Lumberjacks Announce 2009-10 Schedule
July 29, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
MUSKEGON, MI.--- Set to ring-in all of the celebratory activity that marks their 50th Anniversary Season of pro hockey in this Lakeshore community, the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League, in conjunction with the IHL, have unveiled their regular season schedule for the upcoming 2009-10 season. Coming off a coveted climax to last campaign through advancing to the league Turner Cup Finals and the rebirth of the popular "Lumber-jacks" name, Muskegon will participate in a schedule consisting of 76-games spread over the period of time of some 27-weeks, spanning from opening night, Friday, October 16, 2009 through to the regular season finale of Saturday, April 17, 2010.
Once again, it is another exemplary game schedule for the Lumberjacks and their faithful fond following of fans in the golden anniversary year of the franchise. The new Lumberjacks schedule will accentuate and emphasize intense league rivalries and feature a veritable plethora of attractive home dates for all IHL West Michigan hockey fans. In fact, 33 of the 'Jacks 38-home dates are on the docket as either prime time weekend dates and attractive weekday dates.
Included in this season's Lumberjacks schedule of home dates, specifically, are 10-FRIDAY NIGHTS; 14-SATUR-DAY NIGHTS and 9-SUNDAY DATES. In addition, for a fifth consecutive year, the Lumberjacks will continue their special "EDUCATION DAY GAME." The date for this specific especially popular community active date is set for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 10:30 AM at Walker Arena with one of the 'Jacks major rivals, the Port Huron Icehawks providing the opposition. Muskegon ousted Port Huron 4-games to 2 in the best-of-7 IHL Turner Cup semi-finals playoffs last spring.
Under the direction of head coach Rich Kromm, the Lumberjacks will officially usher-in year #50, and the second coming of coach Kromm, abroad when they travel to Flint to be hosted by the Generals on Friday night, October 16th at 7:30 pm.
The Lumberjacks home opening night will follow the very next night as they actually launch a season-longest 4-game home stand. Opening night to ring-in the 50th Anniversary Season celebration will be SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 17TH AT 7:00 PM when they rekindle rancor with the Bloomington Prairie Thunder.
Game times for the Lumberjacks home game action this season will, again, be 7:00 pm for all Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night appearances while all Sunday dates will remain at 5:00 pm.
The 2009-10 IHL has expended to 7-teams with the additions of the Dayton Gems and the return of the Quad City Mallards with the latter coming back to renew animosities with Muskegon as one of the fiercest, most intense archrivalries in league annals. Muskegon will lock anthers with the "Quad Squad" more frequently than any other member club in the league; a total of 14-bouts (8-home, 6-away).
Completing the team-by-team breakdown, the Lumberjacks will battle Flint 13-times (6-home, 7-away); Port Huron 13 (6-home, 7-away); Dayton 13 (7-home, 6-away); Bloomington 12-times (6-home, 6-away) and two-time reigning league kingpin Fort Wayne 11-times (5-home, 6-away).
The most ambitious months for Coach Kromm's crew will be both November and March when the 'Jacks confront the daunting task of 13-games. The Lumberjacks will play their most home games in February when they make 8-Walker Arena appearances. The "Golden Anniversary Boys" will see action for 12-games each in December, January and February.
There will be 9-times during the regular season in which the 'Jacks will be faced with the rigorous regimen of 3-games in 3-days / nights. On another 4-occasions, they will have playing weeks consisting of 4-games in 5-days / nights.
Also with today's announcement, the Lumberjacks have revealed their brief two-games' pre-season schedule with both clashes representing last season's Turner Cup Finals revisited. The Lumberjacks will engage in combat in the form of a 2-game home-and-home series with Fort Wayne. Muskegon will journey to Indiana to be guested by the K's on Friday night, October 9th before returning home for their lone pre-season appearance at Walker Arena the following night, Saturday, October 10th at 7:00 pm.
2009-10 MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS SCHEDULE
OCTOBER
MARCH
FRI. OCT. 9 AT FORT WAYNE 8PM (PRE-SEASON GAME) WED. MAR. 3 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
SAT. OCT. 10 VS. FORT WAYNE 7PM (PRE-SEASON GAME) FRI. MAR. 5 AT PORT HURON 7:30PM SAT. MAR. 6 AT PORT HURON 7:30PM
FRI. OCT. 16 AT FLINT 7:30PM WED. MAR. 10 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
SAT. OCT. 17 VS. BLOOMINGTON 7PM FRI. MAR. 12 AT FORT WAYNE 8PM
FRI. OCT. 23 VS. DAYTON 7PM
SAT. MAR. 13 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
SUN. OCT. 25 VS. PORT HURON 5PM SUN. MAR. 14 VS. PORT HURON 5PM
FRI. OCT. 30 VS. DAYTON 7PM
WED. MAR. 17 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM
SAT. OCT. 31 AT FORT WAYNE 7:30PM SAT. MAR. 20 AT FORT WAYNE 7:30PM
SUN. MAR. 21 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
NOVEMBER FRI. MAR. 26 VS. FORT WAYNE 7PM
SAT. MAR. 27 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM FRI. NOV. 6 AT DAYTON 7:30PM WED. MAR. 31 AT DAYTON 7PM SAT. NOV. 7 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
SUN. NOV. 8 VS. BLOOMINGTON 5PM APRIL
WED. NOV. 11 AT PORT HURON 7PM
FRI. NOV. 13 VS. FLINT 7PM FRI. APR. 2 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM
SUN. NOV. 15 VS. FORT WAYNE 5PM SAT. APR. 3 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM WED. APR. 7 AT FORT WAYNE 7:30PM
FRI. APR. 9 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM WED. NOV. 18 VS. PORT HURON 10:30AM *EDUCATION DAY* SAT. APR. 10 VS. FLINT 7PM
SUN. APR. 11 AT FLINT 4PM
FRI. NOV. 20 AT FORT WAYNE 8PM FRI. APR. 16 AT DAYTON 7:30PM
SAT. NOV. 21 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
SAT. APR. 17 AT FLINT 7:30PM
WED. NOV. 25 AT FLINT 7PM
FRI. NOV. 27 VS. FORT WAYNE 7PM
SAT. NOV. 28 VS. DAYTON 7PM
SUN. NOV. 29 AT FLINT 4PM
DECEMBER
FRI. DEC. 4 VS. PORT HURON 7PM
SAT. DEC. 5 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
FRI. DEC. 11 AT PORT HURON 7:30PM
SAT. DEC. 12 VS. DAYTON 7PM
SUN. DEC. 13 VS. PORT HURON 5PM
WED. DEC. 16 AT DAYTON 7PM
FRI. DEC. 18 AT DAYTON 7:30PM
SAT. DEC. 19 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM
TUE. DEC. 22 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
SAT. DEC. 26 VS. FORT WAYNE 7PM
TUE. DEC. 29 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM
THUR. DEC. 31 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
JANUARY
SAT. JAN. 2 AT PORT HURON 7:30PM
SUN. JAN. 3 AT FLINT 4PM
FRI. JAN. 8 VS. FLINT 7PM
SAT. JAN. 9 AT FORT WAYNE 7:30PM
SUN. JAN. 10 VS. FLINT 5PM
FRI. JAN. 15 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
SAT. JAN. 16 VS. DAYTON 7PM
SUN. JAN. 17 AT PORT HURON 5PM
FRI. JAN. 22 VS. FORT WAYNE 7PM
SAT. JAN. 23 VS. BLOOMINGTON 7PM
WED. JAN. 27 VS. PORT HURON 7PM
SAT. JAN. 30 AT BLOOMINGTON 8PM
FEBRUARY
FRI. FEB. 5 VS. BLOOMINGTON 7PM
SAT. FEB. 6 VS. BLOOMINGTON 7PM
FRI. FEB. 12 AT DAYTON 7:30PM
SAT. FEB. 13 VS. DAYTON 7PM
WED. FEB. 17 VS. QUAD CITY 7PM
FRI. FEB. 19 AT QUAD CITY 8PM
SAT. FEB. 20 VS. FLINT 7PM
SUN. FEB. 21 AT FLINT 4PM
TUE. FEB. 23 AT PORT HURON 7PM
WED. FEB. 24 VS. FLINT 7PM
SAT. FEB. 27 VS. BLOOMINGTON 7PM
SUN. FEB. 28 VS. DAYTON 5PM
International Hockey League 2 Stories from July 29, 2009
- Lumberjacks Announce 2009-10 Schedule - Muskegon Lumberjacks
- Icehawks Announce 2009/10 Schedule - Port Huron Icehawks
- Mallards Announce 2009-10 Regular Season Schedule - Quad City Mallards
- Komets begin defense of back-to-back Turner Cups Oct. 16 at Dayton - Fort Wayne Komets
- IHL Releases 2009-10 Regular Season Schedule - IHL 2
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