KEARNEY, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm end a two-game series with the Waterloo Black Hawks on Saturday night at Viaero Center. Puckdrop is set for 6:05 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 (7-8-2, 16 pts, 4th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Coming off 6-3 loss versus Waterloo last night

• Friday: Storm led 3-0 until late in the second period, Waterloo put up six unanswered goals thereafter to win

• Friday: Carson Pilgrim, Maddox Malmquist, Luca Jarvis tallied Storm goals

• Friday: Goaltender Michal Pradel halted 19 of 24 shots in net

Team Notes:

• Dropped three straight games for first time this season

• Not experienced three-game losing streak since March 14-22, 2025 (one loss vs. Cedar Rapids, two vs. Youngstown)

• Held opponents to no power play goals across last 22 attempts (last opponent to score power play goal versus Storm: Des Moines, October 12 at Viaero Center)

• Penalty kill (88.9%) ranks first in USHL

• Averaging 9.47 penalty minutes per game, least among all USHL teams

• Played 17 games this season, second-most among all USHL teams; Omaha (18 games) is only team to have played more

• Final game in string of 17 in-a-row against Western Conference opponents, the longest such stretch of the year

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

Player Notes: 

• Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in minutes (785) and saves (341), goals against average (2.67) places eighth in the league; was named USHL Goaltender of the Week Monday for games played between October 27-November 2

• Carson Pilgrim: was only Storm player to register multiple points last night; has notched multi-point performance in five of past seven appearances; has produced 13 points across previous nine games

• Bode Laylin: eleven points and three goals this season both tie for second among USHL defenseman; three power play goals tie for league lead among defenseman; has registered 34 shots this year, second-most among defenseman

• Luca Jarvis: has amassed six points over his past seven games; eight points this season tie for sixth-most among rookies

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

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

Waterloo (4-8-1, 9 pts, 7th place Western Conf.) 

• Won two of past three games

• 3-1-0 in away contests this season, 1-6-0 on home ice

• Second game tonight in stretch of three consecutive on road (four-game homestand follows)

• Adyn Merrick (5-7-12) leads team in scoring followed by Ty Mason (8-2-10)