Sugar Land could not stop Texas\’ Chase Deacon, who tallied a hat trick in a 5-2 win.
Deacon got on the scoresheet 5:50 into the first period. He then added goals at 6:50 into the third and at 19:46 into the third.
Texas\’ penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Sugar Land power plays.
Texas additionally got points from Jacob Elrod, who also registered one goal and one assist and Victor Ekk, who also finished with one goal and one assist. More assists for Texas came via Brock Brown, who had two and Bryan Whelan, Kyle Galloway, Bennett Weycker, and Zack Andersen, who contributed one each.
Sugar Land was helped by Jonathan Adnell, who had one goal. Adnell scored 17:52 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Texas. Trevor Wolf assisted on the tally. Sugar Land also got a goal from Matt DeNure as well. In addition, Sugar Land received assists from Zac McKenna, who had one and RC Randall, who had two.
Brandon Perrone rejected 27 shots on goal for Texas. Texas incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Tristan Collins made 25 saves for Sugar Land on 29 shots. Sugar Land incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.