Muskegon Lumberjacks Schedule 2026
Owner Peter Herms watched his Lumberjacks finally break through in 2025, winning the franchise's first Clark Cup after 15 seasons in the USHL, then returning to the championship series again in 2026 as back-to-back Eastern Conference champions. Muskegon Lumberjacks hockey has become the league's model for building through the draft, producing NHL picks nearly every June for the better part of a decade. Fans buying Muskegon Lumberjacks tickets now are watching one of the league's most consistent winners. Browse Lumberjacks tickets at Event Tickets Center.
Muskegon's biggest current rival sits just across the state line in Madison, a series that decided the 2026 Eastern Conference championship in five hard-fought games. A glance at the USHL standings shows Muskegon finishing fifth in the East during the regular season before catching fire in the playoffs, a pattern that has defined the Lumberjacks under head coach Colten St. Clair. Tynan Lawrence became the face of the 2025 title run and was named Clark Cup Playoffs MVP, while goaltender Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev remains a franchise fixture in net.
Built in 1960 as the L.C. Walker Arena and renamed twice since, most recently to Trinity Health Arena in 2022, this building has hosted Lumberjacks hockey since the franchise's return to Muskegon in 2010. Downtown location aside, the draw is the place's age: exposed brick, a low ceiling that traps crowd noise, and a layout built for hockey first, seating around 4,000. Renovations over the past decade have added modern seating and concessions without sanding down the building's rougher character, something fans in Muskegon still take pride in.
This season's 62-game slate opens at a new neutral-site venue in Chicago before the home schedule gets going, and the annual Teddy Bear Toss lands on November 28 against Madison, pairing the rivalry with one of the arena's most popular traditions. The Lumberjacks also make a rare trip east in December for the American Cup in Rochester, New York, a break from the usual Midwest grind. Between the rivalry nights and the road trips, this looks like a schedule built to keep the reigning conference champions sharp.
Back-to-back trips to the Eastern Conference final and a Clark Cup banner already hanging from the rafters make this one of the most credible programs in the league, not just a nostalgia act built on an aging barn downtown. The building's history is part of its charm, but the hockey is what keeps fans coming back season after season. Coach Colten St. Clair engineered this roster to make a third straight run. Get seats for the Lumberjacks at Event Tickets Center.