The Amarillo Bulls, who led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Amarillo and clinched a 5-3 victory.

The Bulls led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Amarillo's Geoff Fortman's scored on the power play at 18:12 in the second period to put the Bulls up 4-1.

After the loss made the series score 2-1 in the best of five series, the Corpus Christi IceRays face elimination next time out.

Amarillo forced Corpus Christi goalie Hayden Stewart to work between the pipes, taking 41 shots. The Bulls' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in four goals.

Amarillo was led by John Rey, who finished with two goals. Rey scored the first of his two goals at 2:49 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Amarillo. Tyler Deresky picked up the assist. Rey's next tally made the score 5-3 Amarillo with 3:51 left in the third period. Blake Roubos assisted on the tally. Amarillo also got points from Ryan Cole, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Amarillo also got a goal from TJ Sherman as well. Other players who recorded assists for Amarillo were Brady Ferguson, who had three and Garret Peterson, Gage Christianson, and Omar Mullan, who contributed one a piece.

The IceRays relied on a core group of players for most of their offense, as Rudy Sulmonde, Emil Romig and Grant Hutton took 15 of the team's 25 shots.

Brandon Berkley also scored for Corpus Christi. In addition, Corpus Christi received assists from John Roisum and Michael Economos, who each chipped in one.

Paul Berrafato recorded 22 saves for the Bulls. Amarillo totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-6 on the power play. Corpus Christi's Stewart stopped 36 shots out of the 41 that he faced. The IceRays totaled 39 minutes in penalty time with seven minors and one major and went 2-for-4 on the power play.