Zaac Charbonneau scored three goals, and the Muskegon Lumberjacks beat the Youngstown Phantoms 5-2 on Saturday night at Trinity Health Arena, a night after losing to the Phantoms in a shootout. Maxim Simko scored twice, and Felix Färhammar had three assists before a crowd of 1,422.
How the goals came
Charbonneau opened the scoring on the power play at 4:45 of the first period, his seventh goal of the season, from Färhammar and captain Rudolfs Berzkalns. Youngstown tied it 16 seconds later on a goal by B. Berard. Simko restored the lead on another power play at 7:04 of the second, from Nicholas Kosiba and Färhammar, and Charbonneau made it 3-1 at 10:50, set up by Louis Jonerheim.
Lucas Zajic pulled the Phantoms within one at 3:16 of the third. Simko answered at 8:59, from Anthony Thomas-Maroon and Färhammar, and Charbonneau finished his hat trick with an empty-net goal at 17:15, assisted by Gustas Zemaitis and Lars Hutson. He has nine goals this season.
In goal and on special teams
Oscar Westman made 31 saves as Youngstown outshot Muskegon 33-31, including 13-12 in the third period. The Phantoms’ goaltender stopped 26 of 30 shots. Muskegon went 2-for-6 on the power play and killed all five Youngstown chances. Charbonneau, who was named this week to Canada Red for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, was the game’s first star.
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