Blake Montgomery’s Lincoln Stars teammate Yan Shostak stopped all 36 shots that he faced as they defeated the Waterloo Black Hawks, 3 - 0, at the Ice Box.
Shostak recorded his first regular-season shutout and second in his USHL career. The Minsk, Belarus native previously shut out the Black Hawks in Game 1 of the First Round of the 2024 Clark Cup Playoffs and has now stopped 125-of-126 shots over his last three games head-to-head with Waterloo.
Lincoln scored in each period to stretch its win streak to five games and earn its sixth consecutive win at home dating back to last regular season. The last time the Stars won six straight home games was Oct. 8 - Nov. 23, 2022.
Caeden Herrington opened the scoring on a wrist shot from the right point that went top shelf left corner at the 15:50 mark of the first to highlight a period in which the Stars outshot the Black Hawks, 13-4.
Daniel Shlaine cycled behind the net and set up Alex Pelletier on a back-shoulder backhand pass right in front of the net for the backhand tap in 2:14 into the second. Pelletier jumped up to play on Shlaine and Dashel Oliver's line after Kade Kohanski moved into a center role and Pelletier recorded his second goal of the season.
The Stars netted another highlight-reel quality goal when Jack Pechar cashed in at 15:58 of the third. Montgomery intercepted a clearing attempt in the attacking zone and slipped a smooth backhand to Pechar behind the defense in the right-wing circle. He cut to the net and switched from forehand to backhand to score his fourth goal of the season. Pechar has recorded a point in all seven games so far.
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