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February 14, 2025 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
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STARS vs. STAMPEDE
When: Friday, Feb. 14 at 7:05 p.m.
Where: Ice Box
Tickets: lincolnstars.com
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Three Keys To The Game Presented By Nebraska Department Of Transportation
Key 1: Best In The West
- Tonight's matchup pits the top two teams in the Western Conference against each other. Lincoln sits in first in the West and the entire USHL with a 30-11-1-0 record and 61 points while Sioux Falls is second in the West at 27-10-2-1 and 57 points. This weekend is a huge opportunity for one team to potentially make a four-point swing, be it the Stars getting as big of an eight-point lead ahead of the Stampede in the standings or Sioux Falls moving into a tie for first with Lincoln. Tonight is only the second head-to-head matchup and the first since Oct. 5, a 3-2 win at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Key 2: Make More History
- Lincoln stretched its winning streak to 11 games with last weekend's sweep of Omaha. This is the second-longest winning streak in franchise history behind a 16-game winning streak Mar. 1-Apr. 5, 2002. The Stars also became the first team in the USHL to reach 30 wins and crossed that threshold for the 20th time in their 29-season history. The Stars are looking to win their fourth Anderson Cup as the holders of the top regular-season record in the USHL.
Key 3: Keep Scoring
- The Stars lead the USHL with 188 goals scored and are chasing down their franchise record of 246 goals in 2000-01. Lincoln needs to score 59 goals over its final 20 games to set a new record, meaning that it would need to average 2.95 goals per game. The Stars have also scored five-or-more goals in a game 20 times, marking the ninth time in franchise single-season history. Lincoln's record for scoring five-or-more goals in a game is 27 times in the 1997-98 season.
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