LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks suffered their first loss of the season, falling to the Green Bay Gamblers 4-2 on Saturday night at the Resch Center in Wisconsin.
Muskegon is now 1-1 on the season and will continue its long road swing next
week Sunday against Team USA. Faceoff will be at 4:05 p.m.
The Lumberjacks opened the scoring 6:10 into the first period with a goal from Jacob Guevin.
Muskegon increased its advantage to 2-0 on a goal by Jack Williams at the 11:03 mark of the first period.
The Gamblers responded by scoring four unanswered goals.
John Mittelstadt cut the Gamblers deficit to 2-1 at the 18:15 mark of the first period, then Jackson Kunz scored 9:03 into the second period and at the 1:43 mark of the third stanza to give Green Bay a 3-1 lead.
The Gamblers closed out the scoring 10:34 into the third period with a goal from Greg Spitznagel.
Green Bay outshot the Lumberjacks by a 40-35 margin as Matt Davis got the win in net for the Gamblers, stopping 33 of 35 shots.
Muskegon goaltender Jan Skorpik stopped 36-of-40 shots faced.
Thomas Sinclair, Ben Strinden and John Farinacci each notched an assist for the Lumberjacks.