Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
December 14, 2008 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WITH SETBACKS ON HOME ICE OF 3-1 FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST LEAGUE DEFENDING CHAMPION FORT WAYNE AND 4-2 SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST FLINT, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE DROPPED BACK-TO-BACK GAMES. THIS DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL ONE GAME PAST THE QUARTER POLE IN THE 76-GAMES' SCHEDULE.
--DESPITE FALLING INTO THIRD PLACE IN THE EXTREMELY TIGHT IHL STANDINGS, THE LUMBERJACKS STILL OWN THE IHL'S BEST RECORD AND WINNING PERCENTAGE AT 20(12-7-1) 25-POINTS AND .625 WIN PERCENTILE.
--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE INCURRED THE LEAST NUMBER OF LOSSES IN THE LEAGUE (7) AND HAVE PLAYED THE FEWEST NUMBER OF GAMES IN THE IHL (20).
--ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SUSTAINED SETBACKS IN 4 OF THEIR LAST 5-HOME APPEARANCES; 5(1-4-0), THE LUMBERJACKS 8-OVERALL HOME VICTORIES REPRESENT 2-MORE WINS THAN THE REST OF THE IHL.
--THE LUMBERJACKS ARE ONE OF THREE TEAMS CURRENTLY ABOVE THE .500 BARRIER IN FOREIGN ICE WARFARE AT 8(4-3-1).
--DEFENSEMAN DARRYL MCARTHUR HAS EMERGED AS THE IHL PREMIERE PLUS PLAYER AT +16.
--DEFENSEMAN KYLE KOS WILL PLAY IN HIS 500TH PRO CAREER GAME COMING UP THIS FRIDAY NIGHT ON HOME ICE WHEN THE 'JACKS HOST FORT WAYNE.
--THE LUMBERJACKS ARE 4(1-3-0) THROUGH THE FIRST 4-GAMES OF AN EXTENDED 5-GAME HOME STAND.
--WHEN THE 'JACKS TRAVEL TO FORT WAYNE AND PORT HURON ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND, IT WILL MARK THEIR FIRST ROAD GAMES FOR DECEMBER AND THEIR FIRST GAMES AWAY SINCE NOVEMBER 29TH AT FORT WAYNE.
--HENRY KUSTER (496) IS 4-POINTS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 500.
--CENTER MAXIME LINCOURT 20(9-9-18) IS TIED FOR SECOND IN IHL ROOKIE SCORING.
--IN HIS LAST 11-GAMES, DEFENSEMAN MATT GENS IS 11(3-8-11).
--WHEN THE 'JACKS SUSTAINED A 4-2 SETBACK AGAINST FLINT, IT MARKED THEIR INITIAL HOME SETBACK ON SATURDAY NIGHTS THIS YEAR; 5(4-1-0).
--THE LUMBERJACKS POWER PLAY IS ONLY 1 FOR THE LAST 34 FOR A PROFICIENCY RATING OF 2.9%.
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