Wichita Jr. Thunder fell behind early, and xEl Paso Rhinos kept piling on the points on the way to a 12-1 victory.

Nick Plesa was all over the ice for xEl Paso Rhinos, as he tallied two goals and three assists in the win. Plesa scored the first of his two goals at 3:41 into the first period to make the score 2-0 xEl Paso Rhinos. Matthew Plesa provided the assist. Plesa's next tally made the score 5-0 xEl Paso Rhinos with 11:14 left in the first period. xEl Paso Rhinos played down a man on David Nelson's roughing. Peter Plesa assisted on the tally.

Wichita Jr. Thunder's power play was ineffective against xEl Paso Rhinos' penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

xEl Paso Rhinos forced Wichita Jr. Thunder goalie Tyrel Heap to work between the pipes, taking 49 shots. xEl Paso Rhinos bested its season scoring average. This season, xEl Paso Rhinos averages 7.2 goals per contest. xEl Paso Rhinos' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in two goals.

xEl Paso Rhinos also got points from Plesa, who also racked up three goals and three assists to lead the team in points, Kendal Craig, who also registered two goals and two assists, and Chris Wilhite, who also had two goals and one assist. xEl Paso Rhinos also got a goal from Dylan Gotaas as well. In addition, xEl Paso Rhinos received assists from Jack Strusz, who had two and Eliot Herz, Angel Sanca, Andrew Bradford, Jeremy Rezaeepour, Roman Konecny, and Nick Wright, who contributed one a piece.

Wichita Jr. Thunder found itself stymied offensively, and got off a mere 12 shots against xEl Paso Rhinos' defense.

Ryan Buttazzoni rejected 11 shots on goal for xEl Paso Rhinos. xEl Paso Rhinos totaled 17 minutes in penalty time with six minors and one major and had no power play opportunities. Heap recorded 37 saves for Wichita Jr. Thunder.