Tulsa’s overtime heroics keep Thunder winless
Tulsa’s T.J. Caig scored the game-winning goal in overtime to send the Wichita Thunder to a 6-5 loss on Sunday in Tulsa.
Caig scored the overtime goal, his second of the game, on a breakaway, beating Thunder goalie Tim Boron for the win.
It was Caig’s fourth goal in two games.
Wichita trailed 3-0 in the first period as Tulsa jumped out to the big lead behind goals from Adam Pleskach, Caig and Kevin Noble.
Wichita rallied with a late goal in the first period from Stephen Schultz, then tied the score at 4-4 in the second period with three unanswered goals in three minutes from Kenton Miller, Todd Hosmer and Dalton Reum. The Thunder’s Jared Walker sent the game to overtime with a goal 14:10 into the third period.
The Thunder have lost two straight to open the season.
Wichita | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 |
Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
First period
Scoring—1. Tulsa, Pleskach (unassisted), 6:16; 2. Tulsa, Caig (Macaulay, Booras), 12:09; 3. Tulsa, Noble (O’Kane, Cohen), 14:59; 4. Wichita, Schultz (Peckham, Lowe), 19:26. Penalties—Wichita, Lizon (fighting), 12:10; Tulsa, Bilcke (fighting), 12:10.
Second period
Scoring—5. Tulsa, Macaulay (Myron), 1:40; 6. Wichita, Miller (Schultz, Jorgensen), 8:41; 7. Wichita, Hosmer (Lowe, Milan), 9:29; 8. Wichita, Reum (Kashinksy, Trebish), 11:53. Penalties—Tulsa, Mele (slashing).
Third period
Scoring—9. Tulsa, Pleskach (Booras), 10:10; 10. Wichita, Walker (Peckham), 14:10.
Overtime
Scoring—11. Tulsa, Caig (Obermeyer, Lutz), 3:55.
Power play—Wichita 2-6, Tulsa 1-5. Shots—Wichita 8-8-4-2—22, Tulsa 9-5-11-5—30. Saves—Wichita, Boron 14 shots, 10 saves; Ozowski 16-14. Tulsa, Zacharias 14-10; Carr 8-7.
T—2:32. A—7,744.
This story was originally published October 26, 2014 at 10:46 PM with the headline "Tulsa’s overtime heroics keep Thunder winless."