El Paso Rhinos had a 10-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to an 11-0 win over Tulsa Jr. Oilers.

El Paso Rhinos got the win behind a great game by Peter Plesa, who had two goals and one assist. Plesa scored the first of his two goals at 2:31 into the first period to make the score 1-0 El Paso Rhinos. Nick Plesa assisted on the tally. Plesa's next tally made the score 9-0 El Paso Rhinos with 3:39 left in the second period. El Paso Rhinos had gotten the advantage when Tulsa Jr. Oilers' Devan Beck was sent off for spearing. Plesa picked up the assist.

El Paso Rhinos pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 72 penalty minutes.

El Paso Rhinos made Tulsa Jr. Oilers' goaltenders to work in net, taking 46 shots and forcing 35 saves. Eric Messer made 23 stops and Adam Salisbury made 12. El Paso Rhinos put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Tulsa Jr. Oilers to score on any of its six power plays. El Paso Rhinos outdid its season average for goals scored. El Paso Rhinos averages 7.3 goals per game.

El Paso Rhinos additionally got points from Chad Cesarz, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, David Nelson, who also had one goal and one assist, Plesa, who also finished with one goal and three assists, Jeremy Rezaeepour, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Matthew Plesa, who also racked up one goal and two assists. El Paso Rhinos also had goals scored by Dakota Beaulieu, Brandon Edson, Andrew Bradford, and David Bures, who each put in one. More assists for El Paso Rhinos came via Jack Strusz, who had five and Fabien Dube and Roman Konecny, who contributed one a piece.

Tulsa Jr. Oilers was often in penalty trouble, totaling 12 minors and four majors for 74 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 29.0 minutes per game Tulsa Jr. Oilers had been spending in the box. Tulsa Jr. Oilers' offense operated below it season average. Tulsa Jr. Oilers averages 2.8 goals per game. Tulsa Jr. Oilers did not challenge the opposing netminder, only getting 10 shots on net to force 10 saves. Tulsa Jr. Oilers struggled on the penalty kill, allowing El Paso Rhinos to score five power play goals on six chances.

Oliver Gervais made 10 saves for El Paso Rhinos on 10 shots. For El Paso Rhinos, Scott Oelkers was ejected from the game. Tulsa Jr. Oilers ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Matt Winkle was ejected from the game.