Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
March 16, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS BOWED AT PORT HURON THE PAST SUNDAY, IT REPRESENTED THEIR FIRST SETBACK IN 6-GAMES ON THE ROAD ON SUNDAY THIS SEASON; 6(5-1-0). OVERALL, IT WAS ONLY MUSKEGON'S SECOND SETBACK IN 9-SUNDAY OUTINGS THUS FAR THIS SEASON; 9(7-2-0).
--MUSKEGON'S PRESENT 4-GAME LOSING STREAK; 4(0-4-0), IS THEIR LONGEST LOSING STREAK OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.
--WITH THEIR 7-3 DEFEAT SUNDAY AT PORT HURON, THE LUMBERJACKS, FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, HAVE LOST BACK-TO-BACK GAMES ON THE ROAD.
--WHEN THEY WERE AMBUSHED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME AGAINST BLOOMINGTON, 4-2, THE LUMBERJACKS, FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON, SUSTAINED BACK-TO-BACK DEFEATS ON HOME ICE.
--FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN HIS OVERALL 10-YEAR PRO CAREER AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN HIS 8-SEASONS IN MUSKEGON, THE LEAGUE'S LEADING SCORER, TODD ROBINSON 60(23-78-101) HAS ATTAINED THE COVETED 100-POINTS PLATEAU.
--IN EXACTLY ONE-HALF OF HIS 60-GP, TODD ROBINSON HAS AUTHORED MULTIPLE POINT GAMES, TOTALING 30-MULTI POINT GAMES FOR THE SEASON.
--TODD ROBINSON ALSO LEADS THE LEAGUE IN PP/ASSISTS WITH 29. IN 12-GAMES AGAINST FLINT THIS SEASON, TODD ROBINSON IS 12(6-24-30).
--IN HIS FIRST 32-GAMES BACK IN MUSKEGON, ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS FIRED 31-GOALS TO TIE FOR 4TH IN LEAGUE-WIDE GOAL CANNONEERING WITH TEAMMATE LUKE STAUFFACHER (31).
--DEFENSEMAN ADAM BARTHOLOMAY APPEARED IN HIS 100TH PRO GAME THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT FLINT, CELEBRATING HIS NEW PERSONAL MILESTONE WITH HIS 9TH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
--IN HIS FIRST 4-GAMES AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM, THE FLINT GENERALS, LUMBERJACKS CENTER JOHN DIPACE IS 4(4-4-8) AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.
--IN IS ROOKIE PRO DEBUT, FRESH OFF THE CAMPUS AS THE CAPTAIN OF HIS UTICA COLLEGE TEAM, LEFT WING BRYCE DALE EARNED HIS FIRST EVER PRO POINT SUNDAY NIGHT IN PORT HURON, ASSISTING ON ALEC KIRSHNER'S THIRD PERIOD GOAL.
--RETURNING FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED 22-GAMES ABSENCE DUE TO INJURY, LEFT WING CHAD WOOLLARD PROMPTLY PROCEEDED TO COMPOSE A 3-GAME GOAL SCORING STREAK WITH 4-GOALS, INCLUDING 3 ON THE POWER PLAY AS HE LEADS THE LEAGUE IN PPG WITH 15. FOR THE WEEK, WOOLLARD WAS 3(4-0-4) WITH 21-SOG.
--CENTER BILLY COLLINS NEXT GOAL WILL BE THE 100TH OF HIS PRO CAREER AND ALL WITH MUSKEGON.
International Hockey League 2 Stories from March 16, 2009
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