MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS: The U.S. National Under-17 Team returns to action at USA Hockey Arena this  weekend with a league contest against the Muskegon Lumberjacks. 

Muskegon enters Sunday's contest second in the Eastern Conference with 2-1-0 record in league play. The Lumberjacks last squared off against the Chicago Steel, skating to a 10-8 win on Nov. 14. 

The U18s faced the Lumberjacks earlier this season, earning a pair of victories in a home-and-home series.

LAST TIME OUT: Despite outshooting the Buccaneers, 55-12, the U.S. National Under-18 Team fell, 4-2, to the  Des Moines Buccaneers in Urbandale, Iowa last Friday. Dylan Duke (Strongsville, Ohio) and Sasha Pastujov (Bradenton, Fla.) tallied goals for the U.S. 

The U.S. National Under-17 Team earned another series  sweep, this time against the Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL), skating to a pair of 6-2, and 6-1 victories, last Saturday and Sunday.