Amarillo Wranglers 2 @ El Paso Rhinos 6 – Good Evening Rhinos Fans! We’re back on the ice this Friday night as the Wranglers pay us a visit for the first of two games! Puck dropped to an eager crowd cheering along our boys as they took to the ice ready for a fight. Logan Hughes holds out against 7 shots this period, fending off the Wranglers’ advances for the full 20 minutes. 0-0 by periods end and we’d head in to the second period scoreless. Jackson Potulny kicks off the scoring tonight with a goal with 14:20 on the clock followed just a couple minutes later by Ethan Woolcott to make it 2-0 with 12:00 to go in the second. We catch a cross-checking penalty not too long after this, giving the Wranglers a man advantage that’s quickly used by Daniel Rassega to put the Wranglers on the board. With one more goal by Potulny deep in the period the Wranglers trail behind the Rhinos at 3-1.
As we come back to the ice in the third period, Woolcott gives us two more goals in the first few minutes of the period to put us ahead 5-1 over the Wranglers to earn himself a Hattrick. Potulny sneaks one more for himself at the end of a power play, marking the end of Rhino scoring for this game. Wranglers sneak one more puck in the net in the last few minutes of the game and the final score is Rhinos 6 to Wranglers 2.
Saturday: Amarillo Wranglers 1 @ El Paso Rhinos 4 – Rhinos & Wranglers hit the ice again this weekend for the last of two games here in the beautiful Sun City! Amarillo takes the early lead tonight as Alexander Raskin with just 12:43 left in the first. It wouldn’t be until the 6:25 mark where Jackson Potulny tied it up at 1-1. Moving in to the second period we’d see only a single goal from Ian Kastamo gives Rhinos the lead.
Third period starts off but the Wranglers are lagging behind. Aidan Bergner widens the gap for the Rhinos to a safe 3-1 lead with 8:43 left to go in the game. With a final goal from Nolan Smith, Rhinos take Game #2 with a 4-1 win.
