CHOPPING THE LUMBERJACKS

The Muskegon Lumberjacks enter its fourth matchup with the U17s with a 7:00 p.m. ET game at USA Hockey Arena on Friday (Feb. 22). The last time the Lumberjacks faced off against Team USA was on Jan. 26, when the U18s took home a 4-1 victory at L.C. Walker Arena.

The Lumberjacks are the No. 1 offense and No. 3 defense in the USHL, and have a No. 15 (14%) ranked power play and No. 3 (84.8%) ranked penalty kill across all USHL competition.

USHL League Ranking: No. 2
Overall 2018-19 Record: 31-11-2-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL)

Lumberjacks Top Scorers

Egor Afanasyev (21-25-46 in 42 GP)
Alex Yakovenko (17-28-45 in 42 GP)
Bobby Lynch (15-28-43 in 45 GP)

Lumberjacks Plus/Minus Leaders

Alex Yakovenko (+28)
Colby Bukes (+24)

Lumberjacks Goaltenders

Brandon Bussi  (25-8-2-1 in 38 GP, 2.46 GAA, .917 SV%)

2018-19 Results/Schedule vs.Muskegon Lumberjacks

Sept. 12, 2018: U18s @ Muskegon (W, 6-3)
Sept. 22, 2018: U18s @ Muskegon (W, 6-3)
Oct. 26, 2018: U17s vs. Muskegon (L, 7-2)
Oct. 27, 2018: U17s vs. Muskegon (L, 8-3)
Nov. 1, 2018: U18s @ Muskegon (L, 6-4)
Nov. 21, 2018: U17s @ Muskegon (L, 8-0)
Dec. 19, 2018: U18s vs. Muskegon (W, 5-1)
Jan. 26, 2019: U18s @ Muskegon (W, 4-1)

NTDP All-Time Record vs. Muskegon Lumberjacks

Overall: 31-41-4 (W-L-OTL)
Home: 17-21-3
Road: 14-20-1