Bullet Points 50th Year Opening Night
October 13, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
OPENING NIGHT, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH THE LUMBERJACKS VS. BLOOMINGTON 7 PM
--THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OF PRO HOCKEY IN MUSKEGON.
--MUSKEGON IS THE FOURTH OLDEST, LONGEST CONTINUOUS MINOR PRO HOCKEY FRANCHISE
IN THE U.S. AND CANADA COMBINED.
--ONLY SPRINGFIELD, MA; HERSHEY,PA.; AND FORT WAYNE, IND. HAVE A LONGER EXISTENCE.
--THE HISTORY OF PRO HOCKEY HAS TRAVERSED 4-ERAS;
THE ZEPHYRS 1960-65
THE MOHAWKS 1965-84
THE LUMBERJACKS 1984-92
THE FURY 1992-2008
THE NEW LUMBERJACKS 2008
--MUSKEGON HAS CAPTURED 10-CHAMPIONSHIPS.
--MUSKEGON HAS REACHED THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 17-TIMES.
--MUSKEGON PRO HOCKEY STARS IN MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME: (7)
MOOSE LALLO ZEPHYRS / MOHAWKS JOCK CALLANDER LUMBERJACKS
BRYAN MCLAY ZEPHYRS / MOHAWKS DAVE MICHAYLUK LUMBERJACKS
GARY FORD MOHAWKS
BOB TOMBARI MOHAWKS
JOE KASTELIC ZEPHYRS / MOHAWKS
--MUSKEGON PRO HOCKEY NUMBERS RETIRED: (8)
#2 MOOSE LALLO #12 BRYAN MCLAY
#5 LYNN MARGARIT #15 BOB TOMBARI
#6 JOE KASTELIC #20 SCOTT FEASBY
#9 GARY FORD #24 SCOTT GRUHL
--MUSKEGON NUMBERS TO BE RETIRED THIS SEASON: (2)
#15 JOCK CALLANDER (LUMBERJACKS #15)
#27 DAVE MICHAYLUK (LUMBERJACKS)
--25-30 MUSKEGON HOCKEY LEGENDS AND ALL-TIME GREATS TO BE HONORED OPENING NIGHT IN SPECIAL PRE-GAME CEREMONIES SATURDAY.
--AMONG THOSE WILL BE TWO PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR THE ZEPHYRS AND PLAYED IN THE FIRST GAME EVER AT WALKER ARENA IN 1960; RON STEPHENSON AND
GERRY FRENNETTE.
--AMONG THE ALL-TIME GREATS TO BE HONORED: JIM BANNATYNE, JOE KISS, DARRELL KNIBBS, GERRY MOORE, DAN SHARPE, BOB SMITH, BRYAN MCLAY, SERGEI KHARIN, ROB MELANSON, STEVE HERNIMAN, TODD CHARLESWORTH.
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