NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas – The Fort Worth Brahmas outlasted the Tulsa Oilers by the score of 1-0 Sunday afternoon, extending their win streak at home to six games. 
The Brahmas got their one and only goal at 17:54 of the first period when Erik Spady found an open Riley Boychuk behind the defense. Boychuk beat Tulsa netminder Ian Keserich on the breakaway for his fifth goal of the season and first game-winner. Brad Fogal was stingy between the posts for Fort Worth, stopping all 21 shots on net en route to his first and the Brahmas’ league-leading third shutout of the season.
With the win, Fogal improved to 6-5-1 on the season with a 2.89 goals against average and .897 save percentage. Keserich made 26 saves on 27 shots in net for the Oilers but took the loss to fall to 5-9-0. With Sunday’s victory, the Brahmas extended their win streak at home to six games, dating back to November 21st. Fort Worth is now 7-1-3 in front of its hometown faithful. The following images were recorded at the NYTEX Sports Centre on Sunday afternoon.
Tulsa Goalie Ian Keserich deflects a shot
Fort Worth%27s Riley Boychuk beats Tulsa%27s Ian Keserich for what resulted in the game-winning goal
Fort Worth%27s Phil Fox on the attack
Tuls%27a Gary Steffes and Fort Worth%27s Sy Nutkevitch await the results of a face-off
Tulsa%27s Mike Ullrich and Fort Worth%27s Tomas Klempa get into a scuffle
Tulsa%27s Ben Gordon looks for a play as Fort Worth%27s Tomas Klempa pursues
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