Nemesis Standish Now An Oiler

The Tulsa Oilers signed veteran right winger and former Oklahoma City Blazer Marty Standish on Wednesday. 

From Oilers Release:

In signing Standish, the Oilers bring back to the CHL a longtime nemesis, who ranked 25th on the all-time CHL goal scoring list after the
2007-08 season. He played last year in the International Hockey League.

In spite of his diminutive stature (5-foot-7, 165 pounds) Standish has eclipsed the 140 penalty minute mark eight times in his career, and twice has had more than 200 penalty minutes in a season.

“I only know one way to play, and that’s hard,” Standish said. “I like to play in your face style and feisty.”

Standish played eight seasons for the Oklahoma City Blazers, who this summer suspended operations, making the Oilers the only professional hockey team in the state. In his eight years with Oklahoma City he scored 188 goals which had him 25th on the all time CHL goal scoring list.

Ramsay is also familiar with Standish’s scoring ability, having coached against him last season. Standish has had five 20-goal seasons, has hit the 30-goal plateau three times and had a career high 44 goals with Oklahoma City and the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey league in 2000-01.

“He’s an energy type player who can put points on the board, and we’re definitely counting on him for that,” Ramsay said. “We want to have an entertaining hockey team. Marty can be one of those guys that can stir things up.”