YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Tri-City Storm end a two-game set with the Youngstown Phantoms on Saturday night at Covelli Centre. Puckdrop is scheduled for 5:05 pm CT. 

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

Tri-City (8-12-4, 20 pts, 5th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Fell 2-1 in overtime at Youngstown Friday night

• Friday: Ashton Dahms tallied lone Tri-City goal, came just over two minutes into first period

• Friday: Goaltender Owen Nelson was strong in net, stopping 30 of 32 Youngstown shots

Team Notes:

• Tonight: third game in string of six consecutive matchups away from Viaero Center, the longest such stretch of the year

• Winless in nine of past ten games

• Held opponents to four power play goals in previous 47 attempts (8.5%)

• Penalty kill (87.1%) ranks first in USHL

• Averaging 9.92 penalty minutes per game, second-least among USHL teams (Fargo)

• Have not produced power play goal in previous 19 attempts; last power play goal: November 7 vs. Waterloo

• Have not scored more than three goals in one game during November (ten contests)

• Played 24 games this year, tied for most among all USHL teams (Omaha)

Player Notes: 

• Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in saves (451); 999 minutes this season place second in league

• Bode Laylin: three goals tie for third among USHL defenseman, 14 points place eighth among defenseman; three power play goals tie for second among defenseman, 51 shots rank second among defenseman

• Luca Jarvis: ten points (2-8-10) tie for eighth among USHL rookies

• Maddox Malmquist: ties for second among USHL rookies in game-winning goals (2)

• Cooper Ernewein: second among USHL rookies in shooting percentage (three goals on 12 shots, 25%)

• Carson Pilgrim (7-8-15) leads team in scoring followed by Bode Laylin (3-11-14)

Youngstown (14-6-2, 30 pts, 3rd place Eastern Conf.) 

• Won six of past eight games

• Won four straight home games

• Friday: Kazumo Sasaki scored game-tying goal (making game 1-1) in middle part of the third

• Friday: Jack Willson tallied game-winning goal in overtime

• Friday: Goaltender Tobias Trejbal halted 10 of 11 Tri-City shots

• Ryan Rucinski (14-15-29) leads team and ties for first among all USHL skaters in points, former Tri-City forward Cooper Simpson (10-18-28) follows, placing third in the league in points

Season series: Tonight is the third of five regular season meetings between Tri-City and Youngstown. The Phantoms lead the season series 2-0. 

On Thursday and Friday, the teams will square off at the USHL's American Cup Event powered by Wegmans in Rochester, New York.