Jacks Weekly Notes
October 18, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--ON THEIR HOME OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT, THE LUMBERJACKS SALUTED AND CELEBRATED 50-YEARS OF PRO HOCKEY IN MUSKEGON BY WELCOMING 25 OF THEIR LEGENDS AND ALL-TIME GREATS REPRESENTING EACH OF THE PREVIOUS 4-ERAS OF MUSKEGON HOCKEY; THE ZEPHYRS (1960-65); THE MOHAWKS (1965-84); THE LUMBERJACKS (1984-92) AND THE FURY (1992-2008).
--RON STEPHENSON AND GERRY FRENNETTE, WHO BOTH PLAYED ON MUSKEGON'S FIRST EVER TEAM, THE ZEPHYRS, WERE IN ATENDANCE. THEY ALSO PLAYED IN THE FIRST GAME EVER AT WALKER ARENA BACK IN 1960.
--IN THEIR HOME OPENING NIGHT 9-3 VERDICT OVER BLOOMINGTON, LUMBERJACKS ROOKIES MATT KRUG (1-3-4) AND MATT ROBERTSON EACH SCORED THEIR FIRST EVER PRO GOALS.
--THE ROBIN BOUCHARD COUNTDOWN IS FULLY UNDERWAY TO BECOME THE GREATEST GOAL SCORER IN MINOR PRO HOCKEY HISTORY. WITH HIS 2-GOALS IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S VICTORY OVER BLOOMINGTON, 9-3, BOUCHARD HAS NOW AMASSED 647-GOALS. HE IS 36-GOALS AWAY FROM SETTING THE NEW STANDARD AT 683.
--WITH HIS 4-ASSISTS SATURDAY NIGHT, CENTER TODD ROBINSON, REMARKABLY, HAS AUTHORED 528-MUSKEGON CAREER ASSISTS IN 498-MUSKEGON CAREER GAMES.
--THE NUMBER 3 WAS THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR THE LUMBERJACKS IN THEIR 9-3 TRIUMPH SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST BLOOMINGTON. THEY SCORED 3-GOALS IN EACH OF THE 3-PERIODS. THEY SCORED 3-PPG AND SCORED 3-GOALS WHILE BOTH TEAMS WERE PLAYING ONE MAN SHORT OF 4-ON-4 HOCKEY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER, THE JACKS SURRENDERED 3-GA IN PERIOD 3 AGAINST BLOOMINGTON WITH THE 3-GA COMING IN JUST :29.
--IN THE SAME GAME, EACH LINEMATE, JOHN DIPACE, TODD ROBINSON AND ROBIN BOUCHARD WERE EACH +3.
--WITH THEIR WIN SATURDAY NIGHT, MUSKEGON HAS NOW WON 4-IN A ROW OVER BLOOMINGTON DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, SCORING 27-GOALS IN THAT SPAN FOR A GFA OF VIRTUAL 7-GOALS PER GAME.
--ALSO DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE NOW 9(8-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 9-HOME GAMES.
--WITH HIS 4-ASSISTS' PERFORMANCE SATURDAY NIGHT, TODD ROBINSON HAS NOW COMPOSED 4-POINT NIGHTS IN EACH OF THE LUMBERJACKS LAST 2-HOME OPENING NIGHTS.
--TODD ROBINSON (498) IS JUST 2-GAMES AWAY FROM 500 WITH MUSKEGON. HE RANKS 4TH ALL-TIME IN GAMES PLAYED.
--WITH HIS WIN SATURDAY NIGHT, RICH KROMM, IN HIS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY AS HEAD COACH, HAS COLLECTED 131-WINS WHICH RANK AS #2 ALL-TIME FOR THE MUSKEGON FRANCHISE.
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