El Paso Rhinos had an eight-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to an 11-1 win over Texas.

Matthew Plesa was all over the ice for El Paso Rhinos, as he had two goals in the win. Plesa's tallies came at 5:15 into the first period to make the score 2-0 El Paso Rhinos and 5:55 into the second to make the score 4-0 El Paso Rhinos.

El Paso Rhinos made Texas' goaltenders to work between the pipes, firing 44 shots and forcing 33 saves. Ryan Mulka made 12 stops and Domenic Contrino made 21. El Paso Rhinos put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Texas to score on any of its four power plays. El Paso Rhinos' goal total was higher than its season average. El Paso Rhinos averages 6.2 goals per game.

El Paso Rhinos additionally got points from Nick Plesa, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, Dakota Beaulieu, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Andrew Bradford, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Others who scored for El Paso Rhinos included Chad Cesarz, Tom Bartel, Trey Hughes, Jeremy Rezaeepour, Kendal Craig, and Nick Wright, who scored one goal each. In addition, El Paso Rhinos received assists from Peter Plesa, who had two, Chris Wilhite, who had three, and Eliot Herz, Brandon Edson, and Jack Strusz, who each chipped in one.

Texas forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up nine minors and two majors for 48 minutes in penalty time. Texas had been averaging 24.0 minutes in penalties per game. Texas did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. Texas averages 3.7 goals per game.

El Paso Rhinos' Isaak Tjaden stopped 17 shots out of the 18 that he faced. El Paso Rhinos incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Texas ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Landyn Howze was ejected from the game.