Muskegon Fury Notes
January 5, 2004 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LEAGUE-LEADING FURY COMPLETED A GRUELING SPAN OF 8-GAMES IN 10-DAYS GOING UNDEFEATED IN ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE GAMES.
--IN THE LAST 7-GAMES, THE FURY ARE FLOURISHING WITH AN UNBEATEN MARK OF 7(6-0-1), OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION, 34-22.
--LAST 11-GAMES, THE FURY ARE 11(8-1-2); LAST 19-GAMES; 19 (14-3-2).
--THE FURY AT HOME ARE 5(3-0-2) IN THEIR LAST 5-GAMES AND 10(7-1-2) IN THE LAST 10-STARTS.
--ON THE ROAD, THE FURY HAVE EQUALED THEIR LONGEST WIN STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 4-IN A ROW. THE FURY ARE 6(5-1-0) IN THE LAST 6 AND 10 (8-2-0) IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES AWAY FROM HOME.
--THE FURY HAVE THE BEST ROAD RECORD IN THE UHL AT 19(13-6-0) WITH THEIR 13-ROAD WINS THE MOST IN THE LEAGUE AND JUST ONE SHY OF EQUALLING THEIR ENTIRE NUMBER OF ROAD WINS FROM LAST SEASON; 38(14-20-4).
--AGAINST THEIR OWN WESTERN CONFERENCE THE FURY HAVE A SUPERB RECORD OF 22(16-6-0); AT HOME 10(7-3-0); ON THE ROAD 12(9-3-0).
--THE FURY'S 23-TOTAL WINS REPRESENT 4-MORE THAN ALL OTHER TEAMS IN THE UHL.
--THE FURY CONTINUE AS THE HIGHEST SCORING MACHINE IN THE UHL, REGISTERING 142-GF IN 34-GAMES FOR A GFA OF 4.18. MUSKEGON HAS SCORED 33-MORE GOALS THAN ALL OTHER TEAMS IN THE UHL.
--THE FURY HAVE SCORED 3-OR MORE GOALS IN 30 OF THEIR FIRST 34-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--AS WESTERN CONFERENCE AND OVERALL UHL LEAGUE-LEADERS, THE FURY HAVE DEFEATED EASTERN CONFERENCE FRONT-RUNNING COLUMBUS IN ALL 3 MEETINGS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--THE FURY POWER PLAY REMAINS #1 IN THE UHL AT 44-165, 26.7% PROFICIENCY RATING. THE FURY POWER PLAY IS 8 FOR THE LAST 16, 50% PROFICIENCY AND 16 FOR THE LAST 36 FOR A CONVERSION RATING OF A DYNAMIC 44.5%.
--MUSKEGON HAS COMPILED A RECORD OF 18(16-2-0) WHEN YIELDING 3-GA OR LESS.
--THE FURY ARE 17(15-1-1) WHEN SCORING THE FG; THEY ARE 12(12-0-0) WHEN LEADING AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD AND 15(14-0-1) WHEN LEADING AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD.
--THE FURY HAVE THE TOP THREE IN THE UHL SCORING RACE AND ALL FROM THE SAME FORWARD LINE; #1 ROBIN BOUCHARD 34(28-28-56); #2 TODD ROBINSON 34(7-43-50) #3 BRANT BLACKNED 34(19-28-47).
--SCOTT HOLLIS IS 9TH IN UHL SCORING WITH 34 (22-17-39).
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (11) AND BRANT BLACKNED (11) SHARE THE UHL LEADERSHIP IN PPG.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD LEADS THE UHL IN SHOTS ON GOAL WITH 178.
--SCOTT HOLLIS IS 3RD IN THE UHL IN GWG WITH 4.
--TODD ROBINSON IS FIRST (23); AND BRANT BLACKNED (14) IS 4TH IN THE UHL IN PP/ASSISTS..
--THE FURY ALSO HAVE THE TOP THREE IN THE UHL IN PP/POINTS: #1 BRANT BLACKNED (25); #2 TODD ROBINSON (24); #3 ROBIN BOUCHARD (22).
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (28) LEADS THE UHL IN GOALS AND SCOTT HOLLIS (22) RANKS THIRD IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT WITH 22.
--TODD ROBINSON LEADS THE UHL IN ASSISTS WITH 43 IN ONLY 34-GAMES. ROBIN BOUCHARD (28) AND BRANT BLACKNED (28) ARE TIED FOR 4TH IN THE UHL.
--SCOTT FEASBY'S +21 RATING LEADS THE UHL WITH DAVE NOEL-BERNIER'S +16 RATING RANKED 3RD BEST IN THE LEAGUE AND #1 IN THE UHL AMONG ROOKIES.
--GOALKEEPER SYLVAIN DAIGLE'S 20-WINS ARE 5-MORE THAN ALL OTHER GOALTENDERS IN THE UHL.
--SYLVAIN DAIGLE PLAYED HIS 200TH GAME FOR THE FURY SUNDAY 1/4/04 IN A 4-1 TRIUMPH OVER COLUMBUS.,
--DAVE NOEL-BERNIER 31(12-17-29) LEADS ALL UHL ROOKIES IN GOALS, ASSISTS AND POINTS. HIS 2-SHG TIE HIM FOR THE ROOKIE LEAGUE LEAD IN THAT CATEGORY.
--DESPITE PLAYING ONLY 18 OF THE FURY'S 34-GAMES, GARRY TOOR LEADS THE FURY DEFENSE-MEN IN SCORING WITH 18(5-10-15). HIS 5/38, 13.2% SHOOTING PERCENTAGE RATING RANKS AS THE BEST IN THE UHL AMONG ALL DEFENSEMEN.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS TIED HIS OWN FURY FRANCHISE RECORD FOR LONGEST GOAL-SCORING STREAK AT 11-GAMES; 11(15-11-26). HE IS ONE AWAY FROM THE UHL RECORD OF 12-GAMES SET EARLIER THIS SEASON BY FLINT'S JIM DUHART (12-GAMES) WHO BROKE BOUCHARD'S ORIGINAL 11-GAME STREAK SET WITH THE FURY IN THE 1997-98 SEASON.
--TODD ROBINSON IS CURRENTLY ON A 10-GAME SCORING STREAK WITH 10(4-16-20) IN THAT SPAN.
--TODD ROBINSON IS ALSO ON THE LONGEST ROAD POINT SCORING IN THE UHL THIS SEASON AT 15-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AND 31-POINTS; 15(3-28-31).
--SCOTT HOLLIS IS ON AN 8-GAME STREAK WITH 13-POINTS.
--BRANT BLACKNED IS 7(6-9-15) IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD'S NEXT GOAL WILL BE HIS 300TH AS A MEMBER OF THE FURY
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