LINCOLN UPENDS SIOUX CITY WITH PAIR OF THIRD PERIOD GOALS

Muskies Control Game But Stars Victorious

Sioux City, IA (November 5th, 2022) - The Lincoln Stars used a pair of third period goals to hand the Sioux City Musketeers a 5-3 loss. 

The scoring in this one for the most part went back and forth. Neither team held a lead for long. Lincoln kicked off the trend with a goal just 1:51 into the game from former Musketeer Doug Grimes.

But just 41 seconds later Dylan Godbout answered the Stars tally with a one-timer blast tying the game at one in the first period. 

In the second the teams continued to trade goals with each other. Nick Pierre scored his second of the season at the 1:40 mark off a face-off play and a quick shot. Lincoln's Mason Marcellus tied the game up at two with a goal at the 8:30 mark of the period. 

On a power play Musketeers forward Ben Poitras gave the Musketeers a brief 3-2 lead on a shot that found the top right corner. 

It took the Stars only 2:19 to find the equalizer which came off the stick of Jack Larrigan who received a beneficial deflection to find the back of the net for the first time this season. The tally tied the game 3-3 heading into the third period. 

In the third Lincoln was the team that was able to take a lead and hold it. They took the lead at the 9:11 mark on Cole Crusberg-Roseen's first goal of the season to take a 4-3 advantage. And added an empty netter from Daniel Sambuco, giving the game it's final score of 5-3. 

The Musketeers out shot Lincoln in all three periods and by an overall margin of 39 to 18. But Stars net minder Cameron Whitehead stopped 33 of 36 shots.

Sioux City (4-6-2) will be back in action on Friday night in Sioux Falls at 7:05 pm before returning home for a pair of games on Saturday at 6:05 pm against the Stampede again and then Des Moines on Sunday afternoon at 3:05 at the Tyson Events Center.