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After nearly 30 minutes of scoreless skating, St. Cloud Apollo took a 1-0 lead with five minutes to play in the second period. They added a goal in the last minute of the second period and a third in the first minute of the third period, building a 3-0 lead.

Senior center Alex Naujokas scored two goals for the Stars in a three-minute span of the third period, trimming Apollo's lead to one goal, 3-2, with 11 minutes to play.

The Stars, however, could not net the tying goal, and the Eagles added an empty-net goal with a second to play to make the final score 4-2.

Senior goalie Brian Skluzacek made 43 saves for the Stars in goal. River Lakes was outshot 47-38 in their first conference game.

This week, the Stars (1-3) traveled to St. Cloud Cathedral on Tuesday for a nonconference game. The Stars will host Sartell in a Central Lakes Conference game on Thursday at the River Lakes Arena in Richmond.

Next week, the Stars will travel to Fergus Falls for a conference game on Tuesday, Dec. 19.

St. Cloud Apollo--	0	2	2	- 4
River Lakes--	0	0	2	- 2

Scoring Summary
First Period: No scoring;
Second Period: SCA-Chad Hocke-meyer, 4:50; SCA-Nico Demm (Hockemeyer), 0:32;
Third Period: SCA-Demm (Tom Brown), 16:10; RL-Alex Naujokas (Blake Williamson), 13:51; RL-Naujokas, 11:17; SCA-Hockemeyer, 0:01 (en).

Benson-Morris 5, River Lakes 2
Benson/Morris scored three times in the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie and winning a nonconference game with the Stars by a score of 5-2 on Thursday at the River Lakes Arena in Richmond.

Benson/Morris took a 3-2 lead two and a half minutes into the final period and added another goal 16 seconds later. Their final tally came with seven minutes to play.

Senior center Josh Engquist gave the Stars a 1-0 lead by scoring in the first minute of the game.

Sophomore Peter Lindblad, who assisted on all three third-period goals, scored a goal later in the first period and a goal seven minutes into the second period to give Benson/Morris a 2-1 lead.

Senior center Alex Naujokas tied the score at 2-2 just over a minute later, with an assist from Engquist.

Senior goalie Brian Skluzacek made 47 saves for the Stars, who were outshot 52-28.

Benson/Morris--	1	1	3	- 5
River Lakes--	1	1	0	- 2

Scoring Summary
First Period: RL-Josh Engquist (Jesse Keehn), 16:36; B/M-Peter Lindblad (Tony Schultz), 13:33;
Second Period: B/M-Lindblad (Josh Griffith, Schultz), 9:57; RL-Alex Naujokas (Engquist), 8:44;
Third Period: B/M-Schultz (Lindblad), 14:28; B/M-Griffith (Lindblad), 14:12; B/M-David Holte (Schultz, Lindblad), 7:04.