Stars to Take on Youngstown in Two-Game Series
November 20, 2015 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Lincoln Stars News Release
The Lincoln Stars (12-4-0) are set to take on the Youngstown Phantoms (7-6-1) for a two-game weekend series at the Ice Box. The games are scheduled for Friday at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. The two-game series will mark the only meetings between the teams this season.
The Stars have gone 7-3-0 in their last ten games and are atop the USHL standings with 24 points. Omaha sits behind the Stars in the Western Conference standings with 20 points.
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Last Weekend
Friday vs. Tri-City
In front of the largest crowd of the season, the Stars rolled to a 4-0 victory against the Storm. Patrick Polino, Jack Badini, Will D'Orsi and Christian Evers scored for the Stars while Peyton Jones made 24 saves in his third shutout of the season.
Saturday vs. Waterloo
The Stars fell 3-2 in Waterloo despite getting goals from Adam Brady and Patrick Polino, along with a 33 save performance from goaltender Patrik Virtanen.
Posting Points - Ludvig Hoff is second in the USHL with 19 points. Sioux Falls forward Parker Tuomie leads the league with 20 points.
Scouting Youngstown - The Phantoms have won two of their last five games after splitting a series with Chicago last weekend. Youngstown sits fifth in the Eastern Conference with 15 points and is led by Yushiroh Hirano, who has ten goals and five assists.
Future Teammates
-LIN Grant Jozefek, YNG Ryan Shea, YNG James Winkler - Northeastern
-LIN Peyton Jones, YNG Kris Myllari - Penn State
Hot Streaks - Adam Brady has seven points in his last seven games.
Recent History - The Stars went 1-1 vs. the Phantoms last season - losing 5-4, then winning 4-3 the following night. Both games were in Youngstown.
College Bound - Ludvig Hoff committed to the University of North Dakota and Peyton Jones committed to Penn State in October, giving the Stars 18 NCAA commits.
Home Sweet Home - The Stars will play six of eight games at home during November and six of eight games against conference opponents.
(Super) Power Play - The Stars have the best power play in the league, scoring on 25.5% of chances (14-55).
Blue Line Boosters - Stars defensemen have registered 35 points this season with four goals and 31 assists.
Scoring By Committee - 15 Stars have scored goals, 19 have registered points and 15 have more than 10 points
20th Anniversary Season - The Stars are celebrating their 20th Anniversary Season this year. The team played its first season in 1996-1997.
Oh Captain, My Captain - Biagio Lerario was named team captain for the 2015-2016 season. Ludvig Hoff, Patrick Polino and Dylan Woolf were named assistants. The Stars eight-man leadership group includes those four players along with Adam Brady, Sam Kauppila, Ryan Jones and Christian Evers.
Loose Pucks
-The Stars have 18 NCAA committed players
-ECAC (7), NCHC (5), Atlantic Hockey (2), WCHA (1), Hockey East (1), Big Ten (2)
-Biagio Lerario and Ludvig Hoff are tied for third in the USHL with three game-winning goals. Cameron Morrison of Youngstown leads the league with five
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