Boisvert Collects 3 Points in 8-2 Win Over Chicago on Flaunt Your Flannel Festival
October 7, 2023 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
MUSKEGON, MI - The kickoff event in Muskegon for the Lumberjacks season went as perfect as could be imagined with the Jacks (4-1, 8 pts)) picking up a commanding 8-2 win over the visiting Chicago Steel (1-5, 2 pts). Sacha Boisvert (Trois-Rivieres, QC, CAN) tallied a goal and 2 assists helping his team to it's third win of the campaign.
Boisvert opened the scoring less than a minute into the contest by firing a shot past Louka Clouchier while on a rush into the offensive zone. A second Muskegon goal came at the 11:06 mark of the first period while on a Jacks power play. David Klee (Castle Rock, CO) won a faceoff back to Boisvert who tapped it to the far side for Owen Keefe (Saugus, MA). The future Boston Terrier sent a shot towards the net that was redirected by Klee for the San Jose Shark draft pick's second goal of the season.
After no more goals were scored in the first period both teams struck in the middle stanza. Chicago started the party at the 2:04 mark on the back of a Mick Thompson goal. His second of the season, second against Muskegon. Jack Galanek (Hopkinton, MA) responded for Muskegon with his third goal of the season. While shorthanded Galanek found space on the offensive zone and ripped a shot over the shoulder of the Chicago netminder at the 8:55 mark.
Chicago got one back to bring the game back to a 1 goal lead for the Jacks heading into the second intermission. At the 12:43 mark Price grimes fired a shot from the blue line to the back of the net for his first career USHL goal.
The third period belonged the Lumberjacks with 5 unanswered goals. First, at the 3:30 mark Matvei Gridin (Kurgan, RUS) scored his team leading 6th goal of the season while on the powerplay. Gridin stood inside the near side circle and sent a puck across front of the net intending to find the stick of Joe Connor (Amherst, NH), but instead found the far side post and the back of the net.
Justin Solovey (Holmdel, NJ) found the back of the net 8:04 into the third period with assists from Ethan Whitcomb (St. Catherines, ON, CAN) and Boisvert to make it 4-2. Connor added a goal of his own to make it 5-2 just 90 seconds later before Solovey scored his second goal of the game by finding a rebound on the far side of the ice at the 13:46 mark.
Hunter Anderson (Manhattan Beach, CA) finished a solo effort in the offensive zone on a highlight reel goal by pulling a toe drag around a Chicago defenseman and backhanding the puck above the outstretched netminder.
Lukas Swedin (Stockholm, SWE) (2-0) earned the win by stopping 23 of the 25 shots he faced. Cloutier (0-3) continues to search for answers on the Jacks stopping 40 of 48 shots fired by Muskegon.
The special teams units dominated for Muskegon with a 2/3 success rate on the power play, and a perfect 4/4 on the penalty kill.
Muskegon is back in action next week on the road in Middleton, WI. The Jacks and Madison Capitols will battle it out for the first time this season at the Bob Suter's Ice Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:05 pm CDT (7:05 pm EDT).
Catch all the action on the official live stream partner of the USHL FloHockey, and on the Lumberjacks Hockey Network on Mixlr. Follow the Lumberjacks on social media @MuskegonJacks for game updates and more!
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