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| City | Muskegon, Michigan |
| League | USHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Home arena | L. C. Walker Arena |
| Colors | Black, Vegas Gold, White |
| Owner(s) | Josh Mervis (CEO/General Manager), Lou Mervis |
| Head coach | Jim McKenzie |
| Franchise history | |
| 2010–present | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
This article is about the USHL franchise founded in 2010. For the defunct CoHL/UHL/IHL franchise, see Muskegon Lumberjacks (1992–2010). For the original IHL franchise, see Muskegon Lumberjacks (1984–1992).
The Muskegon Lumberjacks are a Tier 1 junior hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League. They play in Muskegon, Michigan, at L.C. Walker Arena. The Lumberjacks replaced the IHL franchise of the same name, which folded at the end of the 2009–10 IHL season. The team is owned by Lou and Josh Mervis under a company named Blue Ox Hockey.[1]
The Jacks were one of the last five teams standing during the 2010–11 Clark Cup Playoffs. After sweeping Team USA on the road in a best-of-three first-round series, the Jacks pressed the top-seeded Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, but fell in four games in a best-of-five second-round series.[2]
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Inaugural season
The Jacks won three straight games from November 5 through November 9, the night on which Matt Berry registered the first hat trick in team history in a 5–3 win over the Chicago Steel in Bensenville, Illinois. The Lumberjacks clinched a Clark Cup Playoff berth with a victory over the Steel at the L.C. Walker Arena on April 8.
Lumberjacks forwards Ryan Misiak and Matt Berry and defenseman Alexx Privitera were named to the CCM Eastern Conference All-Star team. Ryan Misiak led the Jacks in both points and assists with 58 and 43, respectively. Berry led the club wiith 25 goals. Micki Mihailovich set the team mark for penalty minutes with 264 and fellow defenseman Carter Foguth led the club with a +10 plus/minus rating.[3]
In the playoffs, the fifth-seeded Muskegon Lumberjacks swept Team USA in the first round best-of-three series, then lost a best-of-five series 1–3 to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. After missing significant time in the regular season because of injury, Matt DeBlouw led the team with eight points (3 goals and 5 assists) during the Jacks' six playoff games and also led the club with a +6 plus/minus rating. Matt Berry led the team with four goals.[4]
2011–12 season
Muskegon rebounded from an 0–3–0 start by winning six out of seven games from October 30 through November 18. The run put the Lumberjacks at 7–6–0 but a pair of losses to eventual Anderson Cup champion Green Bay started a 2–9–2 slump, which led to the dismissal of head coach/GM Kevin Patrick on January 13. Patrick was replaced by 15-year NHL veteran and 2003 Stanley Cup winner Jim McKenzie, who previously was part of the player development staff with TPH Thunder AAA Hockey.
In late January the Lumberjacks hosted the inaugural USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at L.C. Walker Arena, featuring the league's best talent eligible for the 2012 NHL Draft. Muskegon was represented by Matt DeBlouw, Mark Yanis and Czech winger Adam Chlapik. Team East beat Team West 5–3 in a game that set a record for event viewership on FastHockey.com;[citation needed] it was called by Lumberjacks broadcaster Matt Gajtka and Youngstown Phantoms play-by-play man Bart Logan.
On February 25 the Jacks rallied from 3–0 down in the first period to beat second-place Indiana 6–5 in a shootout at home. Dakota Klecha scored the franchise's first hat trick in nearly a year in a 6–1 win over the National Under-17 Team on March 17. Klecha's first goal tied a USHL record for fastest goal from the start of a game, as it came just seven seconds into the first period.
Muskegon capped a three-game homestand with a 4–3 shootout victory over Green Bay on March 24, handing the Gamblers just their fourth road loss of the season. Defenseman Rasmus Bengtsson, a second round pick of the Florida Panthers in the 2011 NHL Draft, scored the shootout winner, and goalie John Keeney, acquired from the Omaha Lancers in an October trade, stopped all four Green Bay attempts in the tiebreaker after making 36 saves through regulation and overtime.
Roster
As of March 27, 2012.
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| # | St/Pr/Co | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Birthday | Hometown | College commitment |
| 8 |  |
Adam Chlapik | L | 6' 0" | 185 lbs. | Feb 4, 1994 | Prague, Czech Republic | None |
| 16 |  |
Joe Cox | R | 6' 0" | 170 lbs. | Jan 7, 1994 | Chelsea, Michigan | Michigan State |
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Matt DeBlouw | L | 6' 0" | 165 lbs. | Sep 17, 1993 | Chesterfield, Michigan | Michigan State |
| 27 |  |
Tyler Heinonen | L | 6' 0" | 190 lbs. | May 8, 1993 | Delano, Minnesota | Michigan Tech |
| 26 |  |
Mason Jobst | L | 5' 7" | 155 lbs. | Feb 17, 1994 | Zionsville, Indiana | None |
| 17 | |
Dakota Klecha | R | 5' 10" | 157 lbs. | Dec 25, 1991 | Taylor, Michigan | Ferris State |
| 7 |  |
Ryan Lomberg | L | 5' 10" | 178 lbs. | Dec 9, 1994 | Richmond Hill, Ontario | Maine |
| 9 |  |
Mike McNicholas | L | 5' 10" | 175 lbs. | Mar 23, 1994 | El Segundo, California | New Hampshire |
| 19 |  |
John Padulo | R | 5' 9" | 181 lbs. | May 6, 1992 | Rochester, New York | None |
| 15 | |
Dean Pawlaczyk | L | 5' 11" | 162 lbs. | Feb 2, 1992 | Madison Heights, Michigan | None |
| 12 | |
Max Shuart | R | 6' 1" | 185 lbs. | Jun 27, 1994 | Northville, Michigan | Michigan |
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| # | St/Pr/Co | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Birthday | Hometown | College commitment |
| 2 |  |
Rasmus Bengtsson | L | 6' 2" | 196 lbs. | May 14, 1993 | Landskrona, Sweden | None |
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Ryan Bullock | R | 6' 0" | 180 lbs. | Feb 5, 1993 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | Dartmouth College |
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Carter Foguth | R | 6' 3" | 215 lbs. | Feb 17, 1992 | Fenton, Michigan | None |
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Christian Pomarico | L | 6' 1" | 190 lbs. | Nov 11, 1992 | Simsbury, Connecticut | Army |
| 24 | |
Alex Smith | R | 5' 11" | 173 lbs. | Jan 31, 1995 | Brownstown, Michigan | None |
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Travis Walsh | L | 5' 10" | 178 lbs. | Jun 4, 1993 | Dimondale, Michigan | Michigan State |
| 14 | |
Mark Yanis | R | 6' 2" | 195 lbs. | May 26, 1994 | Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan | Penn State |
| 11 |  |
Zach Yoder | R | 6' 4" | 165 lbs. | August 14, 1994 | Woodstock, Georgia | None |
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| # | St/Pr/Co | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Birthday | Hometown | College commitment |
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John Keeney | L | 6' 1" | 187 lbs. | Mar 5, 1993 | Twin Peaks, California | Alaska |
| 1 |  |
Hayden Stewart | L | 6' 2" | 170 lbs. | Jul 22, 1994 | Rockford, Illinois | None |
References
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/02/its_official_lumberjacks_hocke.html
- ^ http://www.mlive.com/lumberjacks/index.ssf/2011/04/muskegon_lumberjacks_playoff_r.html
- ^ http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/scoreboard.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=5967
- ^ http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/scoreboard.html?leagueid=49
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