TULSA, Okla —Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and powered by Community Care, earned a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Idaho Steelheads at the BOK Center on Saturday night.
Michael Farren gave the Oilers 1-0 lead with his fifteenth of the season 12:03 into the game, snapping the puck through Bryan Thomson via a Justin Michaelian feed.
Andrei Bakanov tied the game 1-1 4:38 into the middle frame, finishing a hectic sequence that was initially ruled no goal. Andrew Bellant scored the Steelheads’ second power-play goal of the frame 10 minutes later, making it a 2-1 game. Easton Brodzinski leveled the contest less than two minutes later at the 15:54 mark of the second, ripping a sharp-angle shot behind Thomson.
The game remained 2-2 through the third period, forcing overtime.
Boyko and Thomson both made highlight-reel saves in the extra frame, bringing a shootout for the second time in as many nights.
Idaho’s Brendan Hoffman ended the shootout in the fourth round, earning the Steelheads the second point.
