The Muskegon Lumberjacks returned from the holiday break with an offensive explosion on Friday night on the road against the Team USA 17-Under squad.

Rookie Sacha Boisvert paced the Lumberjacks with a three-goal hat trick in their 9-6 win.

The Lumberjacks are now 13-11-2 on the season, good for 28 points and a fourth-place tie in the USHL’s Eastern Conference.

Muskegon will return to action on Saturday night against the 17-Unders at Trinity Health Arena. Faceoff for the special New Year’s Eve game is set for 6:10 p.m.

Lumberjacks forward Sacha Boisvert, who scored three goals on Friday night. Photo/Tonya Pardon.

The Lumberjacks overcame an early 2-0 deficit after giving up goals by Team USA’s Teddy Stiga (2:02) and Austin Baker (3:15).

Ethan Whitcomb (7:06), Niko Rexine (12:43) and Owen Mehlenbacher (15:22) each scored first period goals for Muskegon to give the Jacks a 3-2 lead at the first intermission.

Team USA regained a 4-3 lead with goals from Cole Eiserman (:20) and Kamil Bednarik (8:47) midway through the second period.

The Lumberjacks responded with goals by Boisvert (10:52) and Owen Keefe (11:42) to take a 5-4 lead heading into the third period.

Jake Richard (1:44) and Boisvert (5:21) added early third period goals to give the Jacks a 7-4 lead. Team USA cut its deficit to 7-5 at the 6:04 mark with a goal by Charlie Pardue.

Boisvert completed his hat trick 10:51 into the third period to give Muskegon an 8-5 advantage.

The Lumberjacks added a late goal from Matthew Morden before Team USA closed out the scoring with a goal by Christian Humphreys.

Team USA outshot the Jacks by a 31-29 margin. Muskegon goalie Conor Callaghan stopped 25 of 31 shots.

Muskegon went 1-for-4 on the power play while Team USA was 2-for-6.