Lumberjacks Weekly Notes

January 11, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--THE LUMBERJACKS POSTED TWO CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS IN TWO HOME GAMES THE PAST WEEKEND OVER THE FLINT GENERALS WITH TWO DIFFERENT GOALTENDERS; WINNING 1-0 ON FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND SEBASTIEN CENTOMO'S 23-SAVES PERFORMANCE AND 8-0 SUNDAY BEHIND ROOKIE MATT LUNDIN'S FIRST EVER PRO CAREER SHUTOUT.

--DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE DEFEATED FLINT 6-CONSECUTIVE TIMES ON HOME ICE WITH 4 OF THOSE 6-VICTORIES COMING BY WAY OF THE SHUTOUT; HAVING OUTSCORED THE GENERALS IN THE 6-GAME HOME WIN STREAK; 35-6.

--WHEN THE IHL'S LEADING SCORER ROBIN BOUCHARD SCORED 4-GOALS IN SUNDAY'S 8-0 TROUNCING OF FLINT, IT MARKED THE FIRST TIME IN HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 16-YEAR CAREER THAT BOUCHARD HAD CONNECTED ON A 4-GOAL GAME.

--IN THEIR LAST 4-GAMES, THE `JACKS ARE 4(3-1-0-0); LAST 12(8-4-0-0); LAST 29(20-6-3-0-0).

--IN THEIR LAST 2-GAMES, MUSKEGON HAS PRODUCED ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF SHOTS ON GOAL IN A SINGLE GAME; SATURDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE 43-SOG AND THE NEXT NIGHT, SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST FLINT; 45-SOG.

--MUSKEGON'S 8-0 DRUBBING OF FLINT REPRESENTED ITS SECOND LARGEST GOAL-SCORING OUTPUT IN A SINGLE GAME AND THEIR LARGEST MATGIN OF VICTORY THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--TODD ROBINSON'S 4-ASSISTS IN SUNDAY'S 8-0 WALLOPING OF FLINT REPRESENTED HIS SECOND 4-ASSISTS' PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.

--TODD ROBINSON'S FIRST ASSIST IN THAT SAME GAME WAS THE 700TH OF HIS BRILLIANT CAREER, ATTAINING HIS 700TH PRO ASSIST IN HIS 703RD PRO CAREER GAME.

--ROBIN BOUCHARD'S LATEST POINT STREAK HAS REACHED 5-GAMES; 5(7-3-10).

--IN HIS LAST 5-GAMES, DAMIAN SURMA IS 5(3-5-8).

--IN HIS LAST 5-GAMES, DEFENSEMAN MATT KRUG IS 5(2-6-8).

--TEN OF HIS LEAGUE HIGH 31-GOALS FROM ROBIN BOUCHARD HAVE BEEN SCORED AGAINST HIS FORMER FLINT TEAM.

--FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON DEFENSEMAN ADAM WELCH EARNED A +4 RATING IN A SINGLE GAME WITH THIS LATEST ONE COMING IN SUNDAY'S 8-0 CARNAGE OF FLINT.

--MUSKEGON HAS OUTSCORED THE VISITORS ON HOME ICE IN THE FIRST PERIOD THIS SEASON, 22-10.

--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE OUTSCORED THE VISITORS ON HOME ICE IN THE THIRD PERIOD, 24-11; COMBINED AT HOME, FIRST AND THIRD PERIODS, THE `JACKS HAVE OUTSCORED THE OPPOSITION, 46-21.

--CENTER TODD ROBINSON LEADS THE IHL IN BOTH TOTAL ASSISTS (38) AND PP/ASSISTS WITH 14.

--MUSKEGON HAS YET TO SUFFER A SETBACK WHEN EITHER TIED OR LEADING AT THE END OF THE SECOND PERIOD, POSTING A RECORD OF 23(20-0-0-3).

--THE `JACKS ARE 20(15-4-0-1) WHEN OUTSHOOTING THEIR OPPOSITION THIS SEASON.

--MUSKEGON HAS POSTED A BRILLIANT RECORD OF 19(15-3-0-1) WHEN THEY WEAR THEIR HOME WHITE JERSEYS.

--RIGHT WING ROBIN BOUCHARD (658) IS 25-GOALS AWAY FROM BECOMING THE GREATEST GOAL-SCORING CANNONEER IN MINOR PRO HOCKEY ANNALS AT 683. THE LUMBERJACKS STILL HAVE 41-REGULAR SEASON GAMES REMAINING.



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