Lumberjacks Notes

February 23, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR LONGEST WIN STREAK OF THE SEASON OVERALL AT 5-WINS IN A ROW; LAST 5(5-0-0) WITH THEIR LAST SETBACK OCCURRING BACK ON FEBRUARY 13TH ON HOME ICE AGAINST BLOOMINGTON.

--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE CURRENTLY COMPOSED THEIR TWO LONGEST UNBLEMISHED SKEINS FOR THIS SEASON ON THE ROAD; THEY HAVE WON 5-CONSECUTIVELY; LAST 5(5-0-0) AND HAVE EXTENDED THEIR PRESENT UNDEFEATED STREAK ON THE ROAD TO 7-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AT 7(6-0-1). MUSKEGON'S LAST SETBACK ABROAD WAS NEARLY ONE MONTH AGO, BACK ON JANUARY 27TH WHEN THEY WERE NIPPED AT PORT HURON, 2-1. MUSKEGON HAS YET TO SUSTAIN A ROAD DEFEAT IN FEBRUARY; 6(5-0-1).

--THE LUMBERJACKS ARE 8(7-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 8-STARTS; LAST 13(9-2-2); LAST 25(16-5-4); LAST 31-GAMES; 31(19-6-6).

--SINCE THE START OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHEDULE, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 14(9-3-2).

--SINCE THE START OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR OF 2009, THE MUSKEGON RECORD STANDS AT 25(16-5-4).

--WHEN THE 'JACKS DEFEATED THE GENERALS IN FLINT SUNDAY, 3-2, THEY REMAINED PERFECT PERSONIFIED ON THE ROAD ON SUNDAYS THUS FAR THIS SEASON AT 5(5-0-0); THEY ARE 7(6-1-0) OVERALL ON SUNDAYS.

--SINCE THEIR MAJOR 5-PLAYER TRADE LAST WEDNESDAY, 2/18 WITH FLINT, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE POSTED A PERFECT RECORD OF 3(3-0-0).

--WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS DISMANTLED FLINT SATURDAY NIGHT, 9-3, IN MUSKEGON, THEIR 5-GOAL, UNANSWERED FIRST PERIOD ASSAULT EQUALED THEIR BEST SINGLE PERIOD OUTPUT OF THE SEASON WHILE THEIR 9-GF ALSO DUPLICATED THEIR BEST SINGLE GAME OFFENSIVE OUTPUT FOR '08-09.

--ON SUNDAY, IN THE RETURN MATCH-UP WITH THE GENERALS, THE LUMBERJACKS ALSO EQUALED SEASON HIGHS FOR MOST SHOTS ON GOAL IN ONE PERIOD; 22-SOG IN THE FIRST STANZA; AND MOST SHOTS ON GOAL FOR THE GAME WITH 49. THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, MUSKEGON HAS RAINED 49-SOG AGAINST FLINT.

--MUSKEGON REMAINS UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON AT FLINT AT 4(3-0-1).

--THE LUMBERJACKS 4-2 FRIDAY NIGHT TRIUMPH AT KALAMAZOO WAS THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE TRIUMPH AT WINGS STADIUM, OUTSCORING THE WINGS, 9-2 IN THAT SPAN.

--IN POSTING THEIR 17TH HOME WIN OF THE SEASON SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST FLINT, THE LUMBERJACKS TIED KALAMAZOO FOR MOST HOME WINS IN THE IHL AND INCHED THEM TO WITHIN ONE VICTORY OF MATCHING THEIR ENTIRE HOME WIN OUTPUT OF LAST SEASON OF 18.

--IN THE MIDST OF PLAYING 7 OF 8-GAMES ON THE ROAD, THE 'JACKS ARE 4(4-0-0) THUS FAR IN THAT ROAD GAME STRETCH.

--SINCE HIS ACQUISITION LAST WEDNESDAY FROM FLINT, JOHNDIPACE IS ON A 3-GAME GOAL STREAK SINCE JOINING THE 'JACKS WITH 3(4-3-7), INCLUDING 2-PPG, 1-FG, 1-GWG; 2-TBG. HE HAS BEEN NAMED THE GAME'S #1 STAR IN EACH OF THE LAST 2-GAMES; BOTH GAMES AGAINST HIS FORMER FLINT TEAM.

--IN HIS FIRST GAME, IN THE FIRST PERIOD FRIDAY NIGHT AT KALAMAZOO, JOHN DIPACE SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL WITH THE LUMBERJACKS.

--IN HIS LAST 13-GAMES, THE LEAGUE'S LEADING SCORER, TODD ROBINSON IS 13(5-22-27) FOR AN AVERAGE OF OVER 2-POINTS A GAME. IN 51-GAMES, ROBINSON HAS AUTHORED 26-MULTIPLE POINT GAMES.

--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAD THE LUMBERJACKS SEASON'S BEST 12-GAME POINT STREAK STOPPED SUNDAY AT FLINT. IN THAT SPAN, THE BOUCHARDIAN NUMBERS WERE 12(17-10-27). IN THAT SAME GAME, BOUCHARD ALSO HAD HIS 5-GAME GOAL STREAK HALTED AT 5(6-4-10).

--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS CRAMMED HIS 24-GOALS INTO THE LUMBERJACKS LAST 20-GAMES.

--LUKE STAUFFACHER IS PRESENTLY ON A 5-GAME POINT STREAK; 5(3-4-7).

--MATT GENS IS ALSO ON A 5-GAME POINT STREAK; 5(1-5-6); LAST 13-GAMES; 13(4-11-15).

--CENTER BILLY COLLINS (99) NEXT ASSIST WILL BE THE 100TH OF HIS MUSKEGON CAREER. COLLINS IS JUST 5-GOALS FROM THE MUSKEGON 100 AND 5-POINTS FROM THE MUSKEGON 200.

--ROOKIE RIGHT WING CHAD COSTELLO IS ON A 3-GAME GOAL STREAK WITH 3(3-2-5).

--ROOKIE CENTER / LEFT WING JON GRABAREK'S FIRST-EVER PRO GOAL FRIDAY NIGHT AT KALAMAZOO WAS ALSO THE GWG, EARNING HIM THE GAME'S #1 STAR.

--STEVEN LATER'S 232-PIM LEAD THE IHL WITH 122 OF THOSE PIM ACCRUED IN 6-GAMES THIS SEASON.

--GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL HAS ATTAINED THE IHL'S BEST WINNING RECORD AT 23(15-4-4) FOR A WIN PERCENTAGE OF .740.

--DARRYL MCARTHUR'S 16-PPA RANK 2ND AMONG IHL DEFENSEMEN AND TIED FOR 4TH OVERALL IN THE IHL.

--WITH HIS 8-POINTS THIS PAST WEEKEND; 3(2-6-8), TODD ROBINSON HAS ECLIPSED THE 900-POINTS PLATEAU IN HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 10-YEAR PRO CAREER. HIS COUNT CURRENTLY STANDS AT 903.

--DEFENSEMAN MATT GENS (98) IS 2-ASSISTS SHY OF PRO CAREER 100.

--WITH THEIR 31-WINS THUS FAR THIS SEASON, MUSKEGON IS A MERE 4-VICTORIES AWAY FROM MATCHING LAST SEASON'S WIN TOTAL OF 35 WITH STILL 24-GAMES REMAINING.

--THE MUSKEGON POWER PLAY IS 37 FOR THE LAST 123 FOR A PROFICIENCY RATING OF A STRONG 30.1%



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