SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Tri-City Storm visit the Sioux City Musketeers on Sunday afternoon at Tyson Events Center. Puckdrop is set for 3:05 pm CT.
The contest will be broadcast on FloHockey and Storm Radio.
Tri-City (25-28-6, 56 pts, 5th place Western Conf.)
Clark Cup Playoffs: The Storm clinched their eighth straight berth to the Clark Cup Playoffs on Friday, March 6. With three games to play in the regular season, Tri-City is poised to finish as either the fourth, fifth, or sixth seed in the Western Conference. The Storm will compete in a best-of-three Western Conference first round series the weekend of April 10-12. Tri-City would host all games in this series should they finish as the fourth seed. The Storm would travel should they finish at fifth or sixth place in the standings.
A Lincoln win in any form at Omaha today would guarantee Tri-City a first round playoff series on the road.
Previously:
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Dropped 5-2 home matchup Saturday versus Green Bay in home regular season finale
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Saturday: Oliver Ozogany, Evan Wanner produced Storm goals
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Wanner's goal was his first career USHL marker
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Saturday: netminder Owen Nelson halted 36 of 40 Green Bay shots
Team Notes:
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Lost ten consecutive games
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Current losing streak is second-longest on record in franchise history behind team's 19-game losing streak during 2008-2009 season
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Ten-game losing streak ties for second-longest by a USHL team this season (Waterloo)
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End last of six three-in-three's of season today
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Concluded eight-game homestand last night…today is first road game since Saturday, February 28 at Lincoln
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Penalty kill (83.6%) ranks second in USHL
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Eight shorthanded goals this season are third among USHL teams
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Power play is 4-14 (28.6%) over the past six games
Player Notes:
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Bode Laylin: three points (1-2-3) over his past three games…37 points this season tie for seventh among USHL defenseman…11 goals are third among USHL blue liners…six power play goals tie for first among league defenseman
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Michal Pradel: four shutouts tie for first among USHL goaltenders….914 save percentage ranks fourth…2.65 goals against average places eighth
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Owen Nelson: logged .927 save percentage over his last eight starts (293 saves on 316 shots)
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Cam Springer: five shorthanded points this season place second among USHL players
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Oliver Ozogany: 98 shots this season rank fifth among USHL rookies
Sioux City (29-25-5, 63 pts, 3rd place Western Conf.)
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Clinched berth to Clark Cup Playoffs and first-round home ice advantage
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Lost five of past eight games
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Split two-game home series versus Madison across Friday (5-2 loss) and Saturday (7-4 win) this weekend
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Saturday: Max Anderson (2), Darik Olson, Kyle O'Leary, Trey Jefferis, William Tomko, Aidan Dyer tallied goals
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Saturday: goaltender Ryder Shea stopped 32 of 36 Capitol shots
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Luke Garry (21-39-60) leads team and ties for tenth among USHL players in scoring…William Tomko (23-36-59) follows
Season series: Sunday's matchup is the last of six regular season meetings between Tri-City and Sioux City. The Storm have won three of the first five contests in the season series and are 1-1-0 against the Musketeers at Tyson Events Center this year.
