During the first period of Thursday night's Varsity Silver quarterfinal game, Plano East and Arlington Wild looked well matched for one another.  East had the first crack at the power play, and while they were able to set up in the offensive zone and control the puck, they were not able to connect on passes from behind the net to the slot area.  East killed their first penalty midway through the first.  At 8:44 of the first period, East had their second chance on the power play, but again they came up empty.  As the power play was coming to an end and Arlington Wild player Jordan Gnatowsky was leaving the penalty box for the Wild bench, the Wild were caught with six players on the ice and were given a minor penalty for Too Many Players.  East went on the power play but would not score in the first period.

The second period began with 46 seconds of power play time for East.  It took 39 seconds before Zack Patteson found a loose puck at the left of the crease and put it behind Wild goaltender Jake Jordan for a 1-0 lead.  Patteson's goal was assisted by Reid Cleeter and Forest Mudgett.  Now that East had removed the lid from the net, the goals poured in.  At 3:18 JP Harris scored from the right point to make the score 2-0.  Patteson moved the puck from behind the net to Chris Wahler near the right faceoff circle.  Wahler's attempted shot was blocked out to the point where Harris found it and fired it past the Wild goalie.  At 8:16 of the second period, James Mobley scored after Andy Waldschmidt got the puck to Mudgett who sent a nifty behind the back pass out of the corner to Mobley in the slot.  Mobley's goal made the score 3-0.  On the ensuing faceoff, Andrew Mobley got the puck from Waldschmidt, drove down the right side of the slot, and beat Wild goalie Jordan with a wrister just six seconds after his brother James' goal.  East would add one more goal in the second when Chris Wahler scored from Patteson and Mudgett with 4 seconds remaining in the second.  East headed to the third and final period with a 5-0 lead.

The third period was marked by penalties as East took 3 minors for 6 penalty minutes while the Wild were assessed 17 minutes in penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct (10), elbowing (2), and head checking (5).  When Patteson was called for tripping at 7:21 with Chris Schultz already in the box for hooking, East found themselves on the short side of a 5-on-3.  Then at 8:09, defenseman JP Harris forced a turnover just inside the Wild zone and beat the Wild goalie for a 6-0 lead.  East killed off the 5-on-3 and then the rest of Patteson's penalty.  In the 10th minute of the third period, East defenseman Cleeter was called for hooking followed by Wild defenseman Nick Duesterhoft for elbowing.  During the 4-on-4 play, the Wild kept the puck in the East zone, but they were not able to get many shots on net.  The game ended when a Wild player was whistled for head checking with half a second to go.  Once again East goaltender Taylor Stobaugh shut out the opposition this time stopping 17 shots.  Harris led the offense with his two goals.  Patteson and Mudgett each had 3 points: a goal and two assists for Patteson and three assists for Mudgett.  East moves on to a semifinal game against fifth seeded De Soto - Grand Prairie.  The winner of that game will face off against the winner of Wednesday's game between second seeded Plano West and third seeded Arlington Martin.

East's next game is Tuesday April 10, 8:30 PM at the Frisco Dr. Pepper Star Center.