Lumberjacks Weekly Notes

Published on March 1, 2010 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE POSTED THE BEST HOME RECORD IN THE IHL AT 31(25-6-0-0) WITH THEIR

25-WINS EXCEEDING LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OF 24 WHEN MUSKEGON ALSO BOASTED THE LEAGUE'S PREMIERE HOME RECORD.

--MUSKEGON'S 6-GOAL THIRD PERIOD BARRAGE LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THEIR 7-3 DRUBBING OF FLINT REPRESENTED THEIR MOST POTENT PERIOD OFFENSIVELY THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--INCLUDED IN THAT LUMBERJACKS 6-GOAL THIRD PERIOD JUGGERNAUT WAS A 4-GOAL BLITZ IN 3:11 REPRESENTING MUSKEGON'S FASTEST 4-GOALS THIS SEASON.

--DURING THAT 4-GOAL BLITZ IN 3:11, CENTER BRIAN BICEK WAS INSTRUMENTAL ON ALL 4-STRIKES STOKED AS HE FIRED A NATURAL 3-GOAL "HAT TRICK" IN 3:27 WITH 2-OF THOSE ON POWER PLAYS AND ANOTHER BEING THE GWG. THOSE WERE THE FASTEST 3-GOALS BY A LUMBERJACKS INDIVIDUAL PLAYER THIS SEASON.

--WHEN MUSKEGON DEFEATED DAYTON SUNDAY, 6-4, IT WAS THE `JACKS 7TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OVER THE GEMS THIS SEASON; LAST 7(7-0-0-0).

--SINCE BEING SHUTOUT 3-0 IN QUAD CITY BACK ON FEBRUARY 19TH, THE LUMBERJACKS, IN THEIR LAST 6-GAMES HAVE PRODUCED A PROLIFIC 33-GF FOR A GFA OF 5.50.

--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPOSITION IN THE FIRST PERIOD THIS SEASON, 71-41, OVERALL AND 39-17 AT HOME.

--MOREOVER, IN THE THIRD PERIOD AT HOME, THE `JACKS HAVE OUTSCORED THE VISITORS, 42-22.

--THE MUSKEGON PENALTY-KILLING UNIT HAS BEEN BRILLIANT, DEFUSING 23 OF THE LAST 24-ENEMY MAN ADVANTAGES; 95.8%; 37 OF THE LAST 40; 92.5%; 97 FOR THE LAST 107; 90.7% EFFICIENCY RATING.

--THE LUMBERJACKS POWER PLAY IS 5 FOR THE LAST 12; 41.7%; 6 FOR THE LAST 18; 33.3% AND 7 FOR THE LAST 23; 30.4% PROFICIENCY RATING.

--THE LUMBERJACKS IN THEIR LAST 5(4-1-0-0); LAST 14(11-3-0-0); LAST 21(17-4-0-0); LAST 24(19-5-0-0).

--ON THE ROAD, THE `JACKS HAVE WON 2-IN A ROW; LAST 5(4-1-0-0); LAST 7(5-2-0-0); LAST 9(6-3-0-0).

--IN THEIR LAST 21-GAMES, THE `JACKS HAVE SCORED 92-GF FOR A GFA OF 4.38.

--RIGHT WING JOHN DIPACE IS ON A 6-GAME POINT STREAK; 6(5-5-10).

--IN HIS LAST 6-GAMES, TODD ROBINSON IS 6(2-8-10).

--WHEN BLOOMINGTON BUSHWHACKED THE `JACKS SATURDAY NIGHT, 4-2, IT ENDED MUSKEGON'S 11-GAME WIN STREAK OVER THE PRAIRIE THUNDER DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON.

--THROUGH THE FIRST 5-MONTHS OF THE SEASON, MUSKEGON HAS NOT LOST MORE THAN 3-GAMES IN ANY MONTH SO FAR.

--ONLY 3-LUMBERJACKS PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED IN ALL 55-GAMES THIS SEASON; BRIAN BICEK, MATT KRUG AND MATT ROBERTSON.

--THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE COMPILED THE 3-LONGEST WIN STREAKS OF THE CURRENT IHL SEASON; 9-GAME WIN STREAK; 7-GAME WIN STREAK AND 6-GAME WINNING SKEIN.

--REINSTATED AFTER SERVING A 3-GAME SUSPENSION, ROBIN BOUCHARD PROMPTLY PROCEEDED TO SCORE HIS 8TH GWG OF THE SEASON AND HIS 11TH ON THE POWER PLAY IN HIS CLUB'S 6-4 VICTORY VERDICT OVER VISITING DAYTON.

--ROBIN BOUCHARD (670) IS 13-GOALS AWAY (683) FROM BECOMING THE MOST PROLIFIC GOAL-SCORING IMPRESARIO IN MINOR PRO HOCKEY HISTORY.

--THROUGH THE FINAL 2-MONTHS OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THE LUMBERJACKS WILL PLAY 14 OF THEIR LAST 21-REGULAR SEASON GAMES ON THE ROAD.

--FOR HIS ENTIRE BODY OF WORK IN HIS PRO CAREER, TODD ROBINSON HAS AMASSED 729-ASSISTS IN 724-CAREER GAMES.

--RIGHT WING JOHN DIPACE CONTINUES AS THE IHL'S BEST PLUS PLAYER AT +29; ROBIN BOUCHARD IS TIED FOR 2ND AT +25.

--ROOKIE DEFENSEMAN MATT KRUG IS THE IHL'S BEST PLUS DEFENSEMAN AT +19.

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