The Amarillo Bulls used a three-goal second period to put away the Topeka RoadRunners, 6-1.

Amarillo was led by goalie Paul Berrafato, who finished with 33 saves while allowing one goal. Berrafato certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 1.7 entering the contest.

The Bulls' penalty kill excelled, as Amarillo gave up one goal despite allowing seven power plays.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 10:26 into the third period. Seven fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

The Bulls forced their penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 10 minors and six majors for 70 minutes in penalty time. Amarillo had been averaging 21.0 minutes in penalties per game. By firing 42 shots on goal, the Bulls exceeded the 33.4 shots they average per game this year.

Amarillo was helped by Matt Sieckhaus, who tallied one goal and one assist. Sieckhaus scored 12:11 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Amarillo. Gage Christianson picked up the assist. Amarillo additionally got points from Geoff Fortman, who also racked up one goal and two assists to lead the team in points and Christianson, who also had one goal and one assist. Amarillo also had goals scored by Omar Mullan, who had one and Tyler Deresky, who had two. In addition, Amarillo received assists from John Rey, Brady Ferguson, Hampus Gustafsson, and Joe Grabowski, who contributed one a piece and Dan McNamara and Mike Davis, who each chipped in two.

Topeka was often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and seven majors for 93 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 24.0 minutes per game the RoadRunners had been spending in the box. Topeka's normally stingy defense allowed more goals than usual. The RoadRunners give up 2.5 goals per game. Topeka forced the Bulls goalie Berrafato to work between the pipes, taking 34 shots.

Amarillo registered one goal on seven power play opportunities. For the Bulls, Clint Carlisle was ejected from the game. Spencer Viele made 36 saves for the RoadRunners on 42 shots. Topeka ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Jake Kamrass was ejected from the game.