Lumberjacks Weekly Notes
April 18, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LUMBERJACKS CLINCHED THE IHL HUBER TROPHY REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THEIR 51ST WIN OF THE SEASON ON 4/16/10 AT DAYTON. THE 51-VICTORIES EQUALED, FOR THE THIRD TIME, THE MOST SINGLE SEASON WINS IN THE MODERN ERA OF MUSKEGON PRO HOCKEY.
--IN HIS 4-YEARS, SPANNING TWO SEPARATE TERMS OF SERVICE BEHIND THE MUSKEGON BENCH, COACH RICH KROMM HAS AMASSED 181-VICTORIES FOR AN AVERAGE OF OVER 45-WINS PER SEASON.
--IN THEIR LAST 13-GAMES, THE LUMBERJACKS COMPOSED A RECORD OF 13(9-2-1-1); LAST 16-GAMES; 16(11-3-1-1).
--FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON, MUSKEGON COMPILED THE IHL'S BEST HOME RECORD AT 38(30-7-0-1) FOR A HEALTHY WIN PERCENTAGE OF.803.THE TWO LONGEST HOME IN STREAKS OF THE SEASON WERE 11-CONSECUTIVELY, WHICH EQUALED THE IHL'S BEST IN THAT CATEGORY AND 8-STRAIGHT HOME WINS.
--MUSKEGON ALSO ACHIEVED THE IHL'S BEST ROAD RECORD AT 38(21-13-4). THE `JACKS WERE 4(3-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 4-ROAD OUTINGS; LAST 6-ROAD; 6(4-2-0-0); LAST 10-ROAD; 10(6-3-0-1).
--ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON, THE `JACKS CLOSED WITH A MARK OF 4(3-1-0-0) IN THEIR LAST 4; LAST 6(4-2-0-0) AND LAST 10(6-3-1-0).
--MUSKEGON COMPILED THE IHL'S 3-LONGEST WIN STREAKS OF THE SEASON; 9-WINS IN A ROW; ONE 7-GAME WIN STREAK AND ONE 6-GAME WIN STREAK.
--THE LUMBERJACKS LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAKS WERE 5-CONSEUTIVELY AND THREE 3-GAME WIN SKEINS. THEY ALSO COMPILED AN 11-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK ABROAD; 11(8-0-3).
--THE LUMBERJACKS WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IN THE IHL, SCORING 282-GF FOR A PER GAME AVERAGE OF 3.71.
--MUSKEGON DID NOT HAVE A LOSING MONTH NOR LOSING RECORD AGAINST ALL OTHER IHL MEMBER CLUBS; IN FACT, THEY HAD A WINNING RECORD AGAINS EVERY IHL TEAM THIS SEASON.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD COMPLETED A MEMORABLE, UNFORGETTABLE RECORD-BREAKING, HISTORY-MAKING SEASON WHEN HE FIRED HIS 60TH GOAL OF THE SEASON IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S HUBER TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING GAME AT DAYTON, 2-0. BOUCHARD'S 60-GOALS NOT ONLY REPRESENT A PERSONAL HIGH BUT ALSO BREAKS HIS OWN MUSKEGON FRANCHISE RECORD 59 SET BACK IN THE 2205-06 SEASON.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (101) EARNED HIS FOURTH 100-POINTS SEASON AND HIS THIRD WITH MUSKEGON.
--FOR THE 9TH TIME IN HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, ROBIN BOUCHARD WILL LEAD THE LEAGUE IN PPG; THIS YEAR WITH 20-PPG.
--WHEN ROBIN BOUCHARD CAPTURED HIS FIRST-EVER LEAGUE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD, IT MARKED THE FOURTH TIME IN THE LAST 5-YEARS THAT A MUSKEGON PLAYER HAS LAID CLAIM TO LEAGUE-WIDE MVP; 2005-06 JEFF NELSON; 2006-07 TODD ROBINSON; 2008-09 TODD ROBINSON; 2009-10, ROBIN BOUCHARD.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON WILL CAPTURE HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE SCORING CROWN AND HIS THIRD IN THE LAST 4-YEARS THIS YEAR WITH 74(21-88-109).
--THIS IS SECOND TIME OVER THE LAST 4-SEASONS THAT MUSKEGON WILL FINISH 1-2 IN THE LEAGUE SCORING RACE; THIS SEASON; 1-TODD ROBINSON 74(21-88-109) 2- ROBIN BOUCHARD 68(60-41-101) AND IN 2005-06 WHEN BOTH JEFF NELSON AND ROBIN BOUCHARD SHARED THE LEAGUE SCORING CROWN.
--THE LUMBERJACKS TOTAL OF 107-POINTS THIS SEASON EQUALS THEIR THIRD MOST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
--THIS IS THE SEVENTH TIME IN THE LAST 11-YEARS THAT MUSKEGON HAS ATTAINED THE PRESTIGIOUS CENTURY POINT PLATEAU.
--IN HIS LAST 38-GAMES, ROBIN BOUCHARD WAS 38(36-17-53); LAST 29-GAMES; 29(28-12-40); LAST 17-GAMES; 17(18-6-24).
--THE LUMBERJACKS WERE A MODEL OF CONSISTENCY THIS SEASON; IN THE SEASON'S FIRST HALF, THEIR OVERALL RECORD WAS 38(26-9-0-3); IN THE SECOND HALF; 38(25-11-1-1).
--MUSKEGON WAS UNDEFEATED ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD WITH THE LEAD THIS SEASON AT 35(32-0-1-2).
--GOALTENDER SEBASTIEN CENTOMO LED THE IHL IN VICTORIES WITH 28.
--GOALTENDER MATT LUNDIN TIED FOR THE LEAGUE-LEADERSHIP IN SOW WITH 5.
--MUSKEGON LED THE IHL IN PPG THIS SEASON WITH 73.
--THE LUMBERJACKS WERE A PERFECT 6(6-0-0-0) WHEN SCORING A 3-GOAL `HAT TRICK" AND 6(5-1-0-0) WHEN SCORING A SHORTHANDED GOAL THIS SEASON.
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