El Paso Rhinos had a three-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 5-2 win over Dallas Ice Jets.

Matthew Plesa had two goals to lead El Paso Rhinos to victory. Plesa's tallies came on the power play at 12:26 into the second period to make the score 3-1 El Paso Rhinos and 13:32 into the second to make the score 4-1 El Paso Rhinos.

El Paso Rhinos pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 71 penalty minutes.

El Paso Rhinos excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in 14 chances.

Others who scored for El Paso Rhinos included David Nelson, Nick Plesa, and Andrew Bradford, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for El Paso Rhinos were Chad Cesarz, who had three and Daniil Karamushkin and Peter Plesa, who each chipped in one.

Dallas Ice Jets was held below its usual level of production. Dallas Ice Jets puts an average of 4.6 pucks into the net per game. Dallas Ice Jets' offense rang up 37 shots on El Paso Rhinos' net. Dallas Ice Jets struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 42 penalty minutes for nine opposing power plays.

Dallas Ice Jets was led by Nick Felan, who finished with one goal. Felan scored 58 seconds into the second period to make the score 2-1 El Paso Rhinos. Ondrej Valo picked up the assist. Dallas Ice Jets also got a goal from Alex Smith as well.

Adam Vay rejected 35 shots on goal for El Paso Rhinos. Jordon Salas took the loss and made 16 saves before being replaced by Tyler Hough who made six saves.