MADISON, Wis. – The Tri-City Storm begin a two-game series with the Madison Capitols on Friday night at LEGACY20 Arena. Puckdrop is set for 7:05 pm CT.
Fans can watch the contest on FloHockey and listen on Storm Radio.
Tri-City (20-18-5, 45 pts, 4th place Western Conf.)
Previously:
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Picked up wins in two of three home games last weekend: defeated Sioux City 6-5 in overtime Friday, beat Des Moines 3-1 Saturday, fell to Des Moines 3-1 Sunday
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Sunday: Ashton Dahms produced lone Storm goal, his team-leading 13th of the season
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Sunday: Netminder Michal Pradel stopped 32 of the 34 Buccaneer shots he faced
Team Notes:
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8-1-1 record across last ten games is tied with Madison for best mark among USHL teams during stretch
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Have won five consecutive road games, the longest active such streak among USHL teams
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Season-long nine-game point streak ended Sunday, was longest active among USHL teams
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Nine-game point streak was second-highest by a USHL team this season (Green Bay amassed a 14-game point streak between November 15-December 31)
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Nine-game point streak was Tri-City's longest since stringing together nine consecutive games with a point between February 11-March 17, 2023
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Sunday was Tri-City's first game without collecting at least one standings point since Friday, January 2 at Fargo (4-2 loss)
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Five-game winning streak ended Sunday, was tied with Madison for longest active among USHL teams
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Five-game winning streak was Tri-City's longest since winning eight games in a row between February 18-March 11, 2023
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Record in January: 8-1-1 (best Tri-City January record since 2022 when team went 9-0-0 during January)
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Penalty kill (85.6%) ranks first in USHL
Player Notes:
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Bode Laylin: reigning USHL Defenseman of the Week for games played between January 26-February 1; logged six-points over three games (2-4-6) last weekend, which included career-high four point Friday; 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: career-high ten-game point streak ended Sunday, was longest active among USHL players, five multi-point games and 15 total points (5-10-15) during streak
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Brecken Smith: career-high six-game point streak ended Sunday, was second-longest active among USHL players; put up eight total points during streak (2-6-8); notched 18 points (4-14-18) over his past 16 appearances
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Cam Springer: career-high five-game point streak ended Sunday; six points (4-2-6) during streak, which tied for third-longest active in league
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Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 760 saves rank second, .918 save percentage is fourth, 2.50 goals against average is seventh
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Owen Nelson: has won three straight starts; logged .942 save percentage over last three starts (81 saves on 86 shots)
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Oliver Ozogany: 78 shots this season are fifth among USHL rookies
Madison (24-14-3, 51 pts, 5th place Eastern Conf.)
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Won six straight games, the longest active winning streak among USHL teams
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Defeated Dubuque 5-2 on road Thursday
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Thursday: Sam Kappell, Rihards Griva, Gustavs Griva, Gavin Uhlenkamp, Lucas Prod'homme tallied goals
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Thursday: Netminder Caleb Heil shut down 25 of 27 Dubuque shots
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Sam Kappell (21-9-30) leads Capitols in scoring, Gavin Uhlenkamp (15-13-28), Max Rider (13-15-28), Gustavs Griva (11-17-28) follow
Season series: This weekend's pair of games are the only times Tri-City and Madison are scheduled to meet during 2025-2026.
The teams last squared off on Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Viaero Center. Madison defeated Tri-City 3-2 on Friday. The Storm collected a 4-3 overtime win Saturday.
