Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks are a Tier 1 junior hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League . They play in Muskegon , Michigan , at L . C . Walker Arena . The Lumberjacks replaced the IHL franchise of the same name , which folded at the end of the 2009 – 10 IHL season . The team was owned by Lou and Josh Mervis under a company named Blue Ox Hockey . but was sold to 3 former NHL players : brothers Chris and Peter Ferraro and John Vanbiesbrouck in June 2013 . Inaugural season . The Jacks won three straight games from November 5 through November 9 , the night on which Matt Berry registered the first hat trick in team history in a 5 – 3 win over the Chicago Steel in Bensenville , Illinois . The Lumberjacks clinched a Clark Cup Playoff berth with a victory over the Steel at the L . C . Walker Arena on April 8 . Lumberjacks forwards Ryan Misiak and Matt Berry and defenseman Alexx Privitera were named to the CCM Eastern Conference All - Star team . Ryan Misiak led the Jacks in both points and assists with 58 and 43 , respectively . Berry led the club wiith 25 goals . Micki Mihailovich set the team mark for penalty minutes with 264 and fellow defenseman Carter Foguth led the club with a + 10 plus / minus rating . In the playoffs , the fifth - seeded Muskegon Lumberjacks swept Team USA in the first round best - of - three series , then lost a best - of - five series 1 – 3 to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders . After missing significant time in the regular season because of injury , Matt DeBlouw led the team with eight points ( 3 goals and 5 assists ) during the Jacks ' six playoff games and also led the club with a + 6 plus / minus rating . Matt Berry led the team with four goals . The Jacks were one of the last five teams standing during the 2010 – 11 Clark Cup Playoffs . After sweeping Team USA on the road in a best - of - three first - round series , the Jacks pressed the top - seeded Cedar Rapids RoughRiders , but fell in four games in a best - of - five second - round series . 2011 – 12 season . Muskegon rebounded from an 0 – 3 – 0 start by winning six out of seven games from October 30 through November 18 . The run put the Lumberjacks at 7 – 6 – 0 but a pair of losses to eventual Anderson Cup champion Green Bay started a 2 – 9 – 2 slump , which led to the dismissal of head coach / GM Kevin Patrick on January 13 . Patrick was replaced by 15 - year NHL veteran and 2003 Stanley Cup winner Jim McKenzie , who previously was part of the player development staff with TPH Thunder AAA Hockey . In late January the Lumberjacks hosted the inaugural USHL / NHL Top Prospects Game at L . C . Walker Arena , featuring the league ' s best talent eligible for the 2012 NHL Draft . Muskegon was represented by Matt DeBlouw , Mark Yanis and Czech winger Adam Chlapik . Team East beat Team West 5 – 3 in a game that set a record for event viewership on FastHockey . com ; it was called by Lumberjacks broadcaster Matt Gajtka and Youngstown Phantoms play - by - play man Bart Logan . On February 25 the Jacks rallied from 3 – 0 down in the first period to beat second - place Indiana 6 – 5 in a shootout at home . Dakota Klecha scored the franchise ' s first hat trick in nearly a year in a 6 – 1 win over the National Under - 17 Team on March 17 . Klecha ' s first goal tied a USHL record for fastest goal from the start of a game , as it came just seven seconds into the first period . Muskegon capped a three - game homestand with a 4 – 3 shootout victory over Green Bay on March 24 , handing the Gamblers just their fourth road loss of the season . Defenseman Rasmus Bengtsson , a second round pick of the Florida Panthers in the 2011 NHL Draft , scored the shootout winner , and goalie John Keeney , acquired from the Omaha Lancers in an October trade , stopped all four Green Bay attempts in the tiebreaker after making 36 saves through regulation and overtime . Although the team finished last in the Eastern Conference with a 17 - 35 - 8 record , the offseason began on a very positive note as five players with Lumberjacks ties were taken in the 2012 NHL Draft in Pittsburgh . Michigan State recruit Matt DeBlouw was the Jacks ' only active player to be drafted ; he went to the Calgary Flames in the seventh round . Two Lumberjacks from the team ' s inaugural USHL season also heard their names called ( Brendan Woods - Carolina , Jaycob Megna - Anaheim ) , as did two of Muskegon ' s future prospects ( Adam Gilmour - Minnesota , Doyle Somerby - New York Islanders ) . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , SOL = Shoot out Losses GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against , Pts = Points "