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Oilers starting play in MnJHL during 2012-13 Season

MnJHL signs Affiliation Agreement with eight from Great Lakes

05/03/2012, 9:41am (CDT)

By Nick Clark/MnJHL Director of Media Relations

Eight GL teams will play under MnJHL guidance

The Minnesota Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce an affiliation agreement with eight teams from the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League; one that will transform the MnJHL into a 16-team, two-division grooming grounds for college hockey prospects.

The move, which was mutually agreed upon between all parties, will have the eight clubs coming over from the GLJHL playing in what will be called the Great Lakes Division of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. The original teams will now be called the Minnesota Division.

The eight teams will initially be affiliate members of the MnJHL, a quest that started earlier this year with one team and grew to 8 over the last 3 weeks but wasn’t completed until this week. The Affiliate Agreement provides for the 8 teams to transition to full members.

“We are more than excited to have this opportunity to bring these teams into the fold and to expand our league footprint,” said Minnesota Junior Hockey League president Ralph Hayne. “We have our work cut out for us, but we intend to make this transition a seamless one and as quick as possible.”

Details of how the affiliation agreement will work in regards to scheduling for the 2012-13 season will be announced in the near future.

As of now, the eight teams will be joining the Minnesota Junior Hockey League to play in the Great Lakes Division are the Wisconsin Saints, the Wisconsin Rampage, the Chicago Junior Bulldogs, the Fort Wayne Federals, the Tri-City Ice Hawks, the Wooster Oilers, the St. Louis Frontenacs and the Kalkaska Roughnecks.

Prior to then, the MnJHL consisted of the Dells Ducks, Edina Lakers, Hudson Crusaders, Maple Grove Energy, Minnesota Owls, Rochester Ice Hawks, Twin Cities Northern Lights and Steele County Blades.

The MnJHL played as a seven-team league in 2011-12. The eighth member was added last year as an expansion team (Steele County Blades), which will begin play in 2012-13.

"We think this is a move that will benefit all of junior hockey as a whole," said Wisconsin Rampage owner and president John Blankenship. "The MnJHL's vision and what they are about, mirrors what we want to do. It made sense to join forces."

OILERS MAY TRYOUT DATES & TIMES

The Wooster Oilers Junior Hockey Club is seeking players for the 2012-2013 Season. May tryout dates and times are as follows:

Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - registration

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon - on ice

12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. - lunch break

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - on ice

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - parent/player

meeting

Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on ice

TRYOUT FEE: $195.00 - non refundable

The Oilers are a member of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, a USA Hockey santioned league, beginning play during the 2012-13 season . All home games are played at Alice Noble Ice Arena, a state of the art facility located in Wooster, Ohio. We have the second highest game attendance in the league. The Oilers offer players team issued equipment as well as chartered bus travel, hotel accommodations and meals for all away games. The organization will strive for players to have the opportunity for advancement. Billet placement in local homes upon request.

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2012-2013 Billeting Campaign

Once again, the Wooster Oilers' billet campaign is under way for the 2012-2013 Season. We cannot emphasize enough how important this program is to the success of the Wooster Oilers Junior Hockey Team.

Please go to the Housing Tab to find our campaign. We have also included the Billeting Overview which gives all interested families an oversight to Billeting requirements and the Billet Application.

YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED to becoming a billet family by filling out and submitting the application. It strictly gives us information of interested families to contact to talk to interview and answer any questions you may have. Fill it out on line or download it and mail it to the address listed on the application.

Our greatest location need is usually for Billet homes in the Wooster school district but we certainly welcome ALL interested families within a 25 mile range of the Alice Noble Ice Arena which is located on the Wooster High School property.

The Wooster Oilers Junior Hockey Team belongs to all fans with the love of hockey!!! Thank you for your interest.

OILERS NAME NEW HEAD COACH

The Wooster Oilers organization is pleased to announce the selection of Val Hernandez as the Head Coach for the 2012-2013 Season. Coach Hernandez has been coaching hockey in the Cleveland area for the 12+ years and has been an evaluator for the USA Hockey Mid Am District’s Select Tryout Camps for 3 years. Other coaching experience includes coaching at the USA National Development Camps in Rochester, NY. He has also been a scout for the NAHL Alexandria Blizzard for the past 2 years.

Val played for the Cleveland North Coast Barons of the Central States Hockey League and the Anaheim Junior Ducks of the Western States Hockey League. He also participated in the USA Hockey Select 17 Festival in Lake Placid, New York as a goaltender for the Mid Am District.

Val and his wife, Kimberly, reside in Streetsboro, Ohio. His parents are avid hockey fans and along with Kimberly, will be in attendance at the Oilers home games to support him and his team.

Coach Hernandez stood out from a field of 35 applicants for his positive coaching approach, his enthusiasm, and dedication to his team and the sport of hockey. Val’s well thought out program and his eagerness to choose players to advance them to further their hockey careers and their education is an ideal fit for the mission and goals of the Wooster Oilers organization. Coach Hernandez’s players are his priority on and off the ice.

Please join us in welcoming Coach Hernandez and his family to the Wooster Oilers organization.

OILERS SEASON ENDS IN OVERTIME!

The venue was the same...the team the Oilers were facing was the same...and the result was the same, as last season's final series.

Once again the Michigan Ice Dogs eliminated the Oilers from further play in the 2011 - 2012 season. And once again the final goal was in overtime!

" The entire coaching staff and organization is very, very proud of this team, this season." stated Oilers coach Hart Duddy. " We started the season with 19 rookies, mostly from Ohio and mostly from Ohio High Schools throughout the state. This team was in first place for a few months and battled hard throughout the season. Their real determination showed when we would be beaten fairly bad and bounced right back the next day to defeat them. The veterans we had in the line-up, kept things rolling along and helped keep the rookies focused. All in all it was a very rewarding season, and gives a great feeling for the Oilers moving forward. The Wooster Oilers organization would like to extend it's sincere thanks to our players and their families, our staff, volunteers, and most of all our great fans, for all their support throughout the season!" concluded the coach.

The Oilers finsished the season with an overall record of: 48GP - 28W - 19L - 1 - 57 pts.

Stay tuned to this website, www.woosteroilers.com., for important information, in the next few weeks, regarding tryout events, etc.

OILERS PREPARE FOR PLAYOFFS!

The Oilers finished off their regular season, by hosting the University of Akron Zips, this past weekend at the Alice Noble Ice Arena. Record crowds turned out to cheer on the players, from both teams, and to say good-bye and good luck, to the 2011-2012 version of the Wooster Oilers squad, as they head into the first round of the playoffs.

The first round will take place in a very familiar spot, for the Oilers, as they will travel back to the Wayne County Arena in Wayne Michigan. This is the home arena of the Michigan Ice Dogs, which was also the venue for last season's playoff match-up between the two Eastern Division teams. The Oilers were sent home from that final game, with an overtime loss to the Ice Dogs! The squad from Wooster will certainly be looking to avenge that series loss.

" I'm not sure if any two teams in the whole league are as evenly matched as the Oilers and Ice Dogs." stated Oilers coach Hart Duddy. " We have played them six times this year and have split the series. Four of the six games were decided by one goal. We have won on their ice and they have won on ours. Hopefully our fans will help take away that home ice advantage this weekend. We always get a great deal of fan support in Wayne County Michigan. Hours of game video review has already went into coming up with our game plan. We know them very well and they know us. There is a respect on both teams, I'm sure, for what the other team can do." concluded the coach.

The playoff action gets underway on Friday March 2nd at 8:20 p.m. with warm-ups at 7:50 p.m. Game two, of the best of three series, will take place Saturday March 3rd at the same times. If a third game is necessary, it will be played Sunday March 4th, at 1:20 p.m. with warm-ups at 12:50 p.m.

GO OILERS!!!

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