Lincoln, NE. —  The Lincoln Stars (3-4-1-0) fell in overtime to the Sioux City Musketeers by the score of 4-3 at the Ice Box on Saturday night. 

Sioux City opened the scoring at 8:15 of the first period when Dakotah Bailey scored shorthanded. Lincoln responded with a pair of goals to take the lead. Evan Malkhassian (Harvard) tied the game at 12:05 with his second goal of the season, assisted by Samuel Murin and Will Kortan (Air Force). Griffin Sturm then put the Stars ahead at 17:39, finishing a play set up by Malkhassian and Tommy Browne to give Lincoln a 2-1 advantage after one period.

The Musketeers answered in the second period. Jack Brauti scored on the power play at 7:23 to even the score before Daniil Butin gave Sioux City a 3-2 lead with 1:26 remaining in the period.

Lincoln continued to push in the third and found the equalizer on the power play. Kortan scored at 15:18, with Nick Snyder (Vermont) and Sturm collecting assists, sending the game to overtime tied at three.

However, the extra period was short-lived. Jake Merens scored 10 seconds into overtime off a pass from Brauti to give Sioux City the win.

Malkhassian led the Stars with a goal and an assist, while Kortan recorded a goal and an assist. Sturm also contributed a goal and an assist in the loss.

About the Stars: The Lincoln Stars are a Tier I junior ice hockey team competing in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League. Established in 1996, the Stars play their home games at the Ice Box in Lincoln, Nebraska, and have won four Anderson Cups and two Clark Cups in franchise history. The USHL is the top junior hockey league in the United States and a leading development path to NCAA Division I hockey and the NHL.