Both Tulsa and Oklahoma City lose hockey games Saturday

Undated-AP) -- The Oklahoma City Blazers and the Tulsa Oilers were idle Sunday night after road games Saturday. <br><br>The Blazers defeated Wichita 3-to-nothing to close to within three points of the

Monday, January 6th 2003, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

Undated-AP) -- The Oklahoma City Blazers and the Tulsa Oilers were idle Sunday night after road games Saturday.

The Blazers defeated Wichita 3-to-nothing to close to within three points of the Central Hockey League's Northwest Division lead.

Tulsa, which leads the division, suffered a 5-to-4 shoot-out loss at Amarillo. Tulsa leads the division with 47 points. The Blazers have 44.

In the Wichita game, Oklahoma City goaltender Boyd Ballard posted a shutout. Ballard had 36 saves and notched his second save of the season.

Wichita outshot Oklahoma City 15-to-7 in the first period. The Blazers got goals from Peter Robertson in the sec0nd period and Joe Burton in the third period.

Peter Arvanitis scored an empty-net goal for the Blazers.