LINCOLN, Neb. - Lukas Zajic (Plainfield, Ill.) and Jamie Glance (Stratham, N.H.) scored, but the U.S. National Under-17 Team dropped an 8-2 final to the Lincoln Stars tonight from the Ice Box.

Zajic got the U.S. on the board 8:45 into the period, accepting a stretch pass from Casey Mutryn (Norwell, Mass.) and ripping a wrister from the right dot to come within one.

Scores by Lincoln's Jack Pechar and Tanner Henricks made it a 4-1 game heading into the second stanza, then goals from Oliver, Aiden Janz and Lefty Markonidis gave the Stars a 7-1 lead after 40.

Sammy Nelson (Maple Grove, Minn.) added a second to Team USA's tally with a one-time dart from atop the left circle off a dish from Tyler Martyniuk (Washington Twp., Mich.) at 5:04. Glance picked up a point with the secondary on the power-play marker.

Ethan Weber brought the final to 8-2 with 2:40 to play.

The two teams squareoff for a rematch tomorrow from the Ice Box to finish out the weekend. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. ET and the game can be streamed live on FloHockey.