Muskegon Fury notes
November 29, 2004 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--SINCE OPENING THE SEASON WITH THEIR BEST STAR EVER AT AN UNDEFEATED 10(9-0-1), THE FURY ARE 8(2-6-0) IN THEIR LAST 8-GAMES.
--THE FURY LOSING STREAK ON THE ROAD HAS REACHED 4-IN A ROW, BEING OUTSCORED 14-4 IN THAT SPAN. MUSKEGON'S 4-GAME LOSING STREAK ABROAD ECLIPSES LAST SEASON'S LONGEST SKID ON THE ROAD WHICH WAS ONLY TWO STRAIGHT.
--THE LAST MUSKEGON VICTORY ON THE ROAD WAS BACK ON NOVEMBER 10TH IN KALAMAZOO WHERE THEY WAYLAID THE WINGS, 3-1.
--THE FURY'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER ROBIN BOUCHARD BECAME ONLY THE THIRD PLAYER IN UHL HISTORY TO REACH 400 UHL CAREER GOALS WHEN HE SCORED TWICE 11/27 VS. ADIRONDACK. IT WAS SOMEWHAT IRONIC IN THAT BOUCHARD ALSO SET THE ALL-TIME PRO HOCKEY RECORD LAST SEASON WHEN HE SCORED A GOAL IN A RECORD-BREAKING, HISTORY-MAKING 17TH STRAIGHT GAME, ALSO AGAINST ADIRONDACK.
--BRANT BLACKNED CELEBRATED HIS 600TH PRO CAREER GAME SUNDAY, 11/28 IN FORT WAYNE, BY NOTCHING 1-GOAL AND 1-ASSIST. BLACKNED (116) IS JUST ONE GOAL AWAY FROM TYING ANDREW LUCIUK (117) FOR THIRD PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.
--ON HOME ICE THIS SEASON, THE FURY HAVE OUTSCORED THE OPPOSITION IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PERIODS COMBINED, 33-15; 13-6 IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND 20-9 IN THE SECOND STANZA.
--THE FURY HAVE BEEN FLOURISHING IN THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION WHERE THEY HAVE ACHIEVED A RECORD OF 8(7-1-0).
--THROUGH THE FIRST 18-GAMES OF THEIR TITLE-DEFENDING SEASON, THE FURY HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 18(11-6-1) 23-POINTS. ONE YEAR AGO AFTER 18-GAMES, THE FURY WERE 18(12-6-0) FOR 24-POINTS.
--CENTER JEFF NELSON (896) IS JUST 4-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 900.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD LEADS THE UHL IN PP/ASSISTS WITH 13 AND PP/POINTS WITH 20. HIS 7-PPG RANK AS 2ND MOST IN THE LEAGUE.
--SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THEIR SECOND ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER TODD ROBINSON, THE FURY HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 9(3-6-0)
--THE FURY ARE THE BEST SECOND PERIOD TEAM IN THE UHL, OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION, 29-17.
--MUSKEGON HAS SCORED ONLY 4 FIRST PERIOD GOALS IN 7-ROAD GAMES THIS SEASON, BEING OUTGOALED, 7-4.
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