Blake Montgomery and his Lincoln Stars teammates scored three times in the first period and defeated the Omaha Lancers, 4-2, at Liberty First Credit Union Arena.
After being held to a season-low matching one goal the previous game, Lincoln came out firing immediately while holding Omaha to just two shots in the period.
Gio DiGiulian scored his USHL rookie-leading sixth goal of the season when Matt Maltais's cross-ice pass from the far boards missed Aiden Janz's stick but found DiGiulian near-post side 10:06 into the game.
Nick Sykora evened the game up on a wrist shot from the high slot after Brian Lonergan faked a slap shot and slip the puck to his left to Sykora, whose heavily-screened shot found its way home to tie the game up at 14:20 of the second.
Lefty Markonidis helped put the Stars back in the lead on a wrist top-shelf from a difficult angle far-post side over goaltender Kam Hendrickson's right shoulder at the 16:17 mark of the first.
Alex Pelletier added to Lincoln's lead in the final minute of the first when he batted a bouncing puck past Hendrickson at the 19:43 mark from the base of the right-wing circle to give the Stars three goals on nine shots in the first period.
Caeden Herrington scored his USHL defenseman-leading fourth goal and third power-play goal when he received a cross-ice pass from the far corner from Daniel Shlaine. The puck slipped right through the crease untouched to Herrington back door at the 6:16 mark of the second to give Lincoln a three-goal lead. Herrington moved into sole possession of first among USHL defensemen for goals (four) and power-play goals (three) with the tally.
David Deputy answered for Omaha with a power-play goal of his own when Jamison Sluys' high-slot shot missed the net but ricocheted off the glass perfectly to Deputy all alone back-post side at the 18:29 mark of the second.
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