WATERLOO, Iowa – The Tri-City Storm begin a two-game series with the Waterloo Black Hawks on Friday night at Young Arena. Puckdrop is set for 6:35 pm CT.  

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

Tri-City (16-17-5, 37 pts, 5th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Defeated Omaha 3-0 on road Saturday 

• Cam Springer, Ashton Dahms, Brecken Smith recorded Storm goals

• Springer (1-1-2) recorded his third multi-point game of the season

• Michal Pradel halted all 28 Omaha shots to pick up his league-leading fourth shutout of the year

Team Notes:

• On season-long five-game point streak

• Have won four of past five games

• 7-2-1 across last ten games (tied with Sioux City for best record among Western Conference teams during stretch)

• Scored three or more goals in five consecutive games for second time this season

• Penalty kill (84.7%) ranks second in USHL (Youngstown - 85.7%)

• Averaging 12.08 penalty minutes per game, third-least among USHL teams

Player Notes: 

• Carson Pilgrim: on six-game point streak, one game shy of his career high; three multi-point games and nine total points (3-6-9) during current streak

• Brecken Smith: has recorded 13 points (3-10-13) over his past 11 appearances (registered goal on Saturday)

• Bode Laylin: five points (1-4-5) over his past five games; all four goals this season have come on power play, a mark that ties for third among USHL defenseman

• Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead all USHL goaltenders, 676 saves rank third, .921 save percentage is fourth, 1455 minutes place fifth, 2.39 goals against average is fifth

• Oliver Ozogany: 69 shots this season place fifth among USHL rookies

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

• Carson Pilgrim (10-14-24) leads team in scoring, Brecken Smith (9-12-21) follows

Waterloo (12-21-2, 26 pts, 7th place Western Conf.) 

• Lost three straight, five of past six games

• Fell in all three games of a three-in-three last weekend; each contest was on road

• Dropped 6-3 decision at Madison Friday, 2-1 game Saturday at Cedar Rapids, 4-2 matchup Sunday at Sioux City

• Ty Mason (18-13-31) leads Waterloo in scoring, Salvatore Viviano (12-18-30) follows