Lumberjacks Notes
January 4, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LUMBERJACKS COMPLETED A GRUELING SPAN OF 8 OF 9 -GAMES ON THE ROAD WITH AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF 8(6-2-0); WINNING THE FIRST 5-IN A ROW FOR THE LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAK IN THE IHL THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--IN THEIR GALLANT 6-5 OTSO COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY SUNDAY IN FLINT, THE LUMBERJACKS PLAYED MINUS 9-REGULARS FROM THEIR LINEUP; 6-INJURED (GENS, SPENCER, MCPHEE, LAWMASTER, GRANBOIS, DIPACE; 1-SICK (TODD ROBINSON); 2-CALLED UP TO AHL GRAND RAPIDS; TOM GALVIN, DAVID ROHLFS.
--MUSKEGON'S 6-5 OTSO TRIUMPH SUNDAY AT FLINT HALTED ITS FIRST 2-GAME LOSING STREAK OF THE SEASON.
--IN THAT SAME GAME, FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, THE `JACKS CONNECTED ON 3-PPG IN ONE GAME; 3 FOR 4.
--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ATTAINED THE IHL'S PREMIERE ROAD RECORD OF 16(9-4-0-3).
--WHEN THEY BOWED 12/31 AT QUAD CITY, 6-1, TO THE MALLARDS, IT MARKED MUSKEGON'S FIRST ROAD DEFEAT IN EXACTLY 2-MONTHS SINCE 10/31 AT FORT WAYNE.
--THROUGH THE 2-MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER COMBINED, THE LUMBERJACKS SUSTAINED A TOTAL OF ONLY 4-DEFEATS IN 24-TOTAL GAMES.
--WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS PLAYED AT HOME FOR THEIR NEXT GAME, JANUARY 8TH, IT WILL BE ONLY THEIR SECOND HOME GAME SINCE DECEMBER 13TH.
--WITH THEIR 4-3 OT TRIUMPH 12/29 AT BLOOMINGTON, THE `JACKS CLAIMED THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT OT VICTORY DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON AND THEIR 6TH CONSECUTIVE ON THE ROAD IN THAT SPAN.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS NOW DELIVERED 2-OT/ GWG AND 1-OTSO / GWG THIS SEASON FOR THE `JACKS.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON PLAYED PRO CAREER GAME #700 1/2/10 AT PORT HURON. HE HAS AMASSED 698-CAREER ASSISTS; OR AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 1 PER GAME FOR HIS CAREER.
--THE MUSKEGON POWER PLAY IS PERCOLATING LATELY AS IT IS 4 FOR THE LAST 6; 66.7% PROFICIENCY; AND 7 FOR THE LAST 22 FOR A CONVERSION MARK OF A DYNAMIC 31.8%.
--MUSKEGON HAS ASSEMBLED A WINNING RECORD AGAINST EVERY TEAM IN THE IHL THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--ROOKIE GOALTENDER MATT LUNDIN HAS BEEN IN GOAL FOR 3 OF THE LUMBERJACKS 4-OT WINS AS WELL AS 1-OTSO VICTORY.
--WITH HIS VICTORY 12/29 AT BLOOMINGTON, HEAD COACH RICH KROMM BECAME THE WINNINGEST COACH IN MODERN MUSKEGON HISTORY WITH 150-WINS. HIS CURRENT NUMBER IS AT 151.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (653) IS 30-GOALS FROM THE MAGIC NUMBER OF 683 WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM THE GREATEST GOAL-SCORING CANNONEER IN MINOR PRO HOCKEY HISTORY.
--WITH 2-GOALS, 2-ASSISTS 1/3/10 AT FLINT, DEFENSEMAN MATT KRUG COMPOSED HIS SECOND 4-POINT GAME THIS SEASON AND HIS FIRST-EVER 2-GOAL GAME AS A PRO WITH BOTH OF THOSE COMING ON THE POWER PLAY.
--SMOOTH-SKATING CENTER DAMIAN SURMA HAS ESSAYED TWO CONSECUTIVE 2-POINT GAMES; 2 (1-3-4).
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