Muskegon Fury notes
November 22, 2004 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--SINCE OPENING THE SEASON WITH THEIR BEST START EVER AT AN UNDEFEATED 10(9-0-1), THE FURY ARE 5(1-4-0) THROUGH THE PAST 5-GAMES.
--MUSKEGON DOES HAVE THE SECOND BEST HOME RECORD IN THE UHL AT 9(7-1-1); DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, THE FURY ARE 18(16-1-1) IN THEIR LAST 18-HOME OUTINGS, OUT-SCORING THE VISITORS BY A BETTER THAN 2-1 MARGIN AT 77-38.
--AFTER LAUNCHING THEIR TITLE DEFENDING SEASON WITH A 3-GAME WIN STREAK ON THE ROAD AND AN 11-GAME WIN STREAK ABROAD DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, MUSKEGON HAS DROPPED ITS LAST 3-STARTS AWAY, BEING OUTSCORED, 10-2. THEIR CURRENT 3-GAME ROAD LOSING SPELL ECLIPSES LAST SEASON'S MARK OF ONLY 2-CONSECUTIVE LOSSES IN FOREIGN TERRITORY.
--IN THEIR FIRST 6-ROAD GAMES, THE FURY HAVE SCORED ONLY 3-TOTAL GOALS IN THE FIRST PERIOD, BEING OUT-SCORED, 6-3.
--THE FURY HAVE ONLY BEEN OUT-SHOT IN TWO OF THEIR FIRST 15-GAMES THIS SEASON.
--WHEN THEY SCORE 3 OR MORE GOALS, THE FURY RECORD STANDS AT 11(9-1-1); WHEN THEY SCORE 4 OR MORE, THEIR RECORD STANDS AT AN UNDEFEATED 9(8-0-1).
--THE FURY SPECIALTY TEAMS CONTINUE TO BE RANKED #1 IN THE UHL; THE POWER PLAY IS 24-83 FOR A RATING OF 28.7, OVER 8% BETTER THAN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE. THE PENALTY-KILLING UNIT IS ALSO #1 AT 73-80, 91.3% EFFICIENCY RATING. MUSKEGON HAS STIFLED THE LAST 17-CONSECUTIVE OPPOSITION POWER PLAYS AND 37 OF THE LAST 38 AS WELL AS 46 OF THE LAST 48 IN THIS CATEGORY.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD LEADS THE UHL IN PP/POINTS WITH 17 AND PP/ASSISTS WITH 12.
--BRANT BLACKNED IS TIED FOR 2ND IN THE UHL WITH 6-PPG AND IS ALSO TIED FOR THE LEAGUE-LEAD IN GWG WITH 3. BLACKNED'S 14-PP/POINTS RANK HIM 2ND IN THE LOOP BEHIND TEAMMATE BOUCHARD.
--JASON LAWMASTER LEADS THE LEAGUE IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 23 WHILE HIS 106-PIM TIE HIM FOR 2ND MOST IN THE UHL.
--ROOKIE GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL 4(4-0-0) IS THE LONE UNDEFEATED GOALIE IN THE UHL WHILE HIS 1.61 GAA TOPS THE LEAGUE AND HIS .932 SPCT RANKS #2 BEST.
--MUSKEGON HAS DROPPED 3-GAMES IN A ROW TO WESTERN DIVISION COMPETITON AFTER BEGINNING THE SEASON UNBEATEN AGAINST THE WEST AT 5(4-0-1).
--ROBIN BOUCHARD PLAYED PRO CAREER GAME #700 11/19 AT ROCKFORD.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD REGISTERED PRO CAREER POINT #900, 11/20 AT HOME AGAINST MOTOR CITY, COLLECTING 4-POINTS ON THE NIGHT WITH (2-2-4), BEING NAMED THE #1 STAR OF THE GAME.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (398) IS ONLY 2-GOALS AWAY FROM BECOMING ONLY THE 3RD PLAYER IN UHL HISTORY TO SCORE 400-GOALS.
--IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S 6-1 TRIUMPH OVER MOTOR CITY, MUSKEGON BECAME THE FIRST FRANCHISE IN UHL HISTORY TO ACHIEVE 500-REGULAR SEASON VICTORIES.
--BRANT BLACKNED (114) IS JUST 3-GOALS AWAY FROM TYING ANDREW LUCIUK (117) FOR THIRD PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.
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- Beacon review - Port Huron Flags
- Home cooking needed on Thanksgiving - Kansas City Outlaws
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- Komets stop Fury, cage Outlaws - Fort Wayne Komets
- Jackals cling to first place after up and down week - Elmira Jackals
- Fury maintian Central Division leadership - Muskegon Lumberjacks
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