KEARNEY, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm begin a two-game series with the Des Moines Buccaneers on Saturday night at Viaero Center. Puckdrop is set for 6:05 pm CT. 

To purchase tickets, visit stormhockey.com. 

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

Tri-City (19-17-5, 43 pts, 5th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Defeated Sioux City 6-5 in overtime at home on Friday

• Storm trailed 5-3 in final three minutes of regulation; Ashton Dahms and Brecken Smith goals evened game at 5-5, Bode Laylin power play overtime winner ended contest

• Luca Jarvis, Paul Bloomer, Cam Springer also scored for Tri-City

• Goaltender Michal Pradel halted 29 of 34 Musketeer shots to pick up his 13th win of the season

• Was Tri-City's first overtime win since April 12, 2025 (3-2 home victory vs. Lincoln)

Team Notes:

• On season-long eight-game point streak, which is currently the longest active among USHL teams

• Four-game winning streak is tied for the longest active among USHL teams (Madison)

• Season-high two games above .500

• Record since January 1: 7-1-1

• Last game without collecting at least one standings point: Friday, January 2 at Fargo (4-2 loss)

• 7-2-1 across last ten games (best record among Western Conference teams during stretch)

• Scored five or more goals in three consecutive games for first time since January 11-January 18, 2025

• Have won five consecutive road games, the longest active such streak among USHL teams

• Penalty kill (85.2%) ranks first in USHL

• Averaging 11.95 penalty minutes per game, third-least among USHL teams

Player Notes: 

• Carson Pilgrim: on career-high nine-game point streak; streak is longest active among USHL players, five multi-point games and 14 total points (5-9-14) during current streak

• Cam Springer: on career-high four-game goal streak; streak is longest active among USHL players 

• Paul Bloomer: on career-high three-game goal streak; streak is tied for second-longest active among USHL players

• Brecken Smith: has recorded 16 points (4-12-16) over his past 14 appearances

• Bode Laylin: six points (1-5-6) over his past four games; 25 points tie for seventh among USHL defenseman; all five goals this season have come on power play, a mark that ties for first among USHL defenseman

• Mason Jenson: Five points (2-3-5) over his past five games

• Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 728 saves rank third, .917 save percentage is fourth, 2.51 goals against average is sixth

• Oliver Ozogany: 75 shots this season place fourth among USHL rookies

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

• Carson Pilgrim (12-17-29) leads team in scoring, Bode Laylin (5-20-25) follows

Des Moines (14-17-7, 35 pts, 6th place Western Conf.) 

• Won season-high three straight games

• Defeated Lincoln 4-3 in overtime at home on Friday

• Friday: Trailed 3-1 in third period, came back to tie before end of regulation; Ryan Seelinger overtime goal sealed game

• Friday: Owen Tylec, Blake Zielinski, Ryland Randle also scored

• Friday: Goaltender Alan Lendak stopped 14 of 17 Lincoln shots to pick up his fourth win with Des Moines on the season

• Ryan Seelinger (21-24-45) leads team and places eighth among all USHL skaters in points, Blake Zielinski (13-16-29) follows