Storm Announce Preseason Schedule – North Platte Post Archive

KEARNEY, Neb. – Tri-City Storm Head Coach Jim Hulton announced his team’s 2014 preseason schedule on Monday. The slate will consist of seven games against other Western Conference teams, including the annual Fall Classic West at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Ia. Sept. 19-20.

The Storm will host one preseason game on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Viaero Event Center against the Lincoln Stars at 7:05 p.m.

Tickets to the exhibition contest will be $5 for the general public, while current season ticket holders will be granted admission free of charge.

Tri-City’s Fall Classic schedule begins on the 19th against Des Moines at 1 p.m., and continues the following morning when they’ll battle the Fargo Force at 10 a.m.

The Fall Classic matchup with the Buccaneers will be the third meeting of the teams during the preseason, as they’ll play a doubleheader at a neutral site on Sept. 7. While the site of the games is still to be determined, the teams will play at 12 p.m. and then again at 7 p.m. The day of two games will be the Storm’s first contests of the preseason.

The following weekend, Hulton has his team playing three games in three days, starting with a Friday night tilt in Lincoln on Sept. 12 at 7:05 p.m. The two in-state rivals will play in Kearney the next day, and Tri-City will complete the weekend in Omaha against the Lancers on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m.

Tri-City will host the Sioux Falls Stampede to open the 2014-15 regular season on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Below is a look at the preseason schedule in full.

2014 Tri-City Storm Preseason Schedule

Sept. 7 – Tri-City Storm vs. Des Moines Buccaneers – 12 p.m. – TBA

Sept. 7 – Tri-City Storm vs. Des Moines Buccaneers – 7 p.m. – TBA

Sept. 12 – Tri-City Storm vs. Lincoln Stars – 7:05 p.m. – Lincoln, Neb.
Sept. 13 – Lincoln Stars vs. Tri-City Storm – 7:05 p.m. – Kearney, Neb.
Sept. 14 – Tri-City Storm vs. Omaha Lancers – 4:00 p.m. – Omaha, Neb.

Sept. 19 – Tri-City Storm vs. Des Moines Buccaneers – 1 p.m. – Sioux City, Ia.

Sept. 20 – Tri-City Storm vs. Fargo Force – 10 a.m. – Sioux City, Ia.