ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Tri-City Storm close the USHL American Cup powered by Wegmans on Friday night against the Youngstown Phantoms. Puckdrop at the Tim Hortons IcePlex is scheduled for 5:00 pm CT. 

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

Tri-City (8-14-4, 20 pts, 5th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Fell in 3-1 contest against Youngstown Thursday

• Thursday: Mason Jenson produced Tri-City's only goal (shorthanded) in third period, was third Storm shorthanded goal of season

• Thursday: Michal Pradel stopped 30 of 33 shots in Tri-City net

Team Notes:

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

• Over the past three games against Youngstown, Storm goaltending (combined between Michal Pradel and Owen Nelson) has stopped 90 of 97 Youngstown shots, a .928 save percentage

• Winless in five straight, eleven of past twelve games

• Penalty kill (84%) ranks second in USHL behind Waterloo (85.7%)

• Averaging 10.42 penalty minutes per game, second-least among USHL teams (Fargo)

• Have not produced power play goal in previous 27 attempts; gone 0-for-8 on man advantage over previous three games against Youngstown

• Last power play goal: November 7 vs. Waterloo

• Have allowed three goals or less in three straight games against Youngstown

• Have not scored more than three goals in one game since Friday, October 31 vs. Omaha (4-1 win)

• Played 26 games this year, most among all USHL teams

Player Notes: 

• Carson Pilgrim and Bode Laylin: will miss Tri-City's games in early December representing Team USA at 2025 World Junior A Challenge; tournament takes place December 7-13 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec; Team USA is made of players who play in junior hockey leagues across the U.S.

• Michal Pradel: leads all USHL goaltenders in saves (511) and minutes (1116)

• Owen Nelson: places sixth among USHL goaltenders in save percentage (.915), ninth in goals against average (2.69)

• Bode Laylin: three goals tie for third among USHL defenseman, 14 points tie for eighth among defenseman; three power play goals tie for second among defenseman, 51 shots rank third 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: first 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 (16-6-2, 34 pts, 2nd place Eastern Conf.) 

• Unbeaten in six straight games

• Won eight of past ten games

• Thursday: Cooper Simpson, Jack Hextall, Malachi McKinnon tallied goals

• Thursday: Simpson (1-2-3) and Hextall (1-2-3) led offense with trio of points each

• Thursday: Goaltender Tobias Trejbal halted 20 of 21 Storm shots en route to his fourth straight win

• Cooper Simpson (12-21-33) leads team and all USHL skaters in points, Ryan Rucinski (15-17-32) follows, placing second in the league in points