Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
December 28, 2008 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LUMBERJACKS ATTRACTED THEIR LARGEST CROWD OF THE SEASON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28TH, IN THEIR RE-SCHEDULED GAME AGAINST FORT WAYNE OF 4,476.
--FOR THE AFTER CHRISTMAS WEEKEND, THE LUMBERJACKS ATTRACTED A TOTAL OF 7,659 FANS FOR 2-HOME GAMES IN AS MANY DAYS AT WALKER ARENA.
--WITH THEIR 3-2 SATURDAY NIGHT VERDICT OVER ARCHRIVAL KALAMAZOO, MUSKEGON CLAIMED ITS 6TH CONSECUTIVE HOME CONQUEST OVER THE WINGS DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, OUTSCORING KALAMAZOO IN THAT SPAN, 21-8.
--MUSKEGON IS UNSULLIED IN ONE-GOAL OUTCOMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON WITH A SUPREME RECORD OF 8(6-0-2) OVERALL AND A PERFECT 4(4-0-0) ON HOME ICE.
--MUSKEGON DID ACHIEVE THE IHL'S PREMIERE RECORD IN ONE-GOAL GAMES LAST SEASON AT 32(20-6-6) WITH ITS 20-WINS FOREMOST IN THE LOOP. ON THE ROAD ITS RECORD IN THIS CATEGORY WAS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE AT 15(10-1-4); ALSO THE BEST IN THE CIRCUIT.
--ON THE STRENGTH OF THEIR 3-2 VICTORY SATURDAY NIGHT OVER KALAMAZOO, THE 'JACKS IMPROVED THEIR HOME ICE RECORD ON SATURDAY NIGHTS THIS SEASON TO 6(5-1-0).
--MUSKEGON DOES NOT HAVE A LOSING RECORD AGAINST ANY OF ITS IHL RIVALS THIS SEASON. IN FACT, THEY HAVE ATTAINED WINNING RECORDS AGAINST PORT HURON, KALAMAZOO AND FLINT WHILE BEING EVEN WITH BOTH FORT WAYNE AND BLOOMINGTON.
--MUSKEGON HEAD COACH BRUCE RAMSAY (98) IS JUST 2-VICTORIES FROM REACHING THE CENTURY PLATEAU AS THE THIRD WINNINGEST COACH IN THE MODERN ERA OF MUSKEGON PRO HOCKEY ANNALS.
--DEFENSEMAN ALEX LAMONTAGNE SCORED HIS FIRST EVER PRO GOAL AS THE GAME'S KEY, CLUTCH FG IN HIS TEAM'S 3-2 TRIUMPH OVER KALAMAZOO SATURDAY NIGHT.
--WITH HIS 13TH GOAL OF THE CAMPAIGN SUNDAY AGAINST FORT WAYNE, THE LEAGUE'S LEADING SCORER, TODD ROBINSON 24(13-37-50) REACHED THE 50-POINTS' PLATEAU, AVERAGING A REMARKABLE 2.1 POINTS PER GAME FOR THE SEASON.
--THE LUMBERJACKS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED THUS FAR THIS SEASON WHEN ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD WITH THE LEAD AT 9(9-0-0).
--IN THE MIDST OF AN AMBITIOUS DOCKET CONSISTING OF 7-GAMES IN 9-DAYS, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE COMPILED A MARK OF 3(1-1-1) THROUGH THE FIRST TRIO OF DATES.
--CENTER MAXIME LINCOURT 25(11-12-23) LEADS ALL IHL ROOKIES IN GOAL CANNONEERING WITH 11-STRIKES.
--AFTER LAUNCHING THE SEASON AUSPICIOUSLY WITH A 7-GAME HOME WIN STREAK, MUSKEGON HAS STAGNATED AT 4(1-3-0) IN ITS LAST 4 AT HOME AND LAST 7 AT HOME; 7(2-5-0).
--THOUGH THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD IN ONLY 6 OF THEIR FIRST 25-GAMES, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE 6(5-1-0) IN THAT CATEGORY.
--PLAGUED WITH INJURIES ON THEIR DEFENSE SINCE OPENING NIGHT, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE LOST 44-MANPOWER GAMES ON THEIR BLUELINE THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--IN HIS LAST 4-GAMES, LEFT WING CHAD WOOLLARD IS 4(5-1-6) WITH 2-PPG AND 2-MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES.
--AFTER MISSING THE FIRST 23-GAMES OF THE SEASON DUE TO OFF-SEASON SURGERY, DEFENSEMAN DAN BOESER MADE HIS LONG-AWAITED MUSKEGON DEBUT SATURDAY NIGHT IN HIS CLUB'S 3-2 TRIUMPH OVER KALAMAZOO.
--GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL MADE ONLY HIS SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT AT PORT HURON. IT WAS HIS FIRST START SINCE OCTOBER 31ST WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE AFTER JUST 5:26 OF THE FIRST PERIOD IN BLOOMINGTON DUE TO A RECURRENCE OF AN INJURY FROM LAST SEASON.
--WITH HIS 3-ASSISTS FRIDAY NIGHT IN PORT HURON, TODD ROBINSON IS 6(6-9-15) IN 6-GAMES AGAINST THE ICEHAWKS.
--LUKE STAUFFACHER'S 2-GOALS FRIDAY NIGHT IN PORT HURON REPRESENTED HIS 6TH MULTIPLE GOAL GAME OF THE SEASON.
--IN HIS LAST 4-GAMES, ROOKIE RIGHT WING CHAD COSTELLO IS 4(3-3-6).
--CENTER BILLY COLLINS (294) IS 6-GAMES AWAY FROM 300-GAMES, ALL WITH MUSKEGON.
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