DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Dubuque Fighting Saints open Hometown Heroes Weekend presented by DuTrac on Friday, November 6, 2026, hosting the Muskegon Lumberjacks at ImOn Arena, with puck drop at 7:05 p.m. The two teams meet again Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 7:05 p.m.

Dubuque enters the weekend at 7-6-1-0 with 15 points. Muskegon is 6-5-0-2 with 14 points.

Friday is Hometown Heroes Night, and the Saints come home hot. Dubuque has won three straight at ImOn Arena, scoring 16 goals in those three games, including a sweep of Sioux City two weeks ago and a come-from-behind 6-3 win over Waterloo on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Overall, the Saints have won four of their last five home games.

Goaltender Josh Banini has been a big part of the run. He made his Saints debut on Saturday, October 31, 2026, stopping 39 shots in an overtime loss at Waterloo, then earned his first win for Dubuque at home on Sunday. Banini made 12 of his 39 saves in the third period on Saturday, helping kill a major penalty before Olle Därth’s late equalizer, and on Sunday he stopped 12 of the final 13 shots he faced as the Saints erased a 2-0 deficit against Waterloo.

The Saints have made a habit of late goals. Därth scored the tying goal with just 30 seconds left in regulation on Saturday to force overtime, his team-leading seventh goal of the season. On Sunday, Kane Johnson erased the Saints’ second deficit of the day with a game-tying goal late in the second period, scoring with 39 seconds left in the frame, the first of his two goals in the win.

Cruz Martin has points in each of his first three games for the Fighting Saints and scored the first game-winning goal of his USHL career on Sunday in the third period against Waterloo. Martin has points in four consecutive games and six points in his last seven games. Since joining the Fighting Saints, Martin has a plus-three rating and the Saints have a 2-0-1-0 record.

Muskegon brings a disciplined team to Dubuque. The Lumberjacks are the second least-penalized team in the USHL and rank third with an 86.8 percent penalty kill on 38 chances against. Their 145 penalty minutes are the fewest in the league besides Madison’s 143. The goaltending tandem of Oscar Westman and Samuel Doyon-Cataquiz has combined for a .910 save percentage, the fourth-best in the USHL. Leading scorer Zaac Charbonneau is away at the U17 World Hockey Challenge, so the Lumberjacks’ offense will be without his nine goals and 14 points.

Both games will be played at ImOn Arena, 1800 Admiral Sheehy Dr. in Dubuque. The games can be watched on FloHockey and heard on Eagle 102.3.