Yan Shostak stopped all 40 Waterloo Black Hawks shots to shepherd the Lincoln Stars to a Game One win at Young Arena during an opening round series in the USHL Clark Cup Playoffs.

Shostak did not have a shutout during the regular season.  Monday's save count matched his largest total as a member of the Stars, achieved in a 5-4 December 29th win against the Omaha Lancers.
 
Jack Pechar scored the only goal of Game One.  At 8:05 of the second, he was at the inside edge of the right circle and redirected a low shot from Ethan Weber past Calvin Vachon's stick side.

Waterloo outshot Lincoln in every period and by a final count of 40-27.  The Hawks had the game's only two power plays, both coming in the time after Pechar's goal.  Waterloo was turned away once in the mid-second, then again in the third.

The Hawks must win Game Two on Tuesday night to force a third and decisive game in the series on Wednesday.

Tuesday's game begins at 7:05 p.m.  Tickets are just $5 for most seats and are available by calling the Domino's Black Hawks Box Office at (319) 291-7680 or via tickets.waterlooblackhawks.com.

Lincoln 0 1 0 - 1
Waterloo 0 0 0 - 0

1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-No Penalties

2nd Period-1, Lincoln, Pechar 1 (Weber, Yavash), 8:05. Penalties-Rombach Lin (holding), 10:47.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Peters Lin (hooking), 7:28.

Shots on Goal-Lincoln 8-9-10-27. Waterloo 14-10-16-40.
Power Play Opportunities-Lincoln 0 / 0; Waterloo 0 / 2.
Goalies-Lincoln, Shostak (40 shots-40 saves). Waterloo, Vachon (27 shots-26 saves).
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