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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
The drive to be the best
- Alex Lantz
- Jan 25, 2015
- Jan 25, 2015 Updated Feb 5, 2015
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Lincoln Stars defenseman Cam Lee (right) enjoys a light moment with teammates James LaDouce (second right), Ludvig Hoff (left) and Grant Jozefek (second left) during an eight-hour bus ride to Madison, Wisc. to take on the Madison Capitols on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Moments with his teammates allow Cam Lee brief respite from the reality of life outside of hockey, where he thinks often of his father Tom who suffers from non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the family home in Nova Scotia. "It goes away when I'm joking with the guys and just having fun," said Lee.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Lincoln Stars goalie Cam Hackett leads the team off the ice after a brutal first period where the team conceded three unanswered goals to the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The Stars lost 3-1 with forward Ludvig Hoff scoring the team's lone goal in the third period.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Stars forward Ethan Price (left) scoops up a forkful of spaghetti as he and teammates Ludvig Hoff (center) and Grant Jozefek "carb up" in their hotel room at the Holiday inn in preparation for that night's game against the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The athletes spend much of their time in their rooms on the road trip watching television, enjoying each others' company and conserving energy for the games.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Stars assistant coach Mick Berge (left) shows Stars players Miguel Fidler, Dominick Sacco, Biagio Lerario, Patrick Polino, Joe Lappin and Cam Lee videos on his computer to go over the power play scouting report of their opponent, the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
As his teammates sit in the locker room behind him, Lincoln Stars goalie Peyton Jones takes a moment in the quiet hallways of LaBahn Arena to mentally prepare for the game against the Madison Capitols, imagining making great saves and playing the perfect game on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The Philadelphia Flyers fan from Langhorne, PA saw his first NHL game with his father at four years old with Flyers goalie John "Beezer" Vanbiesbrouck between the pipes.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Wearing flip-flops in the 28 degree weather, Lincoln Stars goalie Cam Hackett (center) comes a bit unprepared for the team's 25 minute long dynamic kinetic stretch outside their Holiday Inn the morning of their game against the Madison Capitols on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at LaBahn Arena. Fellow goalie Peyton Jones (left) was the starter for that night's game which the Stars won 3-2 in overtime.
- FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
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The Lincoln Stars spent four days on the road last week, traversing more than 1,000 miles of Midwestern highway to play hockey in Madison, Wisconsin, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On paper, the result was one win and one loss, but sometimes the game is about more than that. This is a story about those times.
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Lincoln Stars defenseman Cam Lee (right) enjoys a light moment with teammates James LaDouce (second right), Ludvig Hoff (left) and Grant Jozefek (second left) during an eight-hour bus ride to Madison, Wisc. to take on the Madison Capitols on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Moments with his teammates allow Cam Lee brief respite from the reality of life outside of hockey, where he thinks often of his father Tom who suffers from non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the family home in Nova Scotia. "It goes away when I'm joking with the guys and just having fun," said Lee.
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Lincoln Stars goalie Cam Hackett leads the team off the ice after a brutal first period where the team conceded three unanswered goals to the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The Stars lost 3-1 with forward Ludvig Hoff scoring the team's lone goal in the third period.
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Lincoln Stars forward Ethan Price (left) scoops up a forkful of spaghetti as he and teammates Ludvig Hoff (center) and Grant Jozefek "carb up" in their hotel room at the Holiday inn in preparation for that night's game against the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The athletes spend much of their time in their rooms on the road trip watching television, enjoying each others' company and conserving energy for the games.
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Lincoln Stars assistant coach Mick Berge (left) shows Stars players Miguel Fidler, Dominick Sacco, Biagio Lerario, Patrick Polino, Joe Lappin and Cam Lee videos on his computer to go over the power play scouting report of their opponent, the Sioux Falls Stampede on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
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As his teammates sit in the locker room behind him, Lincoln Stars goalie Peyton Jones takes a moment in the quiet hallways of LaBahn Arena to mentally prepare for the game against the Madison Capitols, imagining making great saves and playing the perfect game on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The Philadelphia Flyers fan from Langhorne, PA saw his first NHL game with his father at four years old with Flyers goalie John "Beezer" Vanbiesbrouck between the pipes.
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Wearing flip-flops in the 28 degree weather, Lincoln Stars goalie Cam Hackett (center) comes a bit unprepared for the team's 25 minute long dynamic kinetic stretch outside their Holiday Inn the morning of their game against the Madison Capitols on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at LaBahn Arena. Fellow goalie Peyton Jones (left) was the starter for that night's game which the Stars won 3-2 in overtime.
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