USHL Tri-City Storm

Storm, USHL Announce 2011-12 Schedule

Published on July 26, 2011 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Tri-City Storm News Release


KEARNEY, Neb. - The Tri-City Storm have announced their 60-game regular season schedule for the 2011-12 season. The Storm will open at the Viaero Event Center on Friday, September 30, 2011 against the Sioux City Musketeers and finish the season on the road against the Sioux Falls Stampede on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

Notable home games include a New Year's Eve game against the Omaha Lancers and a Saint Patrick's Day matchup against the Fargo Force. Also, Stormy (the Storm Mascot) will celebrate his 12th birthday on December 10, as the Storm play the Des Moines Buccaneers in an afternoon game at 3:05 PM.

Tri-City will play eight games each against Fargo, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux City, and Sioux Falls, six games against Des Moines, four games against Waterloo (who switches to the Western Conference this season), two games against Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, and one game against the rest of the teams in the Eastern Conference. The Storm will play at home against Chicago, Indiana and Youngstown, while playing Green Bay, Muskegon and Team USA-U18 on the road.

The Storm will play 26 games (13 home, 13 away) on Saturdays, 25 games (13 home, 12 away) on Fridays, four games (1 home, 3 away) on Tuesdays, three games (2 home, 1 away) on Sundays, and two games (1 home, 1 away) on Wednesdays this season.

The 16 teams will stay divided into two conferences with Waterloo moving to the Western Conference and Dubuque switching to the Eastern Conference. The Storm will play 50 games against the Western Conference and 10 games against the Eastern Conference this season.

Western Conference:

Tri-City

Des Moines

Fargo

Lincoln

Omaha

Sioux City

Sioux Falls

Waterloo

Eastern Conference:

Cedar Rapids

Chicago

Dubuque

Green Bay

Indiana

Muskegon

Team USA

Youngstown

CLARK CUP PLAYOFF FORMAT

The top six teams from each conference will once again make the Clark Cup Playoffs with the top two teams from each conference receiving a first-round bye. Details about the playoff format will be announced at a later date.

TRI-CITY STORM 2011-12 SCHEDULE:

DATE OPPONENT

Friday, Sept 30 vs. Sioux City

Friday, Oct 7 @ Dubuque

Saturday, Oct 8 @ Des Moines

Saturday, Oct 15 vs. Chicago

Friday, Oct 21 vs. Indiana

Saturday, Oct 22 @ Sioux City

Friday, Oct 28 vs. Youngstown

Saturday, Oct 29 @ Des Moines

Friday, Nov 4 vs. Omaha

Saturday, Nov 5 @ Sioux Falls

Friday, Nov 11 @ Sioux City

Saturday, Nov 12 @ Sioux Falls

Sunday, Nov 13 vs. Lincoln

Friday, Nov 18 @ Muskegon

Saturday, Nov 19 @ Team USA-U18

Wednesday, Nov 23 @ Lincoln

Saturday, Nov 26 vs. Lincoln

Sunday, Nov 27 vs. Sioux Falls

Friday, Dec 2 @ Fargo

Saturday, Dec 3 @ Fargo

Tuesday, Dec 6 @ Omaha

Friday, Dec 9 vs. Des Moines

Saturday, Dec 10 vs. Des Moines

Tuesday, Dec 13 vs. Sioux City

Saturday, Dec 17 @ Sioux City

Wed., Dec 28 vs. Des Moines

Friday, Dec 30 vs. Sioux City

Saturday, Dec 31 vs. Omaha

Friday, Jan 6 @ Green Bay

Saturday, Jan 7 @ Cedar Rapids

Friday, Jan 13 vs. Fargo

Saturday, Jan 14 vs. Fargo

Tuesday, Jan 17 @ Lincoln

Friday, Jan 20 vs. Waterloo

Saturday, Jan 21 vs. Waterloo

Friday, Jan 27 @ Omaha

Saturday, Jan 28 vs. Sioux Falls

Friday, Feb 3 @ Sioux City

Saturday, Feb 4 @ Des Moines

Friday, Feb 10 @ Fargo

Saturday, Feb 11 @ Fargo

Friday, Feb 17 vs. Sioux Falls

Saturday, Feb 18 vs. Lincoln

Tuesday, Feb 21 @ Lincoln

Friday, Feb 24 vs. Sioux Falls

Saturday, Feb 25 vs. Lincoln

Friday, Mar 2 vs. Omaha

Saturday, Mar 3 vs. Cedar Rapids

Sunday, Mar 4 @ Omaha

Friday, Mar 9 @ Omaha

Friday, Mar 16 vs. Fargo

Saturday, Mar 17 vs. Fargo

Friday, Mar 23 vs. Omaha

Saturday, Mar 24 vs. Dubuque

Friday, Mar 30 @ Waterloo

Saturday, Mar 31 @ Sioux Falls

Friday, Apr 6 @ Lincoln

Saturday, Apr 7 vs. Sioux City

Friday, Apr 13 @ Waterloo

Saturday, Apr 14 @ Sioux Falls

Season tickets for the 2011-12 season are on sale now. Call the Storm hockey office today at 308.338.8011 for more information or visit www.stormhockey.com.

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