The Oil Barons evened their opening weekend record with a 4-2 victory over Drayton Valley last night at the Casman Center. In a very spirited affair the MOB jumped out to 2-1 lead after the first period and increased the lead to 4-2 after the second. The game featured 4 fights and numerous after the […]
AUDIO: Hear head coach Gord Thibodeau's post-weekend thoughts: AUDIO: Hear from rookie forward Scott Pooley after his two-point night: The Fort McMurray Oil Barons split their opening series of 2012-13 with the Drayton Valley Thunder with two high-intensity home games. The MOB fell 4-3 in their home opener before rebounding for a 4-2 win over […]
The Barons dropped a 4-3 decision to Drayton Valley last night in their home opener at the Casman Centre. The team looked very nervous early and fell behind 3-0 on some shoddy defensive zone coverage. The Barons stormed back from a 3-1 deficit in the 3rd perid to tie the game at 3-3 but were […]
The MOB ended their pre-season going 1-2 in the Okotoks Showcase this weekend. After defeating Okotoks 5-3 in their first game the Barons dropped a 4-1 decision to Brooks and folowed that with a 6-4 loss to Camrose. The weekend was a very strong test for the team and once again the results were mixed. On the […]
Article courtesy MyMcMurray.com: Fort McMurray Oil Barons head coach Gord Thibodeau has named third-year forward Harry Hendrix an alternate captain for this season. Hendrix admits he was gunning for it. “It is something that I did some thinking about during the off-season,” he said. “Throughout my whole hockey career I've liked to think of […]
The Fort McMurray Oil Barons have reduced the team roster to 25 ahead of the home opener on Friday night against the Drayton Valley Thunder. * – denotes returning player Goaltenders #31 Tanner Jaillet* (Red Deer, AB) – 1993 #30 Ethan Wood (Lloydminster, AB) – 1993 Defencemen #2 John Teets (Fairbanks, AK) – 1994 #4 […]
AUDIO: Hear head coach Gord Thibodeau's postgame comments: The Fort McMurray Oil Barons dropped their final pre-season game of 2012 by a 6-4 margin to the Camrose Kodiaks in Okotoks on Saturday afternoon, in another effort that head coach Gord Thibodeau had little issue with. “I thought the D played pretty well, I thought the […]
AUDIO: Hear head coach Gord Thibodeau's post-game comments: A shorthanded breakaway goal by Mike Marianchuk (Innisfail, AB) was all the Fort McMurray Oil Barons could muster on Friday afternoon, as the defending AJHL champion Brooks Bandits came out on top of a 4-1 pre-season affair. “I thought we played well,” Thibodeau said. “In some ways, […]
AUDIO: Hear from head coach Gord Thibodeau after tonight's win: The Fort McMurray Oil Barons climbed back to the .500 mark in exhibition play with a 5-3 win over the Okotoks Oilers on Thursday night. Kevin Lacroix (St. Albert, AB) scored two goals, while Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, AB) shone in net with stellar early […]
The Oil Barons started the exhibition schedule this past weekend going 1-2 in their first 3 games. The team was very tentative Friday losing 5-2 in Sherwood Park. Jessey Touchette and Parker Evans-Campbell scored in what can only be described as a very sloppy game. The Barons bounced back with a 3-2 overtime victory in […]
