INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Ice (28-7-6) controlled the second period, scoring five goals, and completed a sweep of the Tri-City Storm (17-25-2) with a 6-0 win at the Pan Am Arena on Saturday night.

Storm goaltender Jacob Johansson made 22 saves in the loss, while Indiana’s Jason Pawloski stopped all 15 shots that came his way to pick up his third shutout of the season.

Tri-City outshot Indiana 8-7 in the first period, but trailed 1-0 after the opening 20 minutes. The Ice got an early goal from Patrick Newell to take the lead, but things were otherwise even at the conclusion of the first frame.

But Indiana opened things up in the middle period, scoring five times on 20 shots to take control of the game.

The Ice got goals from Dwyer Tschantz, Vince Pedrie, Brian Pinho and Ryan Mantha in the second period.

Pinho found the back of the net twice, and secured the first star of the game for himself.

Two of the Ice goals were scored on the power play, and Indiana finished the contest going 2-for-9 on the man-advantage. Tri-City was unsuccessful on five power play attempts.

The Storm pulled Johansson during the second period in favor of backup Hayden Lavigne, but head coach Jim Hulton elected to go back to his starter at the beginning of the third.

In the final period, Johansson held Indiana scoreless, turning aside 11 shots.

The Storm will now head to Chicago to conclude their weekend with an afternoon battle against the Steel on Sunday afternoon at 3:15 p.m.

Tri-City will return home to the Viaero Event Center to face Lincoln on Feb. 22 at 7:05 p.m.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Patrick Curry and Nolan Aibel, along with defensemen Cutler Martin, Sean Lang and Tory Dello…

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period

Indiana – Patrick Newell (Sam Kurker) 11:02

2nd Period

Indiana – Dwyer Tschantz (Denis Smirnov) 2:34
Indiana – Vince Pedrie (power play) (Joshua Jacobs, Jacob Pritchard) 3:23
Indiana – Brian Pinho (Jacob Pritchard, Tyler Andrew) 6:20
Indiana – Brian Pinho (Aiden Muir) 11:28
Indiana – Ryan Mantha (power play) (Denis Smirnov, Patrick Newell) 11:57

3rd Period
(no scoring)

PENALTIES

1st Period
Tri-City – Kyle Eastman – (Slashing), 2 min, 4:59

Indiana – Joshua Jacobs – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 7:41
Indiana – Timothy Shoup – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 15:00

2nd Period

Tri-City – Daniel Fritz – (Interference), 2 min, 2:41
Indiana – Scott Conway – (Tripping), 2 min, 10:09
Tri-City – Austin Poganski – (Hooking), 2 min, 10:09
Tri-City – Daniel Fritz – (Hooking), 2 min, 11:52
Indiana – Chris Martenet – (Tripping), 2 min, 13:34
Tri-City – Fredric Larsson – (Interference), 2 min, 17:42

3rd Period

Indiana – Ryan Mantha – (Holding), 2 min, 1:48
Indiana – Michael Preston – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 3:12
Tri-City – Fredric Larsson – (Interference), 2 min, 6:45
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Interference), 2 min, 6:48
Tri-City – Donovan Gardiner – (Tripping), 2 min, 15:12

Tri-City – Chris Wilkie – (Roughin), 2 min, 19:06

Tri-City – Chris Wilkie – (Holding), 2 min, 19:06

Power Play

Tri-City –0/5
Indiana – 2/9

Shots

Tri-City: 8, 1, 6 = Total: 15
Indiana: 7, 20, 11 = Total: 38

Saves

Tri-City – Jacob Johansson – 22/26, Hayden Lavigne – 10/12
Indiana – Jason Pawloski – 15/15