WATERLOO, Iowa – The Tri-City Storm end a two-game series with the Waterloo Black Hawks on Saturday 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 (17-17-5, 39 pts, 5th place Western Conf.)
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Team Notes:
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On season-long six-game point streak, which is currently the longest active among USHL teams
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Have won four consecutive road games, the longest active such streak among USHL teams
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Last game without collecting at least one standings point: Friday, January 2 at Fargo (4-2 loss)
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Have won five of past six games
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7-2-1 across last ten games (second best record among Western Conference teams during stretch)
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Scored three or more goals in six consecutive games for second time this season
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Penalty kill (85.0%) ranks second in USHL (Youngstown - 85.3%)
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Averaging 11.87 penalty minutes per game, third-least among USHL teams
Player Notes:
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Carson Pilgrim: on seven-game point streak, which ties career high set earlier this season (Oct. 17-Nov. 1); three multi-point games and ten total points (4-6-10) during current streak
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Brecken Smith: has recorded 14 points (3-11-14) over his past 11 appearances (registered assist on Friday)
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Connor Brown: Registered goal and assist last night for second multi-point game of season (first since September 26 vs. Omaha)
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Bode Laylin: six points (1-5-6) over his past six games; all four goals this season have come on power play, a mark that ties for third among USHL defenseman
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Mason Jenson: Five points (2-3-5) over his past five games
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Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 699 saves rank second, .920 save percentage is fourth, 1515 minutes place fourth, 2.42 goals against average is fifth
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Oliver Ozogany: 74 shots this season place fourth among USHL rookies
Waterloo (12-22-2, 26 pts, 7th place Western Conf.)
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Lost four straight, six of past seven games
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Jakeb Lynch, Tyler Deakos, Travis Lefere registered goals Friday
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Netminder Michael Chambre stopped 32 of 36 Storm shots
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Ty Mason (18-13-31) and Salvatore Viviano (12-19-31) tie for the team lead in scoring, Hayden Russell (6-18-24) follows
Season series: Saturday is the fourth and final regular season meeting between Tri-City and Waterloo. The Black Hawks have taken two of the first three matchups this year. The road team has won each contest in the season series.