Sioux Falls, SD. —  The Lincoln Stars (3-5-1-0) fell to the Sioux Falls Stampede on Tuesday night at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

Lincoln would head to the man-advantage just under one minute into the contest, drawing a tripping penalty. But the opportunity fell to the wayside after a blue-line turnover sprung Max Davis shorthanded to give the Stampede an early lead. Just under 13 minutes later, Sioux Falls would take advantage of a late back-check and slot their second goal to pad their lead. The Stars would cut the deficit in half late in the first however. Casey Vandertop (St. Thomas) fired a puck home on the power-play after some hard work by the Stars forwards to send the game into its first intermission with a 2-1 score.

Sioux Falls would score the lone goal of the second period, tallying a 4-on-3 power-play tally. The Stampede outshot the Stars 16-7 in the middle frame and took a 3-1 lead into the final period of regulation.

The Stampede added another halfway through the third and never looked back. Sioux Falls took the mid-week contest 4-1.

The Stars are back in action this weekend with two games against the Muskegon Lumberjacks at the Ice Box. Tickets for this weekend's games are available at lincolnstars.com.

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.