OMAHA, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm battle the Omaha Lancers on Wednesday night at Liberty First Credit Union Arena. Puckdrop is set for 7:05 pm CT.
Fans can watch the contest on FloHockey and listen on Storm Radio.
Tri-City (8-15-4, 20 pts, 6th place Western Conf.)
Previously:
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Dropped 3-1 (Thursday) and 5-0 (Friday) contests to Youngstown last week at USHL American Cup powered by Wegmans in Rochester, New York
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Mason Jenson tallied Tri-City's lone goal in Rochester, a second period shorthanded tally Thursday
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Friday: Owen Nelson stopped 10 of 15 Youngstown shots; Michal Pradel entered the game in relief, halting 11 of 11 Phantom attempts
Team Notes:
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Tonight: final game in string of six consecutive matchups away from Viaero Center, the longest such stretch of the year
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Lost season-high six straight, winless in 12 of past 13 games
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Last six-game losing streak: April 16-24, 2021
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Penalty kill (84.5%) ranks first in USHL
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Averaging 10.33 penalty minutes per game, second-least among USHL teams (Fargo)
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Have not produced power play goal in previous 31 attempts; went 0-for-12 on man advantage over previous four games against Youngstown
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Last power play goal: November 7 vs. Waterloo
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Have not scored more than three goals in one game since Friday, October 31 vs. Omaha (4-1 win)
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Played 27 games this year, tied with Omaha for most among all USHL teams
Player Notes:
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Carson Pilgrim and Bode Laylin: missing Tri-City's games in early December while representing Team USA at 2025 World Junior A Challenge; tournament runs until December 13 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec; Team USA is made of players who play in junior hockey leagues across the U.S.
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Team USA is 1-1 through two games of tournament action, next contest is tonight at 6 pm CT against Canada West
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Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in saves (522), places third in minutes (1150), goals against average (2.71) ranks tenth
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Bode Laylin: three goals tie for fifth among USHL defenseman, 14 points tie for tenth among defenseman; three power play goals tie for second among defenseman, 51 shots rank fifth among defenseman
Omaha (6-19-2, 14 pts, 8th place Western Conf.)
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On season-long three-game point streak
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Collected 7-3 home win Friday versus Waterloo, 3-2 home victory (shootout) Saturday against Des Moines
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Saturday: Adam Israilov, Yegor Kim produced Lancer tallies in regulation
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Saturday: Netminder Devin Shakar stopped 35 of 37 Buccaneer shots en route to his first win since November 2
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Kole Hyles (7-7-14) leads team in scoring followed by Jack Stanius (6-7-13)
Season series: Wednesday is the fifth of eight regular season meetings between the Storm and Lancers. Tri-City has taken three of the previous four matchups. Omaha claimed the last meeting on Sunday, November 2 (3-1 win) at Liberty First Credit Union Arena. Tonight is the third of four games between the teams in Omaha this year.
