Matthew Plesa lifted xEl Paso Rhinos to a 17-0 victory with a hat trick against Tulsa Jr. Oilers.

xEl Paso Rhinos gained an early advantage, leading 5-0 by the end of the first period.

xEl Paso Rhinos forced Tulsa Jr. Oilers' goalies to work without much rest, finishing with 81 shots and forcing 64 saves. Colter Pritchard made 43 stops and Teke Murphy made 21. xEl Paso Rhinos' goal total was higher than its season average. xEl Paso Rhinos has scored at the pace of 7.9 goals per game during the current campaign.

xEl Paso Rhinos additionally got points from Chad Cesarz, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Nick Plesa, who also racked up two goals and four assists, Dakota Beaulieu, who also registered one goal and one assist, Peter Plesa, who also had one goal and four assists, Jeremy Rezaeepour, who also racked up one goal and three assists, Eric Baldwin, who also registered one goal and two assists, Kendal Craig, who also tallied two goals and two assists, Chris Wilhite, who also had one goal and one assist, and Jiri Pestuka, who also racked up one goal and four assists. xEl Paso Rhinos also got a goal from Drew DePalma as well. In addition, xEl Paso Rhinos received assists from Andrew Bradford and Roman Konecny, who each chipped in one and Chandler Bruyckere and Jack Strusz, who contributed two a piece.

Tulsa Jr. Oilers' offense was handcuffed by xEl Paso Rhinos' defensive play, and Tulsa Jr. Oilers managed only 12 shots on goal during the game.

xEl Paso Rhinos' Adam Vay stopped 12 shots out of the 12 that he faced. xEl Paso Rhinos finished the contest with no penalties and went 1-for-2 with the man advantage. Tulsa Jr. Oilers incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors and had no power play opportunities.