Mukegon Fury notes
Published on February 1, 2004 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LEAGUE-LEADING FURY'S LATEST WIN STREAK HAS REACHED 3-IN A ROW, OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION IN THAT SPAN 14-8.
--THE FURY ARE NOW 17(12-2-3) IN THE LAST 17-GAMES; 21(14-3-4) IN THE LAST 21-GAMES AND 29(20-5-4) IN THEIR LAST 29-DECISIONS.
--IN THEIR LAST 10-GAMES AT HOME, THE FURY ARE UNDEFEATED AT 10(7-0-3). MOREOVER, THE FURY ARE 15(11-1-3) IN THE LAST 15-HOME GAMES.
--MUSKEGON HAS BEEN BRILLIANT WITHIN THEIR OWN WESTERN CONFERENCE AT 31(22-7-2) WITH THE 22-VICTORIES ALREADY 4-MORE THAN THEY ACHIEVED ALL OF LAST SEASON AGAINST THE WEST; 42(18-19-5).
--THE FURY CONTINUE AS THE BEST OFFENSIVE TEAM IN THE UHL, NETTING 175-GOALS IN 44-GAMES FOR A GFA OF 3.99.
--THE FURY PENALTY-KILLING UNIT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN RECENT ACTION AS THEY ARE 22 FOR THE LAST 23; 95.7% EFFICIENCY RATING; 32 FOR THE LAST 34; 94.1% RATING AND 58 FOR THE LAST 62; 93.6% EFFICIENCY RATING. FOR THE SEASON, THE FURY PENALTY-KILLING TEAM HAS CLIMBED TO 5TH BEST IN THE UHL AT 186-227 FOR A RATING OF 81.9%.
--THE FURY ARE STILL #1 IN THE UHL ON THE POWER PLAY, OPERATING AT 24.8% PROFICIENCY ON 52-210 WITH THEIR 52-PPG ALSO LEADING THE UHL.
--MUSKEGON HAS COMPILED A RECORD OF 25(21-2-2) WHEN YIELDING 3-GA OR LESS.
--THE FURY HAVE SCORED 3 OR MORE GOALS IN 38 OF THEIR FIRST 44-GAMES.
--THE FURY ARE 22(19-2-1) WHEN SCORING THE GAME'S FG; THEY ARE 16(15-1-0) WHEN LEADING AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD AND 19(18-0-1) WHEN LEADING AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD.
--THE FURY ARE THE BEST THIRD PERIOD TEAM IN THE UHL, WITH A +17, OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION, 61-44.
--IN 7-MEETINGS WITH QUAD CITY, THE FURY HAVE OUTSCORED THE MALLARDS IN THE THIRD PERIOD, 15-5.
--WITH THEIR 5-1 TRIUMPH OVER QUAD CITY SATURDAY NIGHT, THE FURY HAVE CAPTURED THE SEASON SERIES FROM THE MALLARDS FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN NINE YEARS AT 7(5-2-0) WITH STILL 2-MORE CLASHES REMAINING. THE LONE PREVIOUS TIME THE FURY ATTAINED THE RATHER ELUSIVE FEAT WAS BACK IN THE SEASON OF COLONIAL CUP I IN 1998-99 WHEN THEY CLAIMED THAT REGULAR SEASON SERIES, 10(6-3-1).
--THE UHL'S LEADING SCORER ROBIN BOUCHARD 44(38-34-72), HAS NOW SCORED A GOAL IN 20 OF THE FURY'S LAST 21-GAMES; 21(25-17-42) IN THAT SPAN.
--BOUCHARD IN HIS LAST 3-GAMES IS ; 3(4-4-8).
--IN THEIR 7-GAMES AGAINST QUAD CITY THIS SEASON, THE FURY HAVE FIRED 13-PPG; 13-39 FOR A PROFICIENCY RATING OF AN EXCELLENT 33.3%.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON 44(10-53-63) IS TIED FOR 2ND IN THE UHL SCORING DERBY WITH HIS 53-ASSISTS BEING 10-MORE THAN ALL OTHERS IN THE LEAGUE.
--LEFT WING BRANT BLACKNED 44(23-40-63) IS ALSO TIED FOR 2ND IN UHL SCORING WITH HIS 40-ASSISTS RANKED AS 3RD MOST IN THE LEAGUE.
--THE FURY HAVE THE TOP TWO IN THE UHL IN PPG; 1- BOUCHARD (15); 2 â BLACKNED (13).
--MUSKEGON HAS THE TOP 3 IN THE UHL IN PP/POINTS; 1- BOUCHARD (30); 2- BLACKNED (29); 3- ROBINSON (25).
--THE FURY ARE CURRENTLY 6-WINS AND 12-POINTS SUPERIOR TO LAST YEAR'S PACE WHEN THEY WERE 44(23-17-4)50-POINTS; THIS YEAR, THEY ARE 44(29-11-4)62-POINTS.
--THE FURY ARE 9(5-4-0) IN THE OTSO THUS FAR THIS SEASON; AT HOME: 4(1-3-0); AND ON THE ROAD: 5(4-1-0).
--THE FURY HAVE BEEN MASTERFUL IN ONE-GOAL GAMES, CARDING A RECORD OF 20(13-3-4); GOING UNBEATEN IN THEIR LAST 10(7-0-3).
--THE FURY ARE FLOURISHING ON SATURDAY NIGHT THIS SEASON, HAVING POSTED A RECORD OF 16(10-3-3); AT HOME 12(7-2-3).
--RUSTYN DOLYNY WENT WITHOUT A GOAL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY; 13(0-8-8).
--DAVE NOEL-BERNIER HAS NOT SCORED A GOAL SINCE JANUARY 9TH, A STRETCH OF 9-CONSECUTIVE GAMES.
--LEFT WING BRANT BLACKNED (392) IS ONLY 8-ASSISTS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 400. IN HIS LAST 3-GAMES, HE IS 3(4-6-10) WITH A +5 RATING. IN HIS LAST 17(10-22-32) FOR A POIINTS PER GAME AVERAGE OF 1.88 IN THAT SPAN.
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