Lincoln Stars forward Angus Scott checks out the feel of the puck on his newly-taped stick inside the Kohl Center, where only the night before the Wisconsin men's basketball team routed Iowa 82-50. The Kohl Center is connected to the LeBahn Arena where the Stars took on the Madison Capitols for the first time on the road on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

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Lincoln Stars defenseman Connor Frantti stuffs his equipment bag into the nearly-filled storage compartment of their charter bus outside the Alliant Energy Center where the team stored their gear the night before taking on the Madison Capitols on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at LaBahn Arena.

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As mile upon mile of Iowa countryside pass outside his window, Lincoln Stars defenseman Connor Frantti (left) looks at his smartphone as he fits his 6-foot, five inch frame inside a pair of seats on the team's charter bus for an eight-hour ride to Madison, Wisc. to take on the Capitols on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at LaBahn Arena. He's joined in the back of the bus by teammates Biagio Lerario (center) and Patrick Polino. In addition to smartphones and computers, the players also brought DVDs - such as Draft Day and Home Alone 2 - to play on the bus' entertainment system.

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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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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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Sitting in the lobby of the Holiday Inn in Madison, Lincoln Stars players (from left to right) Chris Gambardella, Dylan Woolf, Cam Lee look at videos on the smartphone of teammate Tye Ausmus on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.

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As his teammates around him prepare for the game against the Madison Capitols, Lincoln Stars defenseman Cam Lee (24) donned a red cap and pulled out a poem from his jacket, cupped it in his hands and silently read it to himself as he thinks of his father Tom who suffers from non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the family home in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at LaBahn Arena.

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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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Lincoln Stars defenseman Ryan Jones (22) celebrates his game-winning overtime goal with fellow defenseman Connor Frantti as the team defeated the Madison Capitols 3-2 on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at LaBahn Arena.

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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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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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