Former Vernon Laker Ramsay & The Oilers Season Ends In Five Games:

Former Vernon Lakers captain, Bruce Ramsay & the CHL Tulsa Oilers season ended last weekend with a 5-4 loss to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. The Mudbugs won the series in five games. Ramsay who is in his second season with the Oilers, played just one season in Vernon helping the 1989-90 Vernon Lakers win their first Centennial Cup in a thrilling 6-5 overtime win over the highly favorite New Westminster Royals.

This is posted on the Oilers website:

Game 5 Tulsa 4 - Bossier-Shreveport 5

BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT WINS SERIES 3-2

Bossier City, LA - The Tulsa Oilers saw their season come to an end in a frantic 5-4 loss to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Saturday night in Bossier City. The victory gives Bossier-Shreveport a 3-2 win in the best of five Berry Conference semifinal series. Bossier-Shreveport moves on to meet the Allen Americans in the best-of-seven conference final.

The Oilers trailed 4-1 heading into the third period but goals by Evan Kotsopoulos and Michel Beausoleil just 57 seconds apart cut the lead to 4-3 with 14:03 to play.

Shawn Limpright reclaimed a two goal lead for Bossier-Shreveport midway in the third but Chad Costello scored a power play goal with 4:31 left setting up the desparate finish for the Oilers.

Nick Layton had opened the scoring for Bossie-Shreveport in the first period but Bates Battaglia tied it for the Oilers taking advanatage of a giveaway in the Bossier-Shreveport zone. Before the first period ended Andy Contois scored a breakaway goal to make it 2-1 for the Mudbugs.

They stretched the lead on second period goals by Brett Smith and David Rutherford, but the Oilers battled back in the third period, just to see thier rally come up one goal short.