LINCOLN, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm visit the Lincoln Stars on Friday night at the Ice Box. Puckdrop is set for 7:05 pm.

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

Tri-City (2-2-0, 4 pts, 4th place Western Conf.) 

Previously:

• Split two-game home series with Sioux Falls last weekend; dropped 6-3 game Saturday and won 5-2 contest Friday.

• Saturday: Led 3-1 after second period but allowed five unanswered goals in third.

• Saturday: Adam Obusek, Dylan Krayer, Aleksandr Sokolov produced Storm goals.

• Saturday: goaltender Ryan Denes stopped 39 of 44 Sioux Falls shots.

Team Notes:

• The Storm have scored 17 goals through their first four games of the season. It took Tri-City nine games to reach 17 goals last season. The last time the Storm scored at least 17 goals in their first four games of a season was 2003-2004 when they tabulated 17. Tri-City made the Clark Cup Final that year, falling to Waterloo three games to one in the championship series. 

• Tri-City's 17 goals are second in the Western Conference behind Des Moines (18).

• Tonight, the Storm begin a stretch of four straight games and five of their next six contests on the road. 

• After opening the season with two games against Eastern Conference opponents, Tri-City is in a stretch of seeing Western Conference teams across eight of ten games. 

Player Notes: 

• Aleksandr Sokolov scored four goals during Tri-City's two-game series with Sioux Falls. The Murom, Russia native recorded a hat trick on Friday night. 

• Sokolov's Friday hat trick became the only September hat trick on record in Tri-City franchise history. 

• Sokolov has scored in each of Tri-City's first four regular season games. He is one of two USHL players to score in four straight games (Joey Argentina, Des Moines). 

• In the 2026-2027 season, Sokolov leads all USHL skaters in goals (6) and is tied for fifth in points (6). Among the players tied for second in goals (4) are former Storm forwards Easton Pace (Chicago) and Mason Jenson (Des Moines). 

• Brothers Dylan and Matthew Krayer have tabulated three power play points each, tying for first in the league. Dylan Krayer ties for seventh among USHL players in total points (5). 

• Sammy Courtemanche, Matthew Krayer and Jackson Smith tie for third among USHL rookies in points (4). 

• Courtemanche is one of three rookies this season with a game winning goal.  

Lincoln (1-2-0, 2 pts, T-5th place Western Conf.) 

• Played single game last weekend; defeated Sioux City 2-0 on road Saturday.

• Saturday: Hugo Cal scored both Stars goals.

• Saturday: Goaltender William Prowse recorded his seventh career USHL shutout stopping all 18 Musketeer shots.

Season series: Friday is the first of eight regular season meetings between the Storm and Stars during 2026-2027. The teams will meet four times at the Ice Box and four times at Viaero Center this year. Lincoln won six of the teams' nine regular season meetings in 2025-2026.