LINCOLN STARS 2020-21 GAME NOTES 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Powered by BMW of LINCOLN GAME 12- STARS vs. DES MOINES BUCCANEERS GAME INFORMATION Date & Time ....................................................Friday, Jan. 8 at 7:05 p.m. Venue (Capacity) ................................................................Ice Box (4,212) TV ........................................................................................... HockeyTV.com Radio ..................................................................... Mixlr.com/lincoln-stars LINCOLN STARS SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION DES MOINES BUCCANEERS Record: 4-6-1-0 Website ...........................................................................LincolnStars.com Record : 9-8-1-0 Season Series vs. Des Moines: 0-1-0-0 Instagram ................................................................@OfficialLincolnStars Last Game: 5-2 W vs. Omaha Last Game: 3-2 SOW vs Tri-City Twitter ....................................................................................@LincolnStars Head Coach: Peter Mannino GM & Head Coach: Chris Michael (1st Facebook ....................................................Facebook.com/LincolnStars Season) Tickets ...............................................................LincolnStars.com/Tickets STARS ROUND OUT HOMESTAND AGAINST DES MOINES The Lincoln Stars will round out a three- net against his former team on Wednesday second meeting in a season series of six game homestand at the Ice Box with a night. Ouellette stopped 25 of 27 shots games between the Stars and Buccaneers. matchup with the Des Moines Buccaneers faced in the victory and picked up his third on Friday, Jan. 8. The Stars look to build win against the Storm. He was acquired The Stars take the ice against the Buccaneers upon the momentum they gained in their from Tri-City in a trade before the 2020-21 at 7:05 p.m. at the Ice Box in Lincoln, Neb. 3-2 shootout victory against Tri-City on Jan. regular season began. Fans can catch the action on HockeyTV or 6. listen in on Mixlr. The Des Moines Buccaneers look to pick up The Stars last took the ice on Jan. 6 against their second win against Lincoln on Friday Following road matchups with the the Tri-City Storm at the Ice Box. Lincoln night. Des Moines is coming off a 5-2 won Buccaneers and Omaha Lancers, the Stars avenged its loss to the Storm on Jan. 2 with over the Omaha Lancers on Jan. 3. The return to the Ice Box on Jan. 16 against a 3-2 shootout win over their in-state rival. Buccaneers hold a 9-8-1-0 record heading the Lancers. For ticket information, visit Stars co-captain Stanley Cooley sealed the into tonight’s matchup. LincolnStars.com/Tickets or call the box win for his team, scoring the game clinching office at 402-474-7827. Please also visit goal in the shootout. The Stars enter this These clubs have faced off once during the LincolnStars.com to see our Health & Safety contest with a record of 4-6-1-0. 2020-21 season. Des Moines took the first protocols at the Ice Box for the 2020-21 game of the season series by a score of 4-3 season. Goaltender Ryan Ouellette was stellar in on Nov. 21 in Urbandale, Iowa. This is the 2020-21 STARS ROSTER # Name Pos DOB Height Hometown Previous Team Commitment | NHL 1 Guy Blessing G 5/8/01 6’3 Chandler, AZ Topeka Pilots (NAHL) Air Force 2 Tony Follmer D 10/26/00 6’1 O’Fallon, MO Lincoln Stars 6 Zach Urdahl F 10/13/01 6’0 Eau Claire, WI Lincoln Stars Wisconsin 7 Carter Schade D 3/7/03 5’11 Mars, PA Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Penn State 8 Winter Wallace F 1/21/02 6’3 Boulder, CO Shattuck St. Mary’s 18U Michigan State 9 Joey Larson F 3/27/01 6’1 Brighton, MI Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) Northern Michigan 10 Jack Horbach F 3/4/02 5’11 Naperville, IL Madison Capitols (USHL) Wisconsin 11 Yu Sato F 4/17/02 5’10 Saitama, JPN Québec Remparts (QMJHL) 12 Dominic James F 7/3/02 5’9 Plymouth, MI Lincoln Stars Minnesota Duluth 14 Dalton Norris D 9/28/01 5’10 Oxford, MI Lincoln Stars 15 Jack O’Leary F 3/28/00 5’7 St. James, NY Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) Cornell 16 Nick Nardecchia F 1/1/01 5’7 Macomb, MI Tri-City Storm (USHL) Ferris State 17 Chase Pietila D 3/3/04 6’1 Howell, MI Honeybaked 15U AAA Michigan Tech 18 Noah Laba F 8/4/03 6’1 Northville, MI Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U AAA Colgate 19 Stanley Cooley F 5/27/02 5’11 Regina, SK Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) Northeastern 21 Spencer Smith F 5/20/02 5’9 St. Cathrines, ON Lincoln Stars UMass Amherst 22 Jacob Bauer D 2/25/02 5’10 Detroit, MI Lincoln Stars Western Michigan 24 Jake Beaune D 6/13/00 6’3 Livonia, MI Aberdeen Wings (NAHL) 25 Griffin Jurecki F 5/3/03 5’10 Grosse Ile, MI Little Caesars 16U AAA Denver 26 Cole Craft F 6/29/01 6’2 North Bay, ON Rockland Nationals (CCHL) Lake Superior State 27 Aidan Thompson F 2/18/02 5’10 Fort Collins, CO NV River Rats 18U AAA | Berkshire School Denver 28 Gleb Veremyev F 3/16/03 6’4 Monroe Township, NJ New Jersey Rockets 16U AAA Penn State 29 Nikolai Mayorov F 5/18/00 5’9 Tyumen, RUS Tri-City Storm (USHL) 30 Ryan Ouellette G 12/6/00 6’0 Colorado Springs, CO Tri-City Storm (USHL) 39 Zak Brice G 1/25/03 5’10 Fairbanks, AK Kimball Union Academy Arizona State SCHEDULE NOTES 2020-21 STARS SCHEDULE USHL SET FOR 54 GAME SEASON Record: 4-6-1-0 | Home: 2-1-0-0 | Away: 2-5-1-0 The 2020-21 USHL season will consist of Day Date Opponent Location Time/Result 54 regular season games for each team Saturday Nov. 14 Tri-City Kearney, NE 3-2 OTL in a regional schedule. TBD TBD Waterloo Ice Box PPND Saturday Nov. 21 Des Moines Urbandale, IA 4-3 L STARS TO FACE WESTERN Saturday Nov. 28 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD 5-4 W CONFERENCE DURING THE Thursday Dec. 3 Fargo Fargo, ND 4-0 L REGULAR SEASON Friday Dec. 4 Fargo Fargo, ND 5-3 L Due to the regional USHL schedule, the Saturday Dec. 5 Fargo Fargo, ND 6-2 L Lincoln Stars will face the seven teams Friday Dec. 11 Des Moines Urbandale, IA PPND in the Western Conference during the Saturday Dec. 12 Omaha Ice Box PPND 2020-21 season. This change will lead Sunday Dec. 13 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD PPND to heated season-long rivalries between Friday Dec. 18 Sioux Falls Ice Box PPND each team. Saturday Dec. 19 Sioux City Sioux City, IA PPND Saturday Dec. 26 Tri-City Ice Box 5-2 W 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Monday Dec. 28 Waterloo Waterloo, IA 5-2 L BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 14TH Thursday Dec. 31 Tri-City Kearney, NE 3-1 W The Stars kickoff their 25th season on Saturday Jan. 2 Tri-City Ice Box 5-1 L November 14th when the team travels Wednesday Jan. 6 Tri-City Ice Box 3-2 W to Kearney, NE to take on the Tri-City Friday Jan. 8 Des Moines Ice Box 7:05 pm Storm. Saturday Jan. 9 Des Moines Urbandale, IA 6:00 pm Friday Jan. 15 Omaha Ralston, NE 7:05 pm STARS’ SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO Saturday Jan. 16 Omaha Ice Box 7:05 pm CHANGE Friday Jan. 22 Tri-City Kearney, NE 7:05 pm Due to unprecedented circumstances Saturday Jan. 23 Tri-City Ice Box 7:05 pm surrounding the 2020-21 USHL season, Friday Jan. 29 Sioux Falls Ice Box 7:05 pm the Stars’ schedule is subject to Saturday Jan. 30 Fargo Ice Box 7:05 pm change. Please visit LincolnStars.com Sunday Jan. 31 Fargo Ice Box 3:05 pm for information regarding schedule Friday Feb. 5 Des Moines Ice Box 7:05 pm changes. Saturday Feb. 6 Omaha Ice Box 7:05 pm Thursday Feb. 11 Fargo Fargo, ND 7:05 pm LINCOLN & OMAHA BATTLE Friday Feb. 12 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD 7:05 pm Saturday Feb. 13 Sioux City Ice Box 7:05 pm OFTEN IN 2020-21 SEASON Friday Feb. 19 Tri-City Kearney, NE 7:05 pm The Stars will face off with the Omaha Saturday Feb. 20 Omaha Ralston, NE 6:05 pm Lancers 10 times during the 2020- Friday Feb. 26 Sioux City Sioux City, IA 7:05 pm 21 season. The opening game in the Saturday Feb. 27 Sioux City Ice Box 7:05 pm season series will take place on Dec. 12 Sunday Feb. 28 Fargo Ice Box 3:05 pm at the Ice Box at 7:05 pm. Friday Mar. 5 Omaha Ralston, NE 7:05 pm Saturday Mar. 6 Omaha Ice Box 7:05 pm STARS HOST 6-GAME Friday Mar. 12 Waterloo Ice Box 7:05 pm HOMESTAND Saturday Mar. 13 Waterloo Waterloo, IA 6:05 pm The Stars’ schedule features a six-game Tuesday Mar. 16 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD 7:05 pm homestand at the Ice Box between Friday Mar. 19 Waterloo Ice Box 7:05 pm the dates of Jan. 23 and Feb. 6. Lincoln Saturday Mar. 20 Omaha Ralston, NE 6:05 pm will host Tri-City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Des Saturday Mar. 27 Omaha Ice Box 7:05 pm Moines and Omaha during this period. Sunday Mar. 28 Fargo Ice Box 3:05 pm Friday Apr. 2 Sioux City Sioux City, IA 7:05 pm ICE BOX HOSTS 16 THEMED Saturday Apr. 3 Sioux City Ice Box 7:05 pm NIGHTS Wednesday Apr. 7 Des Moines Ice Box 7:05 pm The Stars will host 16 themed nights Friday Apr.