OILERS CLOSE REGULAR SEASON WITH 40 WINS FOR SECOND TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY WITH 7-2 WIN

OILERS CLOSE REGULAR SEASON WITH 40 WINS FOR SECOND TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY WITH

7-2 WIN

Oilers record 40 wins for just the second time during current franchise’s 32-season history while setting a new franchise record with 22 away victories  

ALLEN, Texas. — The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and powered by Community Care, closed the 2024-25 regular season with its 40^th win on the campaign, a 7-2 victory over the Allen Americans at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center on Saturday night.

Reid Petryk wasted no time following up last night’s hat-trick performance, scoring in the opening minute with a five-hole whip through Luke Richardson. Austin Albrecht added a goal on the same shift, popping home a tape-to-tape pass from Petryk at the 1:23 mark of the frame. Easton Brodzinski added a goal to make it a 3-0 game 4:08 into the game, ripping a shot from the slot on the power play to give all three linemates a goal in the opening five minutes. Solag Bakich capped off a tic-tac-toe sequence for his 15^th goal of the season 18 seconds past the halfway point of the frame, giving the former American points in 12 of his last 16 games. Cole Fraser spoiled a perfect period with a pinpoint slapshot with 3.2 seconds left to make it a 4-1 game.

Michael Farren scored his team-leading 24^th goal of the season with a skillfully patient deposit past a sprawling Richardson, set up by a helper by Bakich with 6:58 left in the second frame. Brad Morrison brought the Americans back within three, making it a 5-2 game with a follow up on his own rebound off Vyacheslav Buteyets’ left toe at the 15:14 mark.

Albrecht recorded his first multi-goal game of the season, finishing a two-on-one set up by Farren, 13:18 into the final period. The goal gives Albrecht tallies in 13 of his 38 appearances on the season. Josh Nelson closed the score 7-2, snapping a high-glove snipe from the left wing with 1:42 remaining in the game to give the Oilers a three-game streak of seven-or-more goals.

The 2024-25 Tulsa Oilers set franchise records in road victories (22) and average attendance (7585), reached 40 wins for just the second time in franchise history (2018-19) and scored more than 240 goals for just the second time since joining the ECHL (2014-15). The Oilers 88 points earned were also second-best in franchise history, trailing only the 2018-19 Mountain Division Champion team.   

Tulsa clinched a second consecutive playoff berth with a win last night and await the result of tonight’s Wichita Thunder at Tahoe Knight Monsters result for final seeding and first-round opponent. A loss of any kind by the Wichita Thunder moves Tulsa into third place, with a series against the second-seed Knight Monsters. A Thunder win of any kind will keep the Oilers in fourth, setting a second-straight postseason meeting with the top-spot Kansas City Mavericks.  

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