The Stars led 3-1 entering the final period. Hudson tied it up with power-play tallies at 7 minutes, 51 seconds and 16:57.

He netted the game-winner at 2:37 of overtime. Cameron Cooper assisted on all three Hudson goals.

Special teams got a workout with the teams combining for 21 power plays. Tri-City finished 3-for-12 while Lincoln went 1-for-9 with a shorthanded goal.

Daniel Heath put the Storm up 1-0 at 2:27 of the first. Jared Festler scored twice before the first intermission to give the Stars a 2-1 lead, and Ryan Kretzer made it 3-1 with a power-play score at 2:06 of the second.

Aaron Rock made 37 saves for Tri-City. Kevin Murdock had 28 for the Stars.

Tri-City 1 0 2 1 4

Lincoln 2 1 0 0 3

First period 1, Tri-City, Heath 4 (M. Lamoureux), 2:27; 2, Lincoln Festler 12 (Carden, Follmer), 10:02; 3, Lincoln, Festler 13 (Bartkowski), 19:17 (sh). Penalties Jaskowiak, Tri-City (holding), 5:09; Dalhuisen, Lincoln (roughing), 8:23; Jaskowiak, Tri-City (roughing), 9:44; Bollig, Lincoln (tripping), 11:18; Henry, Lincoln (cross checking), 12:42; M. Lamoureux, Tri-City (slashing), 12:42; Jaskowiak, Tri-City (holding), 14:15; Forfar, Lincoln (hooking), 18:28; Hickey, Tri-City (high sticking), 19:34.

Second period 4, Lincoln, Kretzer 21 (Erstad, Carden), 2:06. Penalties Heath, Tri-City (slashing), 0:28; Dalhuisen, Lincoln, minor-minor-major-game ejection (checking from behind-fighting instigator-fighting), 3:08; P. Lamoureux, Tri-City, minor-major (cross checking-fighting), 3:08; Erstad, Lincoln (interference0, 7:05; Henry, Lincoln (delay of game), 7:05; Hickey, Tri-City (delay of game), 7:05; M. Lamoureux, Tri-City (hooking), 8:30; Forfar, Lincoln (cross checking), 12:22; Festler, Lincoln, double minor (high sticking), 15:26; M. Lamoureux, double minor (charging-roughing), 16:56; Sdao, Lincoln (roughing), 16:56; Erstad, Lincoln (delay of game), 19:41; Hickey, Tri-City (delay of game), 19:41.

Third period 5, Tri-City, Hudson 21 (Hickey, Cooper), 7:51 (pp); 6, Tri-City, Hudson 22 (M. Lamoureux, Cooper), 16:57 (pp). Penalties Hudson, Tri-City (hooking), 3:53; Forfar, Lincoln (roughing), 6:11; Carden, Lincoln (slashing), 7:06; Franks, Tri-City (high sticking), 9:17; Festler, Lincoln (hooking), 14:55.

Overtime 7, Tri-City, Hudson 23 (M. Lamoureux, Cooper), 2:37 (pp). Penalties Newton, Lincoln (hooking), 2:23).

Shots-on-goal Tri-City 10-12-8-2 32, Lincoln 14-15-10-1 40.

Power-play opportunities Tri-City 3 for 12, Lincoln 1 for 9.

Goaltenders Tri-City, Rock 12-19-2 (40 shots-37 saves). Lincoln, Murdock 4-6-1 (32-28).

Attendance 4,431.

Referee Curtis Maurouelli. Linesmen Scott Zingerman, Justin Prusak.