Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
January 19, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--COMPLETING THE PAST 4-GAMES IN 6-DAYS WEEK WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4(3-0-1) RECORD, THE LUMBERJACKS STILL REMAIN UNDEFEATED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR 2009 AT 8(6-0-2).
--IN THEIR LAST 10-GAMES, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE 10(7-1-2); THE LAST 14-GAMES; 14(9-2-3).
--ON HOME ICE, MUSKEGON LEADS THE IHL WITH 13-WINS; 20(13-5-2) FOR THE SEASON OVERALL.
--AT HOME, THE LUMBERJACKS RECENTLY CAPPED AN EXTENDED 5-GAME HOME STAND EARNING 8 OF AN AVAILABLE 10-POINTS WITH A MARK OF 5(3-0-2).
--AT HOME, IN THEIR LAST 6-GAMES, THE 'JACKS ARE 6(4-0-2); LAST 8 AT HOME; 8(6-1-1).
--WITH THEIR 3-2 OTSO TRIUMPH SUNDAY AT FORT WAYNE, THE LUMBERJACKS RAN THEIR CURRENT ROAD WINNING STREAK TO 3-IN A ROW; 3(3-0-0), REPRESENTING THEIR LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAK OF THE SEASON.
--ON THE ROAD, THE 'JACKS ARE 6(4-1-1) IN THEIR LAST 6-OUTINGS AND 9(5-2-2) IN THE LAST 9-ADVENTURES AWAY FROM HOME.
--MUSKEGON'S 10 SETBACKS THUS FAR THIS SEASON ARE 4-FEWER THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE IHL.
--MUSKEGON'S 5-ROAD SETBACKS TIE LEAGUE-LEADING PORT HURON FOR FEWEST ROAD LOSSES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--CURRENTLY TIED FOR SECOND PLACE WITH KALAMAZOO WITH 46-POINTS, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ACHIEVED THE LEAGUE'S BEST OVERALL RECORD AT 35(21-10-4) FOR A WIN PERCENTAGE OF .657.
--THROUGH THEIR FIRST 35-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE SCORED 4 OR MORE GOALS IN 25 OF THOSE CONTESTS. ONLY 4-TIMES IN THOSE 35-GAMES HAS MUSKEGON SCORED FEWER THAN 3-GF IN A SINGLE GAME.
--FOUR OF THE LAST 7-LUMBERJACKS GAMES HAVE BEEN PROLONGED TO EITHER OT OR THE OTSO. FOR THE SEASON, THE 'JACKS ARE 5(2-3-0) IN OT AND 2(1-1-0) IN THE OTSO.
--SINCE THE FIRST INCARNATION OF THE LUMBERJACKS EXITED AND THE DAWNING OF A NEW MUSKEGON FRANCHISE IN 1992, MUSKEGON HAS WON 699-GAMES AS A BONA FIDE FRANCHISE. MUSKEGON GOES FOR #700 THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT BLOOMINGTON.
--IN SUNDAY'S 3-2 (OTSO) VERDICT OVER FORT WAYNE, THE LUMBERJACKS STREAK OF 9-CONSECUTIVE GAMES OF SCORING A PPG WAS ENDED BY THE KOMETS. THE 'JACKS WERE A BRILLIANT 16-34 IN THAT SPAN FOR A PROFICIENCY RATING OF 47.1%.
--DURING THE LUMBERJACKS RESURGENCE ON THE POWER PLAY, IT HAS CATAPULTED FROM WORST TO FIRST IN THE IHL AT 33-157 FOR A RATING OF 21.0%.
--THE LUMBERJACKS BECAME THE LAST TEAM IN THE IHL THIS SEASON TO SURRENDER A SHGA AS FORT WAYNE MADE CONNECTION THIS PAST SUNDAY IN THE INDIANA CITY.
--GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL 10(7-0-3) REMAINS UNBLEMISHED THROUGH HIS FIRST 10-APPEARANCES OF THE CAMPAIGN AT 10(7-0-3).
--RIGHT WING ROBIN BOUCHARD IS CURRENTLY ON A 3-GAME GOAL-SCORING STREAK WITH 3(4-1-5) IN THAT SPAN. HE IS ALSO ON A 5-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 5(4-4-8).
--IN HIS FIRST 34-GAMES THIS SEASON, CENTER TODD ROBINSON HAS COLLECTED AN EXTRA-ORDINARY 18-MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES
--LEFT WING CHAD WOOLLARD LEADS THE IHL WITH 12-PPG.
--THE LUMBERJACKS GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL (195) IS 5-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 200-GAMES.
--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE SHOWN VAST IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR'S CLIP. AT 35(18-15-2) 38-POINTS TO THIS YEAR'S PACE AT 35(21-10-4) 46-POINTS. MUSKEGON IS CURRENTLY 3-WINS AND 8-POINTS SUPERIOR TO LAST YEAR'S PACE.
--MUSKEGON HAS YET TO SUFFER A SETBACK WHEN ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD EITHER LEADING OR TIED. THEY ARE 12(12-0-0) WHEN LEADING THE GAME AND 8(6-0-2) WHEN TIED AFTER THE SECOND FOR A COMBINED COUNT OF 20(18-0-2).
--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE SCORED THE GAME'S FG IN 23 OF THEIR FIRST 35-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON, POSTING A MARK OF 23(17-3-3) IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
--WHEN LEADING AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD THIS SEASON, THE 'JACKS HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF (9-1-1).
--RIGHT WING LUKE STAUFFACHER LEADS THE LUMBERJACKS AND THE IHL WITH 7-MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES SO FAR THIS SEASON.
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