DUBUQUE, Iowa – The Tri-City Storm end a two-game series with the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Saturday night at ImOn Arena. Puckdrop is scheduled for 7:05 pm. 

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

Tri-City (7-9-3, 17 pts, 5th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Dropped 3-2 (OT) contest at Dubuque Friday

• Friday: Brecken Smith, Ashton Dahms tallied Storm goals

• Friday: Michal Pradel stopped 25 of 28 Dubuque shots in net

• Game was tied 2-2 entering overtime, Dubuque's Teo Besnier scored game-winner with just over 15 seconds left in extra frame

Team Notes:

• On season-long five-game winless streak

• Last five-game winless streak occurred between January 31-February 14, 2025

• Have put up two goals or less in four of past five games

• Held opponents to one power play goal across last 27 attempts (Dubuque only experienced six seconds of power play time Friday)

• Penalty kill (88%) ranks first in USHL

• Averaging 9.21 penalty minutes per game this season, second-least among USHL teams

• Played 19 games this season, second-most among all USHL teams; Omaha (20 games) is only team to have played more

• Last night: first time playing Eastern Conference team since first game of regular season on Friday, September 19 vs. Youngstown at USHL Fall Classic (Phantoms beat Storm 5-0)

Player Notes: 

• Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in minutes (879) and saves (377); 2.80 goals against average is tenth among USHL goaltenders

• Bode Laylin: three goals tie for second among USHL defenseman, eleven points tie for fifth among defenseman; three power play goals tie for second among defenseman, 37 shots place third among defenseman

• Maddox Malmquist: ties USHL rookie lead in game-winning goals (2)

• Frantisek Netusil: made Storm debut last night after being acquired in trade with Green Bay Thursday; has registered 12 minor penalties this season, tied for second-most among all USHL players

• Carson Pilgrim (6-9-15) leads team in scoring followed by Laylin (3-8-11)

Dubuque (13-4-0, 26 pts, 2nd place Eastern Conf.) 

• Won three straight and five of past seven games

• Friday's win improved record to 6-0-0 on home ice this season and 8-0-0 against Western Conference teams

• Second matchup in season-long five-game homestand tonight

• Masun Fleece (13-8-21) leads team in scoring followed by Melvin Ekman (11-8-19); Fleece is second among all USHL skaters in goals and tied for third in points; Ekman's 19 points tie for seventh-most in league