Mykyta Sheptytsky had two goals to lead Texas to a 6-1 victory over Sugar Land.
Sheptytsky\’s tallies came at 1:45 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Texas and 5:18 into the second to make the score 4-0 Texas.
Texas additionally got points from Bryan Whelan, who also registered two goals and one assist and Kyle Galloway, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Chase Deacon also scored for Texas. In addition, Texas received assists from Brock Brown, who had two, Ryan Dunner, who had three, and Brandon Baker and Zack Andersen, who contributed one each.
Sugar Land did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. Sugar Land averages 3.3 goals per game. Sugar Land did not challenge the opposing netminder, only getting 12 shots on net to force 11 saves.
Brandon Perrone rejected 11 shots on goal for Texas. Texas incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Kevin Mackey took the loss and made 13 saves before being replaced by Tristan Collins who made nine saves. Sugar Land totaled 27 minutes in penalty time with one minor and one major and went 0-for-1 on the power play. Sugar Land ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Griffin Eatchel was ejected from the game.