CHOPPING THE LUMBERJACKS

The U17s face off against the Lumberjacks for the first time since Feb. 22, and the last time in the regular season. The Lumberjacks are the No. 4 offense and No. 3 defense in the USHL, and have a No. 13 (17.5%) ranked power play and No. 3 (84.9%) ranked penalty kill across all USHL competition.

USHL League Ranking: No. 2
Overall 2018-19 Record: 40-16-3-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL)

Lumberjacks Top Scorers

Egor Afanasyev (25-33-58 in 57 GP)
Alex Yakovenko (19-34-53 in 56 GP)
Bobby Lynch (20-32-52 in 60 GP)

Lumberjacks Plus/Minus Leaders

Alex Yakovenko (+32)
Colby Bukes (+32)
Mikael Hakkarainen (+24)
Egor Afanasyev (+21)

Lumberjacks Goaltenders

Brandon Bussi (33-12-3-1 in 52 GP, 2.44 GAA, .915 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)
Feb. 22, 2019: U17s vs. Muskegon (L, 7-3)

NTDP All-Time Record vs. Muskegon Lumberjacks

31-42-4 (W-L-OTL)
Home: 17-22-3
Road: 14-20-1

GHOSTING THE PHANTOMS

The Youngstown Phantoms will take on Team USA for the last time in the regular season on Friday, Apr. 11 and Saturday, Apr. 12. The Phantoms are the No. 7 ranked offense and No. 12 ranked defense in the USHL, and its power play is ranked No. 7 (21.9%) while its penalty kill is ranked No. 10 (78.9%).

USHL League Ranking: No. 7
Overall 2018-19 Record: 34-21-1-4 (W-L-OTL-SOL)

Phantoms Top Scorers

Brett Murray (40-33-73 in 60 GP)
Jack Malone (18-38-56 in 55 GP)
Connor MacEachern (24-28-52 in 60 GP)

Phantoms Plus/Minus Leaders

Jeppe Urup (+22)
Aiden Gallagher (+17)
Brett Murray (+10)

Phantoms Goaltenders

Chad Veltri (19-8-3-2 in 33 GP, 2.98 GAA, .899 SV%)
Christian Stoever (13-7-0-2 in 27 GP, 3.84 GAA, .865 SV%)

2018-19 Results/Schedule vs. Youngstown Phantoms

Dec. 7, 2018: U18s vs Youngstown Phantoms (OTL, 5-4)
Nov. 30, 2017: U17s vs Youngstown Phantoms (W, 11-3)
Feb. 15, 2019: U17s @ Youngstown Phantoms (L, 8-3)
Feb. 16, 2019: U17s @ Youngstown Phantoms (L, 4-3)
Mar. 27, 2019: U18s @ Youngstown Phantoms (W, 6-2)
Mar. 29, 2019: U17s vs. Youngstown Phantoms (SOL, 4-3)
Mar. 30, 2019: U18s vs. Youngstown Phantoms (W, 8-1)
Mar. 31, 2019: U17s @ Youngstown Phantoms (L, 4-3)

NTDP All-Time Record vs. Youngstown Phantoms

47-41-8 (W-L-OTL)
Home: 30-13-5
Road: 17-28-3