2017-18 Muskegon Lumberjacks Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 33-25-1 (SO: 0-1) - 68 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Eastern Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John LaFontaine (33-25, 1 OTL)
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
2017-18 Muskegon Lumberjacks RosterTeam Record: 33-25-1 (SO: 0-1) - 68 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Eastern Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John LaFontaine (33-25, 1 OTL)
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
The Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 33 wins and 25 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 0-1 showing in shootouts for 68 points finishing third in the USHL's Eastern Conference.
The Lumberjacks scored 202 goals and yielded 206. Anthony Del Gaizo netted 40 goals for Muskegon, while Matej Pekar contributed 40 assists. Keegan Karki earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.2 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
John LaFontaine coached the team. The 2017-18 Muskegon Lumberjacks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Del Gaizo | C | 60 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 173 | 23.1 | |
| Matej Pekar | F | 56 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 161 | 8.7 | |
| Mikael Hakkarainen | F | 36 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 11.9 | |
| Emilio Pettersen | C | 60 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 125 | 11.2 | |
| Marc Del Gaizo | LD | 59 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 7.8 | |
| Vincent de Mey | RW | 55 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 14.3 | |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | C | 36 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 17.0 | |
| Jachym Kondelik | C | 44 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 128 | 12.5 | |
| Colby Bukes | RD | 59 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 4.2 | |
| Monte Graham | C | 57 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 10.4 | |
| Bray Crowder | D | 55 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 3.9 | |
| Alexander Yakovenko | D | 31 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 | |
| Bobby Kaiser | F | 60 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 8.1 | |
| Egor Afanasyev | F | 45 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11.5 | |
| Will Schlagenhauf | F | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |
| Clayton Phillips | LD | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 | |
| Nolan Sullivan | F | 59 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 4.4 | |
| Blake Evennou | D | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | |
| Benito Posa | F | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| Nash Nienhuis | D | 58 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | |
| Jagger Joshua | LW | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 | |
| Matthew Staudacher | D | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 | |
| Collin Murphy | D | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Keegan Karki | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Corey Clifton | F | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Cam Knuble | F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Dante Sheriff | F | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Samuel Renlund | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Hunter Skinner | D | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| John Farinacci | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Travis Mitchell | LD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Donovan Ott | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Matthew Vernon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Brizgala | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cameron McDonald | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Zach Borgiel | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Graham | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Oliver MacDonald | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Max Sasson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hunter Carrick | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Owen Farris | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1209 | 201 | 340 | 541 | 1123 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 2002 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Borgiel | 11 | 574:00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3.66 | 256 | 221 | .863 | |
| Adam Brizgala | 13 | 714:00 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 3.03 | 334 | 298 | .892 | |
| Keegan Karki | 41 | 2288:00 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 3.20 | 1109 | 987 | .890 | |
| Matthew Vernon | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 14 | 10 | .714 | |
| Empty Net | 26:00 | 0 | 8 | 18.46 | ||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 3622 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 205 | 3.40 | 1721 | 1516 | .881 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Del Gaizo | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Hakkarainen | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Emilio Pettersen | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Marc Del Gaizo | LD | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Vincent de Mey | RW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Jachym Kondelik | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Colby Bukes | RD | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Monte Graham | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bray Crowder | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Yakovenko | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Bobby Kaiser | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Egor Afanasyev | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Will Schlagenhauf | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nolan Sullivan | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Benito Posa | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nash Nienhuis | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jagger Joshua | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Staudacher | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keegan Karki | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron McDonald | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Zach Borgiel | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 61 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 6.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Borgiel | 1 | 34:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.29 | 14 | 11 | .786 |
| Keegan Karki | 3 | 151:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.97 | 68 | 58 | .853 |
| Totals | 4 | 185 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.22 | 82 | 69 | .841 |
