Salminen Sami lifted the Wichita Falls Wildcats to a 9-3 victory with a hat trick against the Odessa Jackalopes.

Sami's first goal came 13:01 into the first period. He then added goals at 15:37 into the first and at 9:55 into the third.

Odessa fell victim to a deadly Wichita Falls power play, which ripped the Jackalopes for five goals.

The Wildcats racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with six minors and two majors for 22 minutes in penalty time. Wichita Falls had been averaging 17.0 minutes in penalties per game. The Wildcats found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. This season, Wichita Falls averages 3.0 goals per contest. The Wildcats put 52 shots on net during the contest, more than the 27.4 they average per game.

Wichita Falls additionally got points from Patrick Yudez, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Will Vosejpka, who also racked up one goal and two assists, George Pagonis, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Tyler Ledford, who also had one goal and two assists. Wichita Falls also got a goal from Kyle Bauman as well. More assists for Wichita Falls came via Nick Farmer, who had two, Eliot Grauer, who had three, and O'Neal L, Matt Robinson, Daniel Vaysberg, and Ben Kucera, who contributed one a piece.

Odessa was often in penalty trouble, totaling 11 minors and three majors for 57 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 20.0 minutes per game the Jackalopes had been spending in the box.

Odessa was led by Lawrence Cornellier, who tallied two goals and one assist. Cornellier scored the first of his two goals at 4:15 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Odessa. Anthony Olguin assisted on the tally. Cornellier's next tally made the score 5-3 Wichita Falls with 8:08 left in the second period. Corey Hoffman picked up the assist. Odessa also got points from Olguin, who also finished with one goal and one assist. In addition, Odessa received assists from Taylor Portner, who had one.

Evan Cowley took the win and made nine saves before being replaced by Cooper Cook who made four saves. The Jackalopes' starting goalie, Phil Heinle, made 25 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Nick Deery, who stopped 18 shots. Odessa registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. For the Jackalopes, Johan Sjoden was ejected from the game.