Tri City comes into Chicago for two games this weekend. They are riding high after snapping a 6 game losing streak as they shutout Waterloo 2-0 last week. The Storm are in 5th place in the West 10 points behind Sioux Falls for the final playoff spot.
The Steel extend their home stretch this weekend after having split last week with Sioux City. They took 3 of 4 points as they lost Saturday in OT. Chicago is in 3rd place in the East, 6 points behind Cedar Rapids and 1 point ahead of Waterloo.
Tri City is 17-24-2, 36 points, 8-13-2 on the road, 3-7 last 10 games and are 1-1-0 vs Chicago this year. They rank 9th in PP at 15%, 11th in PK at 81.2%, rank 10th in goals scored per game with 2.65, and 11th in GA with 3.67. The Storm are 4-17 when trailing after the 1st period and are 5-3-1 in one goal games. Mike Cichy leads the team with 32 points, Jordan Willert leads with 18 goals. Aaron Rock is 9-15 with a GA of 3.24 and save percentage of .887.
Chicago is 22-14-6, has 50 points, are 10-6-4 at home, are 1-0-1 vs TC this year and are 6-2-2 their last 10 games. They rank 3rd in scoring with 3.74 GPG and are 8th in GA at 3.31. The Steel are 1-9 when trailing after the 1st period and are 1-0-4 in 1 goal games. Brian Oniell leads the team with 38 points, Drew Leblanc and Eric Alexander are tied with 15 goals and Leblanc leads with a +19. Rob Madore is 13-12, has a 2.93 GA and a .910 save percentage