The Stampede scored on a power-play goal by Jack Connolly at 5 minutes, 54 seconds of the second period.

Sam Zabkowicz added an empty-netter with two seconds left in the game.

Tri-City goaltender Aaron Rock made 28 saves in his final USHL game.

The Storm finished the season 24-34-2. It will miss the playoffs for only the second time in the team's eight-year history.

Sioux Falls 0 1 12

Tri-City 0 0 00

First periodnone. PenaltiesM. Lamoureux, Tri-City (hooking), 7:08; Drewiske, Sioux Falls (holding), 10:15; Reinthaler, Sioux Falls (interference), 12:37; Berge, Tri-City (hooking), 18:10.

Second period1, Sioux Falls, Connolly 26 (Kishel, Grun), 5:54 (pp). PenaltiesThocker, Tri-City (hooking), 5:31; Hickey, Tri-City (checking from behind), 8:40; Guentzel, Sioux Falls (slashing), 13:13.

Third period2, Sioux Falls, Zabkowicz 7, 19:58 (en). PenaltiesDrewiske, Sioux Falls, major (fighting), 5:25; Hagemeijer, Tri-City, major (fighting), 5:25; M. Lamoureux, Tri-City (tripping), 11:50; P. Lamoureux, Tri-City, minor-major-game misconduct (instigator-fighting), 15:08; Rodriguez, Sioux Falls, major (fighting), 15:08.

Shots-on-goalSioux Falls 7-12-1130, Tri-City 12-12-933.

Power-play opportunitiesSioux Falls 1 for 6, Tri-City 0 for 3.

GoaltendersSioux Falls, Hartzell 19-9-2 (33 shots-33 saves). Tri-City, Rock 14-20-2 (29-28).

Attendance3,705.

RefereeTom Steinel. LinesmenDana Penkivech.