{"id":252033,"date":"2026-04-16T04:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252033\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:27:12","slug":"el-paso-rhinos-defeat-warriors-move-on-to-face-new-mexico-ice-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252033\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Rhinos defeat Warriors, move on to face New Mexico Ice Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thu, April 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 The El Paso Rhinos are moving on in the NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs after defeating the Oklahoma Warriors in a best-of-three opening-round series over the weekend.<\/p>\n

After dropping Game 1 by 4-3, El Paso responded with back-to-back wins at home to close out the series and advance to the next round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The Rhinos put together a strong all-around performance throughout the series with Oklahoma, producing on both ends of the ice to secure the series victory.<\/p>\n

Across the three games, El Paso outscored Oklahoma 12-6.<\/p>\n

With the win, the Rhinos now advance to the NAHL South Division Semifinals, where they will face the New Mexico Ice Wolves in a best-of-five series.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the series schedule:<\/p>\n

Game 1: Friday, Apr. 17, 6:30 p.m. MT (Outpost Ice Arena)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Saturday, Apr. 18, 6:30 p.m. MT (Outpost Ice Arena)<\/p>\n

Game 3: Friday, Apr. 24, 7 p.m. MT (EP County Events Center)<\/p>\n

Game 4: Saturday, Apr. 25, 7 p.m. MT (EP County Events Center)<\/p>\n

Game 5: Sunday, Apr. 26, 5 p.m. MT (Outpost Ice Arena)<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, April 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 The El Paso Rhinos are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,95359,44364,95360],"class_list":["post-252033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-rhinos","tag-oklahoma-warriors","tag-outpost-ice-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}