The Lincoln Stars outshined the Waterloo Black Hawks thanks to a pair of second period goals Saturday at the Ice Box.

The middle period scoring put Lincoln ahead for good after Waterloo had rebounded from a pair of one-goal deficits in the first.  Saturday's 5-3 loss halted a four-game Hawks winning streak.
 
Dashel Oliver had scored the game's first goal 3:19 into the action, rushing down left wing before pinpointing a shot in the opposite top corner.  Grady Deering answered for Waterloo at 8:54.  Looking as though he would step behind the net, he made a late backhanded attempt for the short side post and squeezed a chance between Yan Shostak and the pipe.

Less than a minute later, Lincoln went back in front again at 9:47.  Blake Montgomery's goal in transition came from nearly the same spot as Oliver's earlier in the period.  Teddy Townsend tallied the equalizer at 16:45; coming into the offensive zone on a change, Gavin Lindberg found Townsend in stride, and the first-year forward planted a wrister just inside the post.

Lincoln did all the scoring in the second period.  Justin Mexico gave the Stars a new lead at 5:43, positioned in the slot to benefit when the puck came his was after an initial shot by Ethan Weber.  The Stars built the lead further at 10:10.  Max Ferkodic triggered a chance from the left point which found its way through traffic.

The Stars added one more in the third at 11:30.  With a pass coming across the slot, Mexico swatted in his second of the game.

John Mustard brought Waterloo back to within two goals with 5:45 remaining.  Reid Morich dug a puck off the end wall, centering it to the Hawks' leading scorer.  Mustard finished the setup from near the edge of the crease.  Waterloo played with a sixth attacker for the last three-and-a-half minutes but could not whittle any closer.

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Waterloo 2 0 1 - 3
Lincoln 2 2 1 - 5

1st Period-1, Lincoln, Oliver 6 (Ferkodic, Masa), 3:19. 2, Waterloo, Deering 8 (Erdman), 8:54. 3, Lincoln, Montgomery 12   9:47. 4, Waterloo, Townsend 7 (Lindberg, Butella), 16:45. Penalties-Lefere Wat (interference), 6:14; Kerr Wat (head contact), 18:07.

2nd Period-5, Lincoln, Mexico 3 (Weber, Henricks), 5:43. 6, Lincoln, Ferkodic 3 (Kleber, Pechar), 10:10. Penalties-Young Lin (hooking), 17:28; Deering Wat (tripping), 19:36.

3rd Period-7, Lincoln, Mexico 4 (Mangan), 11:30. 8, Waterloo, Mustard 16 (Morich, Deering), 14:15. Penalties-Ferkodic Lin (tripping), 1:07; Kerr Wat (tripping), 7:50.

Shots on Goal-Waterloo 13-7-12-32. Lincoln 11-14-10-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Waterloo 0 / 2; Lincoln 0 / 4.
Goalies-Waterloo, Vachon 13-5-0-0 (35 shots-30 saves). Lincoln, Shostak 10-9-0-1 (32 shots-29 saves).