Storm, Steel Conclude Weekend Series Sunday Afternoon in Chicagoland
USHL Tri-City Storm

Storm, Steel Conclude Weekend Series Sunday Afternoon in Chicagoland

Published on February 15, 2026 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Tri-City Storm News Release


GENEVA, Ill. - The Tri-City Storm end a two-game series with the Chicago Steel on Sunday afternoon at Fox Valley Ice Arena. Puckdrop is set for 3:05 pm CT.

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

Tri-City (22-19-5, 49 pts, 4th place Western Conf.)

Previously:

Defeated Chicago 3-2 in series opener Friday night

Friday: Bode Laylin scored twice to register first career multi-goal game, Luca Jarvis added first career game-winning goal

Friday: Netminder Michal Pradel stopped 28 of 30 Chicago shots

Team Notes:

Won seven of past nine games

Team defense has climbed to rank fifth in USHL at 2.89 goals allowed per game

Penalty kill (85.8%) ranks first in USHL

After today, 11 of next 12 games will take place at Viaero Center (16 games remain in regular season)

Sunday is final game outside Nebraska until Sunday, March 29 at Sioux City

Sunday ends final two-game road series against same opponent until April 3-4 at Fargo

Today is fourth game in string of six straight against Eastern Conference opponents, the longest such stretch of the year

Limited to 28 shots on goal or less in five consecutive games

Scored three goals or less in five consecutive contests for first time since going 13 straight games while scoring three or less between November 1 - December 5, 2025

Player Notes:

Bode Laylin: Eight points (4-4-8) over his past five games; 29 points this season place sixth among USHL defenseman; five power play goals this season tie for second among USHL blue liners

Carson Pilgrim: 15 points (5-10-15) over his past 14 games

Michal Pradel: has won seven of his past ten starts; four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 816 saves rank fourth, .919 save percentage is fourth, 2.47 goals against average places sixth

Owen Nelson: has won four straight starts; logged .944 save percentage over last four starts (118 saves on 125 shots)

Oliver Ozogany: 82 shots this season tie for fourth among USHL rookies

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

Carson Pilgrim (12-18-30) leads team in scoring, Bode Laylin (8-21-29) follows

Chicago (20-18-7, 47 pts, 7th place Eastern Conf.)

Won four of past six games

Saturday: Ryland Rooney, Brady Kudrick tallied goals

Saturday: Netminder Louis-Felix Charrois stopped 25 of 28 Storm shots

Dallas Vieau (15-17-32) leads team in scoring, Jackson Crowder (13-19-32) 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 Storm lead the season series 1-0.

Check out the Tri-City Storm Statistics

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