Wichita Begins Road Trip Today in Tulsa

Tulsa, OK (Feb. 19th) - Wichita starts a five-game road trip this afternoon in Tulsa. Get ready for the match-up with this Wichita Brewing Company Game Day Capsule:TODAY'S MATCH-UPWichita at Tulsa - 4:05 p.m. CST, BOK Center, Tulsa, OKWICHITAHOME: 9-19-0-0AWAY: 6-10-3-1OVERALL: 15-29-3-1Last 10: 0-8-2-0Streak: 0-5-0-0Rank: 6th, Central Division, 34 pointsTEAM LEADERSGoals: Vincent Arseneau, 12Assists: Matt DeBlouw, 18Points: Matt DeBlouw, 29+/-: David Friedmann, +4PIM: James Melindy, 131TULSAHOME: 14-12-4-0AWAY: 10-14-1-0OVERALL: 24-26-5-0Last 10: 1-8-1-0Streak: 0-3-1-0Rank: 4th, Central Division, 53 pointsTEAM LEADERSGoals: Emerson Clark, Darcy Murphy, 15Assists: Phil Brewer, 20Points: Phil Brewer, 31+/-: Chris Joyaux, +9PIM: Reid Halabi, 167SEASON-SERIESOct. 15 INTRUST 4-3, LNov. 11 INTRUST 5-3, WNov. 12 BOK 3-1, LNov. 23 INTRUST 4-3, LNov. 25 INTRUST 4-2, LNov. 26 BOK 2-1, L (SO)Dec. 31 BOK 5-3, LJan. 1 BOK 5-3, LFeb. 19 BOK 4:05 p.m.Wichita is 1-6-0-1 vs. TulsaHEAD TO HEAD - This is the ninth meeting of the season between the Thunder and the Oilers. All-time, Wichita is 135-121-28 against Tulsa and 60-66-14 on the road in the series.MILESTONES - Ian Lowe set two milestones last Saturday night. He recorded his 200th point in a Thunder uniform, playing in his 300th career game in the Air Capital. He moves into select company as only six players in franchise history have reached the 200-point plateau. He needs three points to move ahead of Mark Karpen, who is currently in fifth place all-time with 203 points.MAC - Macoy Erkamps netted his second goal of the week early in the third period to tie the game at two last night. He recorded his fourth goal of the season.TWICE - Blake Tatchell added two helpers last night, assisting on the first goal scored by Louick Marcotte and then winning a crucial face-off in the third. He recorded his second multi-point outing of the week as he had a goal and two assists on Wednesday night against Rapid City.LEAVING TOWN - Wichita finished its six-game home stand last night and starts a five-game trip today. The Thunder will head to Cincinnati on February 22nd and 24th, Fort Wayne on the 25th and finish with Quad City on the 26th.NEXT ON THE LIST - Head Coach Malcolm Cameron is closing in on another milestone. He sits at 332 wins in the ECHL and needs one more victory to pass Frank Anzalone for sixth place all-time. He is also close to moving into ninth place all-time in games coached in league history with 603 and would pass Nick Vitucci, who has coached 604 games.THUNDERBOLTS... Vincent Arseneau is tied for the league-lead with five shorthanded points and leads the league with four shorthanded goals...Wichita is second in the league in shorthanded goals (11)...Wichita is fifth in the league in penalty minutes per game (18.21)...Wichita is 10-2-2-1 when leading after two...Wichita is 5-10-1-0 when tied after one...Wichita is 7-8-2-0 when outshooting its opponent...TULSA NOTES - Tulsa is 9-20-3 since December 6th when they were first overall in the league...Tulsa is 1-8-1-0 in its last 10 games...Reid Halabi is fifth in penalty minutes with 167...Tulsa is 15-10-2-0 when scoring first...The Oilers are last in the league on the power play (10.3%)...Tulsa has given up 10 shorthanded goals, which is dead last in the league.AROUND THE ECHL - There are nine other games today in the ECHL. Norfolk is at Orlando. Florida takes on Greenville. Fort Wayne travels to Cincinnati. Adirondack is at South Carolina. Elmira heads to Reading. Allen hosts Rapid City. Toledo takes on Missouri. Colorado remains in Alaska.UP NEXT - Wichita heads to Cincinnati on Wednesday night starting at 6:35 p.m. CST.Individual tickets for all Thunder home games are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased at the INTRUST Arena Box office, by calling 855-755-SEAT or go online at www.selectaseat.com.Contact a Thunder representative at the office today to learn more about our great season, group and other ticket packet opportunities!Follow along with us on our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter (@wichita_thunder), Snapchat (wichthunder), Instagram (Wichita_Thunder) and LinkedIn, presented by Wichita Brewing Company.

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