By WJBC Staff

LINCOLN — Jake Durflinger scored with 2:36 left in regulation to extend the Bloomington Thunder’s season-high point streak to six games with a 2-1 win over the Lincoln Stars on Friday night at the Ice Box.

Reigning USHL Goaltender of the Week Logan Halladay kept the Thunder right with the Stars all night and made 31 saves to help give Bloomington its fourth win in its last six games.

With the game tied at one in the final three minutes, the captain Durflinger got a feed from Mitchell Mattson and beat Stars goaltender Josef Korenar from the low slot to put Bloomington ahead for the first time in the game. Durflinger’s goal was his 10th of the season and the Thunder’s latest regulation goal this season to break a tie game.

But the Thunder had more work in front of them down the stretch. After Alec Mehr got whistled for a penalty with 32 seconds remaining in the game, Bloomington had to kill off another power play for the Stars, which started the night with the third-best home power play in the league. Bloomington got the job done and finished the night a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill.

Bloomington tied the score in the early minutes of the third period, as former Lincoln player August von Ungern-Sternberg slammed home a rebound at the 5:56 mark of the final period. It was his 11th goal of his first season in Bloomington.

The only goal Halladay yielded came at even strength from Collin Peters with 45 seconds left in the second period. The Merrimack College commit hasn’t yielded more than two goals in six consecutive games, which is the best stretch of his three-year career.

The Thunder finish off the series with Lincoln on Saturday night. Faceoff is slated for 7:05 at the Ice Box.