Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - 2016-17, Lumberjacks waxay isticmaaleen dalabkooda si ay u keenaan Andrei Svechnikov Muskegon. Svechnikov, oo ay weheliyaan difaaca Bo Hanson, weeraryahan Collin Adams, iyo goolhayaha Keith Petruzzelli iyo Adam Brizgala, ayaa ka caawiyay Lumberjacks inay gaaraan xilli ciyaareedkii ugu fiicnaa taariikhdooda. Muskegon wuxuu sameeyay rikoodh kooxda guulo (37), dhibco (79), goolal la dhaliyay (192) iyo goolal la oggol yahay (157). Svechnikov waxaa loogu magac daray USHL Rookie of the Year ka dib markii uu dhaliyay 29 gool iyo 58 dhibcood 48 kulan. Petruzzelli wuxuu dejin doonaa rikoodh hal xilli ciyaareed ah oo loogu talagalay goolal ka dhan ah celceliska (2.40), waxaana sii wadi doona Detroit Red Wings wareegga saddexaad ee 2017 NHL draft
Waxaad Muskegon waxay kasbatay kaalinta saddexaad ee horyaalka bariga, laakiin waxay ku dhacday Dubuque afar ciyaarood. Taxanaha playoff-ka, Lumberjacks waxay la'yihiin Svechnikov iyo Jachym Kondelik, oo matalaya dalalkooda heer caalami. Mikael Hakkarainen iyo Casey Gilling ayaa sidoo kale seegay kulankii afraad dhaawac awgiis.