OILERS Sign WHL Product Cole Dubinsky

OILERS SIGN WHL PRODUCT COLE DUBINSKY

TULSA, Okla. —The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and powered by Community Care, announced Tuesday the signing of rookie forward Cole Dubinsky.

Dubinsky, 20, begins his professional career with Tulsa after a strong WHL career, compiling 128 points (54G, 74A) in 232 games with Regina and Prince George. The 5’10, 182 lbs. forward added seven points (3G, 4A) in nine postseason games with Prince George.

The Tulsa Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and play in the ECHL.

The Oilers played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center until 2008 when they moved into the new BOK Center.

For many years, the Tulsa Oilers name was shared with Tulsa’s former minor-league baseball team that pre-dated the Tulsa Drillers. To reduce confusion in local news reporting, the hockey team was often called the “Ice Oilers”.

Formerly a member of the Central Hockey League, the Oilers are one of only two teams which played every one of the CHL’s 22 seasons (the other being the Wichita Thunder). The Oilers established a winning tradition, making the playoffs in nine of their first 13 seasons. However, their performance in recent years has been less successful making the playoffs four times since 2005.

Original owner Jeff Lund played an integral part in assembling the 1992–93 team, led by veteran minor league coach and former NHL ironman Garry Unger.

The team, anchored by high-scoring forward Sylvain Naud and veteran goalie Tony Martino, finished the regular season in second place, right behind intrastate rival Oklahoma City Blazers.

However, in the revived league’s first championship series the Oilers handily defeated the Blazers, clinching the title on OKC’s home ice. Lund assumed ownership of the franchise in February 1999 after being the team’s general manager.

On June 23, 2013, Lund sold the team to the owners of the Wichita Thunder, the Steven brothers. The Steven brothers sold the team to Andy Scurto in 2021.

The Tulsa Oilers are building a new ice center called the WeStreet Ice Center. The center is being built at Promenade Mall in the former Macy’s department store location. It’s scheduled to open to the public in late 2023.

According to CUInsight on Mar 28, 2023 — TULSA, OK The Tulsa Oilers have unveiled the WeStreet Ice Center, named after the title sponsor WeStreet Credit Union.

The ice center, currently under construction at Promenade Mall, the former Macy’s department store location, is scheduled to open to the public in late 2023.

Notable

Hockey Hall of Fame member Clint Smith played the 1947–48 season with the Tulsa Oilers after a stellar 11-year career in the NHL with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks and won the USHL