Tri-City Begins Three-Game Home Weekend with Big Matchup against Sioux City on Friday Night
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Tri-City Begins Three-Game Home Weekend with Big Matchup against Sioux City on Friday Night

Published on January 30, 2026 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Tri-City Storm News Release


KEARNEY, Neb. - The Tri-City Storm begin a three-game home weekend with a big matchup against the Sioux City Musketeers on Friday night at Viaero Center. Puckdrop is set for 7:05 pm CT.

Tri-City is 7-2-1 across its last ten games, a record that places second-best in the USHL Western Conference during the stretch. Sioux City owns the best record among Western Conference teams over its past ten games at 7-1-2.

Kid's tickets are $5.00 with the purchase of an adult ticket on Friday courtesy of the FunZone Arcade inside of Pizza Ranch Kearney.

To purchase tickets, visit stormhockey.com.

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

Tri-City (18-17-5, 41 pts, 5th place Western Conf.)

Previously:

Swept Waterloo in two-game road series last weekend; defeated Black Hawks 5-3 Friday, 5-2 Saturday

Saturday: Mason Jenson, Paul Bloomer, Cam Springer, Connor Brown, Carson Pilgrim tallied Storm goals

Saturday: Owen Nelson earned fifth win of season in net, stopping 23 of 25 Black Hawk shots

Saturday: Storm power play went 2-for-4; Tri-City outshot Waterloo 33-25

Team Notes:

On season-long seven-game point streak, which is currently the longest active among USHL teams

Three-game winning streak is tied for the longest active among USHL teams (Madison)

Record is above .500 for first time since November 1 (7-6-2)

Record since January 1: 6-1-1

Last game without collecting at least one standings point: Friday, January 2 at Fargo (4-2 loss)

7-2-1 across last ten games (second best record among Western Conference teams during stretch - Sioux City)

Scored five or more goals in back-to-back games for first time this season

Have won five consecutive road games, the longest active such streak among USHL teams

Penalty kill (85.2%) ranks first in USHL

Averaging 12.25 penalty minutes per game, third-least among USHL teams

Player Notes:

Carson Pilgrim: on career-high eight-game point streak; streak is longest active among USHL players, four multi-point games and 12 total points (5-7-12) during current streak

Cam Springer: on career-high three-game goal streak; streak is tied for longest active among USHL players

Brecken Smith: has recorded 15 points (3-12-15) over his past 13 appearances

Connor Brown: Put up one goal and one assist in each game at Waterloo to register back-to-back multi-point games for first time this season; Florida native saw 168 career games of action in a Black Hawk uniform between 2021-2024

Mason Jenson: Five points (2-3-5) over his past four games

Bode Laylin: 21 points tie for tenth among USHL defenseman; all four goals this season have come on power play, a mark that ties for third among USHL defenseman

Michal Pradel: four shutouts lead USHL goaltenders, 699 saves rank third, .920 save percentage is fourth, 2.42 goals against average is fifth

Oliver Ozogany: 75 shots this season place fourth among USHL rookies

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

Carson Pilgrim (12-15-27) leads team in scoring, Brecken Smith (9-14-23) follows

Sioux City (21-17-3, 45 pts, 3rd place Western Conf.)

Won four of past six games; 6-1-2 record since January 1

Dropped 3-2 home game versus Lincoln on Friday in shootout; defeated Starts 3-2 in overtime on Sunday at home

Sunday: was down 2-1 in final minute of regulation; tied game with 12 seconds remaining in third on a Dallas Vieau goal, used Kyle O'Leary tally in overtime to win contest

Sunday: Goaltender Ryder Shea halted 19 of 21 Lincoln shots in what became his eighth win of the year

Luke Garry (18-28-46) leads team in scoring and ranks fifth among all USHL skaters in points; Trey Jefferis (22-18-40), William Tomko (17-23-40), and Shayne Gould (10-30-40) follow, each are tied for tenth among USHL skaters in points

Season series: Friday is the fifth of six regular season meetings between Tri-City and Sioux City. The teams have split the first four matchups of the year. Sioux City defeated Tri-City 5-1 in the squads' previous meeting on December 31 at Tyson Events Center. The Storm are 1-0-1 against the Musketeers at Viaero Center this season.

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