GENEVA, Ill. – The Tri-City Storm open a two-game series with the Chicago Steel on Saturday night at Fox Valley Ice Arena. Puckdrop is set for 7:05 pm CT.
Fans can watch the contest on FloHockey and listen on Storm Radio.
Tri-City (21-19-5, 47 pts, 4th place Western Conf.)
Previously:
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Split two-game series at Madison last weekend, dropped 2-0 game Friday, defeated Capitols 3-2 Saturday
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Saturday: Noah LaPointe, Ashton Dahms, Cooper Ernewein produced Tri-City goals
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Saturday: Storm goaltender Owen Nelson shined halting 37 of 39 Madison shots
Team Notes:
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Won six of past eight games
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Tonight is third game in string of six straight against Eastern Conference opponents, the longest such stretch of the year
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Saturday begins final two-game road series against same opponent until April 3-4 at Fargo
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Limited to 24 shots on goal or less in four consecutive games for first time this season
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Scored three goals or less in four consecutive contests for first time since going 13 straight games while scoring three or less between November 1 - December 5, 2025
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Penalty kill (86.4%) ranks first in USHL
Player Notes:
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Bode Laylin: Six points (2-4-6) over his past four games; 27 points this season tie for sixth among USHL defenseman; five power play goals this season tie for second among USHL defenseman
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Carson Pilgrim: 15 points (5-10-15) over his past 13 games
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Owen Nelson: has won four straight starts; logged .944 save percentage over last four starts (118 saves on 125 shots)
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Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 788 saves rank third, .918 save percentage is fourth, 2.48 goals against average places sixth
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Oliver Ozogany: 80 shots this season rank fifth among USHL rookies
Chicago (20-17-7, 47 pts, 7th place Eastern Conf.)
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Won four of past five games
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Defeated Waterloo 4-2 on road Friday night
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Friday: Timothy Kazda, James Scantlebury, Jackson Crowder, Luke Goukler tallied goals
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Friday: Netminder Veeti Louhivaara halted 27 of 29 Black Hawk shots
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Dallas Vieau (15-17-32) leads team in scoring, Jackson Crowder (13-18-31) follows
Season series: This weekend's pair of games are the only times Tri-City and Chicago are scheduled to meet during 2025-2026.
The teams last squared off in a two-game set across Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Viaero Center. Chicago swept the series, taking Friday's matchup 3-1 and Saturday's game 5-2.
