The El Paso Rhinos are coming off exceptional performances in the Western States Hockey League divisional playoffs and are now back-to-back and 10-time division champions. Now the bigger task is at hand and the Rhinos are looking to become back-to-back and four-time Thorne Cup Champions. The Thorne Cup Finals begin Tuesday in Ogden, Utah with a matchup against the Oklahoma City Blazers in the first game of the round-robin formatted finals.
After finishing with a regular season record of 40-8-3, the Rhinos finished first in the Mid-Western Division and secured home-ice advantage in the division semifinals.
In the second round of the playoffs, the Rhinos swept the Dallas Snipers scoring 14 times over the two-game series.