Muskegon Junior Lumberjacks

The Muskegon Junior Lumberjacks are happy to welcome back Ryan Beishuizen as the Bantam house coach for the 2019-2020 season. Ryan has been coaching with the Muskegon Jr Jacks for 5 years at many levels. He helped lead the Muskegon Community College hockey team to a National Championship in 2003. He also coached the Mona Shores JV for 2 years. Ryan is a hometown guy who has played hockey in Muskegon all his life. He is excited share his love of the game with the future of Muskegon hockey for another year in the organization. If you have any questions for him he can be reached at 231.740.3387 or at beis17@comcast.net

The Muskegon Junior Lumberjacks are excited to announce that the head coach for our PeeWee house team for next season is Andrew Anderson. Coach Anderson has years of experience coaching both hockey and soccer.  He has coached student athletes from U9 up to the varsity level.  He focuses on preparing student athletes for the next level while creating a team environment founded on strong discipline and accountability. This, combined with his philosophy to push players outside of their comfort zone and encourage creativity in decision making on the ice results in team and individual development. We are looking for athletes that want to learn while having fun and aren’t afraid to push outside of their comfort zone and are excited to see each player progress.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact Coach Anderson at 

231.329.8124 or electeach07@gmail.com.  

The Muskegon Junior Lumberjacks are proud to announce the Head Coach for our Midget A team, JD Habetler. JD is a Level 4 coach with an impressive record of coaching teams to State Championship, MAHA and ADRAY State Tournament, Division Championship Titles and a Silver Stick Championship. These accomplishments have been made at all levels and divisions. 
JD’s philosophy, experience, and high level of dedication will be sure to bring a challenging, yet supportive atmosphere, to our newest team. His approach of pushing each player to become the best they can while also demanding a team dynamic approach is sure to be a winning combination. 
JD is devoted to promoting and continuing our purpose at the Junior Jacks of building life skills, teaching life lessons and growing community minded players, all the while preparing them for the next level. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to JD at 616.638.7067 or email him at jonhabetler@yahoo.com

Welcome Trevor Johnson as our Squirt B head coach

After 15 years of pro and a career that saw Trevor Johnson play in the AHL, DEL, ECHL, WHL, UHL, EIHL,  seven years for the Italian national team and participating in seven IIHF world champions, Trevor has graciously devoted his time to give back to the community of Muskegon and youth hockey. “I am thrilled to share my knowledge and experience with the kids at such a fun and important time in their young hockey careers. After a successful year last year of helping the squirt Jr Jacks to two state championship finals I am extremely excited to continue to develop these kids and watch them grow into great teammates and players!

The next board meeting will be Monday, August 5th. It will be closed from 5:30- 6:30pm. It will open for public comment from 6:30-7:30pm. It will be held in the conference room at the L.C Walker Arena.

Midget A - JD Habetler