Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
March 30, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS NOTES WEEK OF MARCH 23RD - MARCH 29TH
--WHEN MUSKEGON DEFEATED BLOOMINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT IN ILLINOIS, 8-2, IT MARKED THEIR 40TH WIN OF THE SEASON. IT WAS THE 11TH TIME IN THE LAST 15-YEARS AND THE 6TH TIME IN THE LAST 7-YEARS THAT MUSKEGON HAS ATTAINED THE PRESTIGIOUS 40-VICTORY PLATEAU.
--WITH THEIR 3-CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES OVER BLOOMINGTON THIS PAST WEEK, THE LUMBER-JACKS HALTED A 5-GAME WINLESS SKID AGAINST THEIR PRAIRIE THUNDER RIVALS.
--THE LUMBERJACKS ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYING A 4-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK ON THE ROAD AT 4(3-0-1). THEIR LAST SETBACK ABROAD WAS BACK ON MARCH 15TH IN PORT HURON WHERE THEY BOWED, 7-3.
--MUSKEGON ACTUALLY HAS SUSTAINED FEWER DEFEATS ON THE ROAD (10); 33(19-10-4) THAN THEY HAVE AT HOME (11); 36(22-11-3). THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ATTAINED THE IHL'S BEST HOME RECORD THIS SEASON.
--IN THEIR LAST 8-GAMES, THE 'JACKS RECORD STANDS AT 8(6-1-1).
--IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, THE MUSKEGON RECORD IS 31(19-8-4); SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, THE RECORD IS 42(26-11-5).
--THE LUMBERJACKS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH ON SUNDAY THIS SEASON WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 11(8-2-1).
--WITH 7-GAMES REMAINING ON THE REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, THE LUMBERJACKS HEAD COACH BRUCE RAMSAY (125) IS 5-WINS AWAY FROM TYING RICH KROMM FOR SECOND PLACE IN MUSKEGON COACHING VICTORIES WITH 130.
--WHEN THE 'JACKS DEFEATED THE PRAIRIE THUNDER IN BLOOMINGTON LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, 3-2 IN OT, IT WAS THEIR 4TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY IN THE EXTRA SESSION WITH THEIR SEASON TOTAL OF 5-OT WINS ALL COMING ON THE ROAD.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON'S 88-ASSISTS THIS SEASON SHATTER THE MUSKEGON RECORD FOR MOST ASSISTS IN A SINGLE SEASON OF 86 SET BY SERGEI KHARIN BACK IN THE 1997-98 SEASON.
--WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS PLAY THEIR NEXT GAME THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN FORT WAYNE, IT WILL BE ROBIN BOUCHARD'S 1,000TH GAME OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 15-YEAR MINOR PRO HOCKEY CAREER.
--ROOKIE LEFT WING ANTON KHARIN'S PRO DEBUT THE PAST WEEKEND MARKED THE SECOND TIME THAT THE SON HAS PLAYED FOR HIS FATHER'S MUSKEGON TEAM. ANTON KHARIN IS THE SON OF FORMER MUSKEGON ALL-TIME GREAT SERGEI KHARIN WHO STARRED FOR MUSKEGON FROM 1996-2001. PREVIOUSLY, NIGEL HAWRYLIW HAD A BRIEF STINT WITH MUSKEGON, PRECEDED BY HIS FATHER NEIL HAWRYLIW.
--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE SCORED 11 THREE GOAL "HAT TRICKS" THIS SEASON AND THEY REMAIN UNDEFEATED WHEN THEY DO SCORE ONE AT 11(10-0-1).
--DESPITE ONLY PLAYING IN 40 OF HIS TEAM'S 69-GAMES THIS SEASON, ROBIN BOUCHARD SHARES THE IHL LEAD IN GOALS SCORED WITH 38 AND IS TIED FOR 2ND IN THE LEAGUE IN PPG WITH 14.
--LEFT WING CHAD WOOLLARD IS CURRENTLY ON AN 11-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 11(8-8-16). HIS 11-GAME POINT STREAK IS ONE AWAY FROM EQUALING ROBIN BOUCHARD'S SEASON BEST OF 12-CONSECUTIVE SCORING GAMES.
--TODD ROBINSON IS ON AN 8-GAMES POINT AND ASSIST STREAK WITH 8(0-14-14) IN THAT SPAN.
--MUSKEGON IS 39(30-4-5) WHEN SCORING THE GAME'S FG AND 25(20-3-2) WHEN ACHIEVING THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD.
--IN HIS LAST 8-GAMES, DARRYL MCARTHUR IS 8(0-4-4) WITH A STELLAR +13 RATING.
--IN HIS LAST 5-GAMES, JOHN DIPACE IS 5(4-5-9) WITH A STRONG +7 RATING.
--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, LUKE STAUFFACHER IS 7(7-5-12).
--IN HIS FIRST 3-GAMES, ANTON KHARIN IS ON A A-GAMES' POINT STREAK AT 3(2-3-5).
--CLAYTON POOL HAS MADE 10-CONSECUTIVE STARTS IN THE MUSKEGON GOAL DATING BACK TO MARCH 14TH.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS MADE HIS GOALS MATTER THE MOST AND AT THE RIGHT TIME. HE HAS SCORED A TOTAL OF 3-GWG. BUT IN ADDITION, HE HAS SCORED 2-OT / GWG AND 2-GWG / OTSO GOALS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--WHEN JOHN DIPACE AND LUKE STAUFFACHER CONNECTED ON 2-SHG :52 APART FRIDAY NIGHT ON HOME ICE AGAINST KALAMAZOO, IT MARKED THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK THAT THEY LUMBERJACKS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT WITH BOTH TIMES THE 2-SHG COMING DURING THE SAME LUMBERJACKS SHORTHANDED SITUATION.
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