SIOUX CITY, Ia. – The shootout tandem of Chris Wilkie and Cody Milan propelled the Tri-City Storm (26-11-5) to a 3-2 win over the Sioux City Musketeers (28-11-4) on Saturday night at the Tyson Events Center.

Wilkie also scored his 24th goal of the season in the second period, while Garrett Gamez had a power play tally for his 11th of the year.

Storm netminder Jared Rutledge made 37 saves through regulation and overtime, before stopping both attempts he faced in the shootout to get the win.

The game was scoreless through the first 20 minutes, but Tri-City earned a power play with five seconds to go in the frame that carried over to the middle period.

Just 49 seconds into the second, Wilkie blasted a puck past Musketeers’ goalie Collin Olson to make it 1-0. It was the second power play goal of the weekend for Wilkie, who continues to lead the USHL with 13 goals on the man-advantage.

Sioux City tied the game 1-1 at 12:54 of the period with a power play goal of their own by Neal Pionk.

1:05 later, Gamez put the Storm in front 2-1 with another power play goal.

Tri-City forward Mason Appleton had the first assist on both tallies.

After Sioux City’s Joel Janatuinen hit the crossbar on a penalty shot at 16:06, the Musketeers re-tied the game at 2-2 on a goal by Robert Carpenter at18:11.

In the second period there was a combined total of 14 penalties, including a double minor to Tri-City’s Joel Herbert for checking from behind, a major head contact penalty to Sioux City’s Jake Durflinger and a flight between Durflinger and Mattias Goransson.

The game stayed even through the third period and overtime and led to the Storm’s sixth shootout victory of the year.

Tri-City gained one point on the Musketeers in the Western Conference, and sits in second place with 57 total points. Sioux City is the top team in the USHL, earning 60 points in 43 games.

Next week the Storm will take on the Lincoln Stars in a home-and-home series on Friday and Saturday, before heading back to Sioux City for a Sundayafternoon battle. Friday and Saturday’s games start at 7:05 p.m., while Sunday’s contest gets underway at 3:05.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Nolan Aibel and Wade Allison, along with defenseman Gordi Myer and goaltender Alec Dillon…

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

1st Period
(no scoring)

2nd Period

Tri-City – Chris Wilkie (power play) (Mason Appleton, Bobby Nardella) 0:49
Sioux City – Neal Pionk (power play) (Adam Johnson, Robert Carpenter) 12:54
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (power play) (Mason Appleton) 13:59
Sioux City – Robert Carpenter (power play) (Joe Snively, Jake Ryczek) 18:11

 

3rd Period
(no scoring)

Overtime
(no scoring)

PENALTIES

 

1st Period
Sioux City – Jacob Wilson – (Holding), 2 min, 19:55

2nd Period

Tri-City – Garrett Gamez – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 3:11
Sioux City – Jake Montgomery – (Hooking), 2 min, 4:33
Tri-City – Joel Herbert – (Checking From Behind), 4 min, 10:51
Tri-City – Joel Herbert – (Checking From Behind) (Game Ejection), 10 min, 10:51
Sioux City – Sam Kurker – (Slashing), 2 min, 12:32
Tri-City – Mason Appleton – (High Sticking), 2 min, 12:41
Sioux City – Joel Janatuinen – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 13:55
Sioux City – Jake Durflinger – (Head Contact), 5 min, 16:53
Sioux City – Jake Durflinger – (Head Contact) (Game Misconduct), 10 min, 16:53
Sioux City – Jake Durflinger – (Fighting), 5 min, 16:53
Sioux City – Jake Durflinger – (Fighting) (Misconduct), 10 min, 16:53
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson – (Fighting), 5 min, 16:53
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson – (Fighting) (Misconduct), 10 min, 16:53
Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 16:53

3rd Period
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 7:27

Overtime
(no penalties)

Power Play

Tri-City – 2/4

Sioux City – 2/6

Shots

Tri-City: 8, 10, 6, 1 = Total: 25
Sioux City: 10, 16, 10, 3 = Total: 39

Saves
Tri-City – Jared Rutledge – 37/39
Sioux City – Collin Olson – 23/25

KEARNEY, Neb. – In front of a sell out crowd of 4,256, the Tri-City Storm (25-11-5) scored three goals in the opening period and held on to defeat the Omaha Lancers (22-13-5) by a score of 5-1 on Friday night at the Viaero Event Center.

Forward Nick Master scored twice in the win, while captain Garrett Gamez had a goal and an assist and defenseman Bobby Nardella had three helpers.

Alec Dillon started the game between the pipes for the Storm, but was forced to leave midway through the second period due to injury. Jared Rutledge shut the door in relief, preserving the early Tri-City lead. Both netminders finished the game with 13 saves.

Storm forward Chris Wilkie opened the scoring at 7:08 of the first, scoring his 24th goal of the season on the power play with a shot through traffic that got by Omaha goalie Zach Driscoll. Assists on the tally went to Mason Appleton and Nardella.

Wilkie now leads the USHL with 12 power play goals on the season.

Omaha tied the game at 1-1 with a power play goal of their own by Anthony Angello at 12:09, but it was the only offense the Lancers could muster on the night.

Tri-City took the lead when Master scored his first of the game just over two minutes after the Lancers had found the equalizer. The Broomall, Penn. native finished off a perfect passing play from Gamez and Nardella to make it 2-1 Storm.

Later in the period, Gamez scored his 10th goal of the year with assists from Appleton and Nardella. The defenseman started the play by intercepting a pass in neutral ice and moving into the Omaha zone. After finding Appleton, the Green Bay, Wis. native had room to shoot, but elected to pass down low to Gamez, who tapped the puck in for the score.

Master gave Tri-City insurance in the middle period, scoring his second of the night and 15th of the season unassisted on a breakaway.

Storm forward Kyle Eastman sealed the victory with an unassisted empty net goal late in the third period. The tally was the Angola, N.Y. native’s second of the season.

With the win, the Storm have a home record of 15-3-2 in 20 contests at the Viaero Event Center this season.

Tri-City still has hold of second place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 55 total points. They remain four points behind first-place Sioux City.

The Storm will finish their weekend with a game against the Musketeers at the Tyson Event Center on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Nolan Aibel and Jake Wahlin, along with defenseman Gordi Myer…

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

1st Period
Tri-City – Chris Wilkie (power play) (Bobby Nardella, Mason Appleton) 7:08
Omaha – Anthony Angello (power play) (unassisted) 12:09
Tri-City – Nick Master (Garrett Gamez, Bobby Nardella) 14:33
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (power play) (Mason Appleton, Bobby Nardella) 17:48

2nd Period

Tri-City – Nick Master (unassisted) 3:09

 

3rd Period
Tri-City – Kyle Eastman (empty net) (unassisted) 16:22

PENALTIES

 

1st Period
Omaha – Shane Gersich – (Slashing), 2 min, 7:00
Tri-City – Cody Milan – (Boarding), 2 min, 10:45
Tri-City – Conner Valesano – (Head Contact), 2 min, 14:51
Omaha – Drew Best – (Hooking), 2 min, 17:35

2nd Period

Tri-City – Kyle Eastman – (Holding), 2 min, 1:00
Omaha – Nick Rivera – (Charging), 2 min, 9:57
Tri-City – Bobby Nardella – (Hooking), 2 min, 9:57
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 10:38
Omaha – Anthony Angello – (Roughing), 2 min, 11:04
Tri-City – Mason Appleton – (Roughing), 2 min, 11:04
Omaha – Hank Crone – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 14:37
Omaha – Hank Crone – (Checking From Behind) (Misconduct), 10 min, 14:37

3rd Period
Omaha – Michael Bigelbach – (Tripping), 2 min, 1:35
Tri-City – Matthew Freytag – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 3:00
Omaha – Anthony Angello – (Holding), 2 min, 4:59
Omaha – Brian Williams – (Fighting), 5 min, 13:35
Omaha – Brian Williams – (Fighting) (Misconduct), 10 min, 13:35
Tri-City – Mason Appleton – (Fighting), 5 min, 13:35
Tri-City – Mason Appleton – (Fighting) (Misconduct), 10 min, 13:35

Power Play

Omaha – 1/5

Tri-City – 2/5

Shots

Omaha: 12, 9, 6 = Total: 27
Tri-City: 10, 9, 3 = Total: 22

Saves
Omaha – Zach Driscoll – 17/21
Tri-City – Alec Dillon – 13/14, Jared Rutledge – 13/13

WATERLOO, Ia. – Cale Morris stopped all 34 shots that came his way at Young Arena on Sunday afternoon and the Waterloo Black Hawks (15-21-4) defeated the Tri-City Storm (24-11-5) 3-0 to stop the team’s winning streak at 10 games.

Storm netminder Alec Dillon made 21 stops for his squad in defeat, while Tri-City outshot the Black Hawks 34-24 in the contest.

Waterloo scored a goal in each period, led by forward Henrik Rommel, who had power play goals in both the second and third frames.

Ronnie Hein had the goal for the Black Hawks in the opening period, as Waterloo got their first win of the season over Tri-City in the teams’ final meeting of the 2014-15 season.

The winning streak had matched the longest in team history, which was set back in the 2003-04 season.

Tri-City couldn’t manage anything on the power play, which had six opportunities in the game.

The Storm still have hold of second place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 53 total points. They remain four points behind first-place Sioux City.

Next weekend, Tri-City will host Omaha at the Viaero Event Center on Friday night, before heading to Sioux City to face the Musketeers on Saturday.Friday’s game gets underway at 7:30 p.m., while Saturday’s contest starts at 7:05.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Nolan Aibel and Wade Allison, along with defenseman Jason Krych…

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

1st Period
Waterloo – Ronnie Hein (Rem Pitlick) 6:44

2nd Period

Waterloo – Henrik Rommel (power play) (Hayden Shaw, Tom Novak) 9:44

 

3rd Period
Waterloo – Henrik Rommel (power play) (empty net) (Max Coatta, Ethan Spaxman) 17:48

PENALTIES

 

1st Period
Waterloo –Max Coatta – (Holding), 2 min, 8:41
Waterloo – Alec McCrea – (Cross Checking), 5 min, 14:12
Waterloo – Alec McCrea – (Cross Checking) (Game Misconduct), 10 min, 14:12
Waterloo – Brock Boeser – (Tripping), 2 min, 19:32

2nd Period

Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (Slashing), 2 min, 9:23
Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (High Sticking), 2 min, 12:25
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (High Sticking), 2 min, 16:51

3rd Period
Waterloo – Alex Robert – (Tripping), 2 min, 8:52
Waterloo – Brock Boeser – (Holding), 2 min, 13:33
Waterloo – Ethan Spaxman – (Holding), 2 min, 15:40
Tri-City – Bobby Nardella – (Hooking), 2 min, 16:14

Power Play

Tri-City – 0/6

Waterloo – 2/4

Shots

Tri-City: 9, 17, 8 = Total: 34
Waterloo: 9, 11, 4 = Total: 24

Saves
Tri-City – Alec Dillon – 21/23
Waterloo – Cale Morris – 34/34

WATERLOO, Ia. – After 62 minutes of scoreless hockey, Chris Wilkie gave the Tri-City Storm (24-10-5) their tenth consecutive victory with an overtime-winning goal at 2:13 of the extra frame. The 1-0 win over the Waterloo Black Hawks (14-21-4) was Tri-City’s first overtime win of the season and their first win at Young Arena since Feb. 18, 2008.

Storm goaltender Jared Rutledge earned his first shutout of the season, making 32 saves in the win. Wilkie’s tally was his 23rd of the year, and came with assists from Mason Appleton and Mattias Goransson.

The current winning streak has tied the team’s all-time record, which was set back on March 5, 2004.

Cale Morris was also exceptional for Waterloo on the night, finishing with 25 saves in the game.

In addition to the lack of goals, each team only gave the other a single power play opportunity, of which neither squad could capitalize on.

Tri-City has hold of second place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 53 total points. They remain four points behind first-place Sioux City.

The Storm will close out three games in three days on Sunday afternoon with a 3:05 p.m. start against Waterloo.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Nolan Aibel and Chase Berger, along with defenseman Jason Krych…

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

1st Period
(no scoring)

2nd Period

(no scoring)

 

3rd Period
(no scoring)

Overtime
Tri-City – Chris Wilkie (Mason Appleton, Mattias Goransson) 2:13

PENALTIES

 

1st Period
Waterloo – Brock Boeser – (Hooking), 2 min, 11:51
Tri-City – Kevin Kerr – (Holding), 2 min, 11:51

2nd Period

Waterloo – Alex Robert – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 2:01
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson – (Checking From Behind), 2 min, 19:54

3rd Period
(no penalties)

Overtime
(no penalties)

Power Play

Tri-City – 0/1

Waterloo – 0/1

Shots

Tri-City: 7, 11, 7, 1 = Total: 26
Waterloo: 12, 11, 9, 0 = Total: 32

Saves
Tri-City – Jared Rutledge – 32/32
Waterloo – Cale Morris – 25/26

LINCOLN, Neb. – Three second period goals propelled the Tri-City Storm (23-10-5) to a 3-1 win over the Lincoln Stars (13-20-5) on Friday night at the Ice Box for their ninth straight victory.

Storm captain Garrett Gamez had a goal and an assist in the win, while forward Matthew Freytag scored his 12th tally of the season to extend his current point streak to nine games.

Alec Dillon made the start in net for Tri-City and picked up the win, making 15 saves.

Lincoln got out to a quick start and took an early 1-0 lead on a power play goal by Joe Lappin at 3:46.

The Stars had the first eight shots on net in the game, but Tri-City came alive in the second half of the period outshooting Lincoln 12-9 in the opening frame.

Tri-City then came out and dominated play during the second period, scoring three times and outshooting Lincoln 21-3.

Freytag tied the game up at 1-1 with a quick wrist shot that beat Lincoln goalie Cam Hackett to the top right corner of the net at 4:10. Nick Master picked up the first assist on the goal, while Gamez accounted for the other helper on the play.

The Storm took their first lead of the game on an unassisted short-handed tally by Dan Labosky at 9:50. While defenseman Mattias Goransson was in the box serving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Labosky raced into the Lincoln end alone on a breakaway and converted to put his team up 2-1.

Labosky now has three total goals on the season, all of them coming while his team was short-handed.

Gamez got his ninth goal of the year to make it 3-1 at 13:43 from Master and defenseman Bobby Nardella. Master found the captain in front of the net for a tap-in.

The team’s captain now has 11 points in seven games since returning from an injury. On the season, he’s recorded 24 points in just 23 games.

Tri-City again dominated play in the final period to hold off the Stars, outshooting Lincoln 17-4. The final shots-on-goal total was 50-16 in favor of the Storm.

Tri-City remains in second place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 51 total points.

The Storm now head to Waterloo to take on the Black Hawks on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.

Notes: The Storm scratched forward Nolan Aibel along with defensemen Jason Krych and Gordi Myer…

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

1st Period
Lincoln – Joe Lappin (power play) (Biagio Lerario) 3:46

2nd Period

Tri-City – Matthew Freytag (Nick Master, Garrett Gamez) 4:10
Tri-City – Dan Labosky (short-handed) (unassisted) 9:50
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (Nick Master, Bobby Nardella) 13:43

 

3rd Period
(no scoring)

PENALTIES

 

1st Period
Tri-City – Jake Wahlin – (Tripping), 2 min, 3:15
Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (Boarding), 2 min, 5:44
Lincoln – Biagio Lerario – (Tripping), 2 min, 16:45

2nd Period

Lincoln – James LaDouce – (Elbowing), 2 min, 4:38
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 7:36
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:33
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Boarding), 2 min, 15:25
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (High Sticking), 5 min, 15:25
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 15:25
Tri-City – Cody Milan – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 15:25

3rd Period
Tri-City – Kyle Eastman – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:58
Lincoln – Miguel Fidler – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:58
Lincoln – Jack Badini – (Delay of Game), 2 min, 9:58

Power Play

Tri-City – 0/5

Lincoln – 1/3

Shots

Tri-City: 12, 21, 17 = Total: 50
Lincoln: 9, 3, 4 = Total: 16

Saves
Tri-City – Alec Dillon – 15/16
Lincoln – Cam Hackett – 47/50