The East Division leading Ice held a 3-1 entering the final period, but Tri-City tied it up when Diederick Hagemeijer and Pierre Paul Lamoureux scored 15 seconds apart. It was the second goal of the season for each player.

The Ice retook the lead for good on Nick Ballen's power-play goal at 5:46 and went up 5-3 when Gregory Squires scored at 9:45, just nine seconds after he got out of the penalty box.

Troy Mattila's shorthanded goal pulled Tri-City within 5-4 at 15:22, but Paul Carey's empty-netter clinched the win with 27 seconds remaining.

The Storm, which lost its sixth straight game, hosts Waterloo Monday in a 1:05 p.m. matinee game.

Indiana 1 2 36

Tri-City 0 1 34

First period1, Indiana, Squires 17 (Skjodt), 18:50. Penaltiesbench, Indiana (delay of game), 0:00; Hickey, Tri-City (holding), 2:11; Berge, Tri-City (hooking), 4:13.

Second period2, Indiana, Skjodt 17 (Blood), 7:32; 3, Tri-City, Cichy 10 (Hickey), 11:12 (sh); 4, Indiana, Carey 22 (Squires, Skjodt), 15:09. PenaltiesJaskowiak, Tri-City (interference), 2:10; Hagemeijer, Tri-City (roughing), 7:52; Ginand, Tri-City (delay of game), 9:38; Ginand, Tri-City (delay of game), 18:39; Carlson, Indiana (roughing), 18:39; Ruel, Indiana (delay of game), 19:13.

Third period5, Tri-City, Hagemeijer 2 (Berge), 3:27; 6, Tri-City, P. Lamoureux 2, 3:42; 7, Indiana, Ballen 7 (Novotny, MacDonald), 5:46 (pp); 8, Indiana, Squires 18 (Carlson, Darling), 9:45; 9, Tri-City, Mattila 8 (Willert, P. Lamoureux), 15:22 (sh); 10, Indiana, Carey 23 (Syner), 19:33 (en). PenaltiesM. Lamoureux, Tri-City (hooking), 4:09; Squires, Indiana (high sticking), 7:36; bench, Tri-City (unsportsmanlike conduct), 13:12; M. Lamoureux, Tri-City (slashing), 13:51; Hudson, Tri-City (delay of game), 13:51; Carlson, Indiana (delay of game), 13:51.

Shots-on-goalIndiana 7-14-829, Tri-City 9-13-1638.

Power-play opportunitiesIndiana 1 for 8, Tri-City 0 for 3.

GoaltendersIndinana, Darling 21-5-2 (38 shots-34 saves). Tri-City, Rock 8-15-2 (28-23).

Attendance3,056.

RefereeNick Kresbsbach. LinesmenFraser McIntrye, Brian Oliver.