Dec 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Lumberjack forward Scott Pooley will be taking his hockey skills to Holy Cross following the completion of his junior hockey career. Pooley, a native of Granger, Ind., will be playing for the Crusaders in the Atlantic Hockey Association. He... READ MORE
Dec 15, 2013 Local Sports Journal Now the Muskegon Lumberjacks can spend the Christmas break figuring out how to win on the road. That's going to be crucial, because they've gone winless in their last seven road games, and nine out of the next ten are on enemy ice. The latest loss ca... READ MORE
Dec 13, 2013 Local Sports Journal The United States Hockey League's two-week Christmas break can't come too soon for the Muskegon Lumberjacks. After breaking a four-game losing streak last weekend, the Lumberjacks slipped back into their slump with a 3-1 loss to Indiana Friday at the Pa... READ MORE
Dec 12, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Until recently, the home ice at L.C. Walker Arena had been very friendly to the Muskegon Lumberjacks. They built a 7-4 record over their first 11 home games, and the victories were enough to keep Muskegon within striking distance in the U... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Sometimes it doesn’t matter how badly a team plays when it has a player like Matt Iacopelli. The Muskegon Lumberjacks blew a two-goal lead against a last place team Saturday night. To make matters worse, they failed ... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks deserve kudos for posting a spirited comeback Friday night. But what they really needed was a victory to snap a frustrating losing streak, and they fell just short against the Indiana Ice. A spate of... READ MORE
Dec 02, 2013 Local Sports Journal Cooper Marody will be a Michigan Wolverine following his junior hockey career. The Muskegon Lumberjack forward from Brighton has committed to playing for the Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. In his first season with the Jacks, Marody has five go... READ MORE
Nov 30, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Lumberjacks got one tiny scrap of good news this weekend: The Green Bay Gamblers packed up and left town, and the Lumberjacks won’t have to play them again for awhile. The Gamblers spent the last three games completely o... READ MORE
Nov 29, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Will the real Muskegon Lumberjacks please stand up? Last Saturday the Lumberjacks played one of their best games of the season, defeating first place Team USA in front of a happy home crowd. Earlier in the month they were equal... READ MORE
Nov 28, 2013 Local Sports Journal It really looked like the Muskegon Lumberjacks would, at the least, pick up one point in Green Bay on Wednesday night. The Gamblers had other plans as they scored three goals late in the third period and skated off with a 4-1 victory over the Lumberjack... READ MORE
Nov 23, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - How much have the Muskegon Lumberjacks improved lately? About a month ago they played the Team USA 18 and under squad and were waxed by four goals. It was easily their worst defeat of the season. The Lumberjacks were not alo... READ MORE
Nov 23, 2013 Local Sports Journal In their first of two meetings this season at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena, the Muskegon Lumberjacks and Cedar Rapids RoughRiders renewed acquaintances where the visiting Lumberjacks were able to strain out a point in due part to the solid goaltending of Eri... READ MORE
Nov 20, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Older Muskegon hockey fans who went to the game last Saturday might have felt like they were in a time warp for a moment. There was a Muskegon player with the last name of “Switzer” on his jersey, going toe-to-toe in a figh... READ MORE
Nov 18, 2013 It’s still early in the season, and I’m sure nobody in the Muskegon Lumberjacks front office is fretting over ticket sales and attendance. But the top dogs can’t be thrilled, either. The L. C. Walker Arena can comfortably seat about 5,000 per game, yet the Lumberjacks... READ MORE
Nov 16, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - If there’s one endearing quality about the Muskegon Lumberjacks, it’s the fact that they never give up. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, but it’s always close and hard fought. That’s evidenced by the 15 games th... READ MORE
Nov 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal YOUNGSTOWN – In their first 2013-14 regular season matchup, the Muskegon Lumberjacks and Youngstown Phantoms battled it out looking to see whose special teams would come up big when it mattered. In the end, it ended up being the host Phantoms’ powe... READ MORE
Nov 13, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - A little over a week ago, the Muskegon Lumberjacks were a frustrated hockey team. They were in the midst of a maddening three-game losing streak, with all three losses coming by one goal. They weren’t picking up any ground in... READ MORE
Nov 12, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Lumberjacks announced that affiliate defenseman Luc Snuggerud has been named the USHL’S “CCM Co-Defenseman of the Week.” He shared the honor with Tucker Poolman of the Omaha Lancers. Snuggerud, the Eden Prairie, Minn. native, reco... READ MORE
Nov 09, 2013 By Nick Howard Local Sports Journal After 14 seasons of hockey, Minnesota native and former Muskegon Lumberjack Matt Gens decided to hang up his skates. Gens called it quits after suffering an injury while playing in Evansville, Ind. with the Icemen during the 2012-13 sea... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks were burned by the “too many men on the ice” curse for the second week in a row, and it cost them a chance to move up a spot in the standings. The Lumberjacks, playing perhaps one of their best games of... READ MORE