Hockey
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Former Muskegon Lumberjack Andrei Svechnikov inks massive 8-year contract with NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes
Posted on 08/26/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Former Muskegon Lumberjack winger Andrei Svechnikov has agreed to a new, eight-year contract with the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes.
Svechnikov, who played in Muskegon during...
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Lumberjacks’ season comes to a disappointing end in a heart-stopping 5-4 loss to Chicago in the conference finals
Posted on 05/8/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – After a long, exciting season of chasing the talented Chicago Steel, the Muskegon Lumberjacks came as close...
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Lumberjacks’ backs to the wall after a heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss to Chicago Steel in Game 1 of conference finals
Posted on 05/7/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks are facing a win-or-go-home situation on Saturday, after falling to the Chicago Steel 3-2 on Friday in overtime in Game 1 of...
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The showdown that’s been brewing all season: Lumberjacks vs. Chicago Steel in the USHL Eastern Conference finals
Posted on 05/6/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – All season long, the Chicago Steel have been tearing up the United States Hockey League.
The Steel finished the regular season...
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Lumberjacks win another playoff thriller 3-1 over Green Bay, advance to play Chicago in the Eastern Conference finals
Posted on 05/1/2021By Dave Hart and Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Two key components for a championship hockey team are great defense and solid goaltending.
Throughout the regular season,...
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Winning goal bounces in off Marek’s butt with 38 seconds left, giving Lumberjacks a thrilling 3-2 playoff win in Game 1
Posted on 04/30/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Someday Muskegon Lumberjacks forward Brad Marek can tell his grandchildren how he scored the winning goal in...
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Lumberjacks ready to brush off late slump, clash with Green Bay this weekend at home in the first round of playoffs
Posted on 04/29/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The goal for every team is to be peaking around playoff time.
In a broad sense, the Muskegon Lumberjacks have been...
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Lumberjacks finish regular season dropping second straight to first-place Chicago
Posted on 04/25/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks ended the regular season dropping their second straight contest to the Anderson Cup champion Chicago Steel on Saturday night.
The Lumberjacks jumped out...
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Lumberjacks clinch second seed in playoffs despite falling to Chicago 6-4
Posted on 04/23/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks will be opening the 2021 Clark Cup playoffs from the Mercy Health Arena next week.
The Lumberjacks locked down the second spot to...
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Lumberjacks lose two-goal lead, fall to Youngstown 4-3 in overtime
Posted on 04/17/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks were close to winning their first Anderson Cup, which is awarded to the USHL’s best team.
But the Lumberjacks were officially eliminated from...
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Six players score as Lumberjacks beat Youngstown 6-0, keep pace in the race for the Eastern Conference title
Posted on 04/17/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks showed off their offensive depth on Friday with six different players scoring in a 6-0 victory over the Youngstown Phantoms at the...
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Lumberjacks upset at home by lowly Dubuque, fall four points behind Chicago in conference championship race
Posted on 04/11/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – From this point on, every game is pretty important for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and losses to lesser...
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Skorpik leads Lumberjacks to their first shutout victory in more than two years, a 3-0 win over Dubuque Fighting Saints
Posted on 04/10/2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.com
MUSKEGON – It had been a very long time since the Muskegon Lumberjacks had posted a shutout victory.The Lumberjacks last...
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Lumberjacks beat Dubuque 5-1, clinch a playoff spot, and pull within two points of Chicago in the race for first place
Posted on 04/8/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks officially qualified for the USHL playoffs with a 5-1 home ice victory over Dubuque...
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Coach Hamilton has high-flying Lumberjacks primed to accomplish big things, headed into final home weekend
Posted on 04/7/2021By Steve Gunn
Loca;lSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – It’s been a pretty amazing week for Muskegon Lumberjacks Coach Mike Hamilton.
Last Friday, he became the all-time winningest coach in...
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Soaring Muskegon Lumberjacks complete sweep of Team USA with a 4-3 road victory over the Under-18’s
Posted on 04/3/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
It is a tall task to even defeat a talented Team USA Under-18 squad even a couple of times during the season.
But the Muskegon Lumberjacks...
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Lumberjacks beat elite Team USA Under-18s yet again, Mike Hamilton becomes Muskegon’s all-time winningest coach
Posted on 04/2/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks had a few exciting things to celebrate after Friday night’s home victory.
The streaking Jacks...
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Gushchin, Portz score in overtime shootout, giving Lumberjacks a 5-4 road victory over Team USA Under-18 squad
Posted on 04/1/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Danil Gushchin and Nick Portz both scored in the overtime shootout, while goalie Nate Reid kept the opposition from finding the net, giving the Muskegon...
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Gushchin scores game-winner in OT as the Lumberjacks end an exhausting week with a 4-3 victory over Youngstown
Posted on 03/27/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Tired teams turn to their star players when their collective energy level is about used up.
The Muskegon...
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Lumberjacks give up too many goals this time, fall to last-place Youngstown 6-5 to end their five-game winning streak
Posted on 03/26/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – On some nights, the Muskegon Lumberjacks have one strategy available to them – score, score and score...
