FORT MCMURRAY, AB (October 9, 2012) — The Fort McMurray Oil Barons (4-7-1) blew two separate three goal leads, and allowed five straight goals, en route to a 7-5 loss to the Spruce Grove Saints (7-4-1) at the Casman Centre on Tuesday night. “We were dumb from the start,” said head coach and general manager […]

The Barons salvaged a win in their final game of a 3 game road weekend and now head home for 5 straight games. Game 1 saw the Oil Barons gift a 4-3 victory to Lloydminster despite outshooting the Bobcats 21-18 and out chancing them 8-3. A couple strange goals contibuted to the 6th loss of […]

  BONNYVILLE, AB (October 7, 2012) — Harry Hendrix (Calgary, AB) capped off a five-point weekend with the game-winner on Sunday afternoon, as the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (4-6-1) took down the first-place Bonnyville Pontiacs (8-2-2) 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at the RJ Lalonde Arena. A scoreless first period saw the visitors outshot 11-4, but […]

LLOYDMINSTER, SK (October 6, 2012) – A three-point night from forward Harry Hendrix (Calgary, AB) wasn't enough for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (3-6-1) to overcome a late surge from the Lloydminster Bobcats (2-8-1), as they dropped a 4-3 overtime decision on the road Saturday night. For Lloydminster, it capped off a two-win weekend comprising […]

LLOYDMINSTER, SK (October 5, 2012) — The long season-opening losing streak for the Lloydminster Bobcats (1-8-1) ended at the expense of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (3-6) on Friday night, as the Cats skated away with a 4-3 home win at the Centennial Civic Centre. The returns of veteran defencemen Brock Maschmeyer (Bruderheim, AB) and […]

The Oil Barons got a split decision at the AJHL Showcase this past weekend losing 6-0 to Brooks Friday and defeating Okotoks 2-1 Saturday in Spruce Grove. The MOB were outshot 31-24 and out chanced 15-10 in defeat to the highly skilled Brooks team. The Barons had 36 hits in the game. The Barons bounced back […]

SPRUCE GROVE, AB (September 29, 2012) — Rookie forward Erik Pedersen (Calgary, AB) scored his first career goal to end a 126 minute, 28 second scoreless drought for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (3-5) as they snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Okotoks Oilers (4-3-1) in Spruce Grove at the […]

The following column appeared in this week's edition of the Fort McMurray Connect newspaper: There’s something about the goals that forward Mike Marianchuk scores that makes them more memorable than most. The first time he found the back of the net as an Oil Baron was halfway across the world in Moscow; a two-goal night […]

SPRUCE GROVE, AB (September 28, 2012) — An early first-period goal by Dakota Mason (Edmonton, AB) was all the Brooks Bandits (5-0) would need, as they cruised to a 6-0 win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (2-5) at the AJHL Showcase in Spruce Grove. Mason was found alone at the top of the McMurray […]

SHERWOOD PARK, AB (Sep. 23, 2012) — The Fort McMurray Oil Barons (2-4) rebounded from an early one goal deficit, but fell just short of rebounding from a subsequent two-goal hole, in a narrow 3-2 road loss to the Sherwood Park Crusaders (3-3) on Sunday afternoon. The first period tested goaltender Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, […]