Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
March 8, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS BOWED SATURDAY NIGHT ON HOME ICE TO PORT HURON, 4-1, IT WAS ONLY THEIR SECOND SETBACK IN THEIR LAST 11-GAMES; 11(9-2-0); LAST 14(11-3-0); LAST 19(13-4-2); LAST 31(21-6-4).
--MUSKEGON'S TOTAL NUMBER OF WINS, 35, MATCHES THEIR ENTIRE VICTORY OUTPUT FROM LAST SEASON.
--THE LUMBERJACKS 19-HOME WINS ECLIPSE LAST SEASON'S TOTAL HOME ICE WIN TOTAL OF 18 VICTORIES.
--MUSKEGON'S 16-ROAD WINS ARE 1 SHY OF DUPLICATING LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OF 17-VICTORIES ABROAD.
--IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 5-3 TRIUMPH OVER DEFENDING LEAGUE CHAMPION FORT WAYNE, ROBIN BOUCHARD SCORED HIS 30TH GOAL IN ONLY HIS 28TH GAME THIS SEASON WITH THE LUMBERJACKS.
--SINCE THE LUMBERJACKS MAJOR 5-PLAYER TRADE WITH THE FLINT GENERALS, THEY HAVE POSTED A SUPERB RECORD OF 9(7-2-0).
--IN HIS MUSKEGON DEBUT FRIDAY NIGHT, FORMER BLOOMINGTON DEFENSEMAN SHAUN FISHER ENGINEERED 3-POINTS ON 1-GOAL, 2-ASSISTS WITH HIS GOAL BEING THE KEY TIE-BREAKING GOAL. FISHER WAS NAMED THE GAME'S #3 STAR AS HIS NEW TEAM PREVAILED, 5-3.
--WHEN THE 'JACKS DEFEATED FORT WAYNE FRIDAY NIGHT, 5-3, IT REPRESENTED MUSKEGON'S 4TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OVER THE KOMETS AND THEIR 6TH IN THEIR LAST 7-CLASHES BETWEEN THE TWO LONG-TIME RIVALS; LAST 4(4-0-0); LAST 7(6-1-0).
--BILLY COLLINS FG OF THE GAME FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE 'JACKS 5-3 VICTORY VERDICT OVER FORT WAYNE WAS THE 99TH OF HIS MUSKEGON AND PRO CAREER.
--SINCE THE START OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 20(13-4-3).
--SINCE THE START OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR OF 2009, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 31(20-7-4).
--WITH CLAYTON POOL ON RECALL TO AHL GRAND RAPIDS THE PAST WEEK, JOHN CECI RECEIVED HIS FIRST BACK-TO-BACK STARTS IN GOAL THIS PAST WEEKEND.
--DEFENSEMAN DARRYL MCARTHUR IS THE LONE LUMBERJACKS PLAYER TO HAVE BEEN AT THE STARTING GATE FOR ALL 58 THIS SEASON AS HE HAS PLAYED IN EVERY GAME THIS CAMPAIGN..
--WITH THEIR THREE 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCTS SATURDAY NIGHT, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE #2 IN THE IHL IN 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCTS WITH 20.
--ALTHOUGH THEY LEAD THE IHL IN PIM WITH A PER GAME AVERAGE OF 24.3, THE 'JACKS HAVE INCURRED THE FEWEST MINOR PENALTIES IN THE IHL OF 334.
--ALTHOUGH PLAYING IN ONLY 29 OF HIS TEAM'S 58-GAMES, ROBIN BOUCHARD 29(30-18-48) HAS CLIMBED TO 19TH IN IHL SCORING WITH HIS 30-GOALS TYING HIM FOR THIRD MOST IN THE LEAGUE AND HIS 11-PPG ALSO RANK AS THIRD MOST IN THE IHL.
--WHEN DEFENSEMAN DAN BOESER SCORED A PPG AT 17:55 OF THE THIRD PERIOD IN THE LUMBERJACKS 4-1 SETBACK INFLICTED BY VISITING PORT HURON SATURDAY NIGHT, IT AVERTED MUSKEGON'S FIRST TIME TO BE SHUTOUT THIS SEASON.
--IN THEIR LAST 10-ROAD GAMES, THE 'JACKS ARE 10(8-1-1); LAST 16 ON THE ROAD; 16(11-3-2); LAST 19 ON ROAD; 19(12-4-3).
--IN THEIR LAST 8-GAMES DECIDED BY A 1-GOAL MARGIN, MUSKEGON IS 8(7-1-0).
--DUE TO INJURIES, ILLNESS AND PLAYER RECALLS, FRIDAY NIGHT, DEFENSEMAN STEVE LATER WAS TRANSPLANTED TO RIGHT WING WHERE HE PROFITED WITH A 3-POINTS' NIGHT ON 1-BREAKAWAY PPG AND 2 ASSISTS TO BE NAMED THE GAME'S #2 STAR.
--THE LUMBERJACKS ARE A STELLAR 34(26-4-4) WHEN THEY SCORE THE GAME'S FG.
--MUSKEGON HAS A COMPOSITE SEASON RECORD OF 7(4-3) IN OVERTIME THIS SEASON WITH ALL 4-OT VICTORIES ON THE ROAD AND THE LATTER 3-COMING CONSECUTIVELY.
--THE LUMBERJACKS GAME AT FLINT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 13TH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR ONE NIGHT EARLIER ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH FROM THE PERANI ARENA.
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