With a hat trick on Friday night, Andrew Kuzma breaks the franchise's Tier I career scoring record passing Broetzman & McCormick at 40. Kuzma now has 23 goals on the season and 43 total in his USHL career.

Madison has now won seven of their last eight games played. The Capitols moved within six points of fourth-placed Youngstown, which would mean a home series in the playoffs for Madison if they were able to pass the Phantoms.

Also scoring in the game for Madison were Charlie Michaud(4) and Max Nagel(18).

Madison went 1/3 on the man advantage on Friday night with Kuzma finding the power play tally that gave Madison the lead at the time. The Capitols are now 20.4% on the man advantage this season, a number that has continued to rise over the past fifteen games.

Patriks Berzins stopped 26 of 28 shots that came his way on Friday in the win. He played in all three games against Waterloo this season going 2-1-0-0 with a .924 save percentage in those games.

Madison returns to play tomorrow night against the Des Moines Buccaneers who lost in Green Bay on Friday 5-1. The game will be the rubber match of the season series with the Bucs as each team has won once.

Saturday night is the Capitols annual Cross-Check Cancer Night in support of the American Cancer Society. The jerseys Madison will be wearing are up for auction through Sunday at 6 pm. BID HERE: https://fans.winwithdash.com/auction/65f1c5462bd71600085a8057

Tickets are still available for Saturday's game at tickets.madcapshockey.com.

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