KEARNEY, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm host the Omaha Lancers on Friday night at Viaero Center. Puckdrop is scheduled for 7:05 pm. 

To purchase tickets, visit stormhockey.com, call the Storm at 308-338-8144, or stop by the Viaero Center box office in-person.

Fans can watch the contest on FloHockey and listen on Storm Radio. 

Tri-City (6-6-1, 13 pts, 4th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Coming off three-in-three weekend; defeated Sioux Falls 3-1 on road Sunday, beat Lincoln 4-3 at home Saturday, dropped 5-3 road contest to Stars last Friday

• Sunday: Brecken Smith tallied two goals and an assist lead offense, three points marked a career-high; Carson Pilgrim also found back of the net and registered an assist

• Sunday: goaltender Owen Nelson was spectacular, halting 39 of 40 Sioux Falls shots en route to his first career win

Team Notes:

• Have won back-to-back games for second time this season

• Have won four of past five contests

• Averaging 8.77 penalty minutes per game, second least among all USHL teams

• Begin third of six "three-in-three's" of season today; will visit Des Moines Saturday and Omaha Sunday; also played three times in three different cities last weekend

• 12th game in string of 15 in-a-row against Western Conference opponents, the longest such stretch of the year

Player Notes: 

• Carson Pilgrim: named USHL Forward of the Week on Monday; North Dakota commit produced three goals and three assists across trio of games last weekend; 2006-born player is on career-long five-game point streak, has produced eight points during the streak

• Brecken Smith: multi-point performance Sunday was first of season; Miami commit has scored three times, put up five points in past five appearances

• Bode Laylin: eight points tie for third among USHL defenseman

• Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in saves (265), ranks second in minutes (600)

• Cooper Ernewein: has scored three goals on seven shots this season; 42.9% shooting percentage leads all USHL players

• Maddox Malmquist: tops USHL rookies in game-winning goals (2)

• Oliver Ozogany: fourth among USHL rookies in shots (25)

• Pilgrim (4-6-10) leads team in scoring followed by Laylin (1-7-8)

Omaha (3-11-0, 6 pts, 7th place Western Conf.) 

• Has lost six of past seven games

• Coming off 4-0 home win over Fargo Sunday; dropped 4-1 home contest to Fargo Saturday, 4-1 home matchup to Cedar Rapids last Friday

• Played 14 games this season, more than any other USHL team

• Competing in second consecutive three-in-three this weekend; host Lincoln tomorrow, Tri-City Sunday

• Ryan Aaronson (6-3-9) leads team in scoring, Kole Hyles (4-4-8) follows