The Texas Tornado's Drew Allen scored 16:39 into overtime to beat the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, 4-3 (OT).

Texas was sparked by Allen, who grabbed one goal and one assist.

The Tornado managed to stay out of the box better than usual, finishing with one minor for two minutes in penalty time. Texas wound up below its season average of 8.0 penalty minutes per game. The Tornado kept Fairbanks' goalie busy throughout the game, and Alex Fons made 31 saves on 35 shots.

Texas additionally got points from Drew Mayer, who also finished with one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Texas also got a goal from Skyler Spiller as well. In addition, Texas received assists from Jordan Lovick, who had two and John Kirtland, Jack Prince, and Mitchell McPherson, who each chipped in one.

The Ice Dogs were led by Rudy Sulmonde, who tallied one goal and one assist. Sulmonde scored 19:04 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Fairbanks. Gabe Levin assisted on the tally. Anton Racklin also scored for Fairbanks. More assists for Fairbanks came via Tayler Munson, who had one.

Texas' Frederick Leisner stopped 23 shots out of the 26 that he faced. The Tornado registered zero goals on zero power play opportunities. Fairbanks ended with no penalties and went 0-for-1 on the power play.