6-0), a former rival from the Central Hockey League.  The teams last faced each other in 2011, when they were two teams moving in opposite directions, the Eagles up, and the Oilers down.  In 2015, at least early on, the situation was reversed.

The Oilers came to the games with a record of 4-3-0, riding a three game win streak while the Eagles were still trying to find a rhythm after starting the season 1-6.  Both teams were searching for a good weekend and unfortunately, the Eagles were the team blessed with success at home in the Budweiser Events Center.  Tulsa was denied two more wins and Colorado made strides to get back on track winning two straight wins after dropping five of their last six games.

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