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Lumberjacks Comeback Falls Short

December 2, 2015 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


Youngstown, OH - The Muskegon Lumberjacks came back from a two-goal deficit, before falling 6-5 in overtime, to the Youngstown Phantoms.

The Lumberjacks opened the scoring, with their first of two power play goals. Chris Klack netted his third of the season to give the Lumberjacks an early 1-0 lead. Rem Pitlick and Collin Adams notched the assists on the goal. 11 seconds later, the Phantoms leading scorer, Cameron Morrison, scored to tie the game 1-1. The Lum- berjacks were able to score one more time when Pitlick deflected a Nate Kallen shot past Phantoms goaltender Ryan Bednard for a Lumberjacks 2-1 lead.

The Phantoms started the second period on the attack and scored two goals 41 seconds apart, to give the Phan- toms a 3-2 lead. Lukas Craggs and former Lumberjacks player, Tyler Drevitch scored, and the Phantoms took the 3-2 lead into the locker room after 40 minutes of play.

The Phantoms came out in the third period and scored their third unanswered goal, when Detroit Red Wings prospect Chase Pearson knocked in a rebound, to give the Phantoms a 4-2 lead. The Lumberjacks would quickly respond, when veteran Robbie DeMontis received a pass from Hamilton, and fired a bullet in the back of the net to cut the deficit in half. The Phantoms would respond again with Morrison netting his second of the game to give the Phantoms a 5-3 lead.

Late in the third period, Pitlick scored his second of the game, and again cut the Lumberjacks deficit to one. Af- ter the Lumberjacks pulled goaltender Joey Daccord, Dante Palecco was able to tie the game 5-5, and force another overtime meeting between the Lumberjacks and Phantoms.

In the overtime frame, the Phantoms were able to pick up the second point, when forward Kevin Conley scored 2:28 in the overtime frame to hand the Lumberjacks their first overtime loss of the season.

The Lumberjacks (9-8-1) will look to bounce back, Saturday, December 5th, when they host the U17 United States National Team Development Program. It will be the Lumberjacks Teddy Bear Toss game, so be sure to make it out to L.C. Walker for a fun filled Saturday night. The puck will drop at 7:15 pm.

The Muskegon Lumberjacks are proud members of the United States Hockey League, the nation's only Tier I junior hockey league and the leading producer of NCAA players and National Hockey League draft picks in the United States.

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