NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas – The Texas Brahmas beat the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-2 on Sunday to break the tie and take sole possession of third place in the Berry Conference. 
The Brahmas were fueled by a two-goal performance from forward T.J. Fox, who beat Rio Grande Valley netminder Wylie Rogers twice in a two minute span of the second period. For Fox, the goals were his ninth and tenth of the season. Phil Fox sealed the game with an empty-netter with 31 seconds left in the third period, and veteran defenseman Ross Rouleau scored the very important first goal of the game at the 14:09 mark of the first period. The Brahmas are now 12-4-3 this season when scoring first. Texas goaltender Steve Silverthorn stopped 17 of 19 shots fired by the Bees en route to his seventh victory of the season. Rogers made 23 saves on 26 shots for Rio Grande Valley. The following images were recorded at the NYTEX Sports Center on Sunday afternoon.
Brahmas goalie Steve Silverthorn puts on his game face prior to taking the ice.
Killer Bees forward Aaron Boogaard reacts to being %22welcomed%22 by Texas Brahmas fans.
Rio Grande Valley goalie Wylie Rogers makes a save.
Killer Bees forward Charles Fontaine is tripped up while pursuing the puck.
Texas Brahmas captain Adam Hogg %2349) fights for position in fron of the Killer Bees%27 net.
Brahmas goalie Steve Silverthorn puts on his game face prior to taking the ice.
Killer Bees goalie Wylie Rogers reacts to being scored on by Brahmas defenseman Ross Rouleau.
The Brahmas%27 Ryan Hand lands a punch on Rio Grande Valley%27s Tyler Barr.
T.J. Fox scores against Wylie Rogers.
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