Muskegon Fury notes

Published on December 27, 2004 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
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--THE FURY RECENTLY COMPLETED A STRETCH OF 6-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AGAINST THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION, POSTING A RECORD OF 6(4-2-0); AT HOME: 3(3-0-0); ON THE ROAD: 3(1-2-0).

--FOR THE OVERALL SEASON, THE FURY ARE 15(12-3-0) AGAINST THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION; AT HOME THEY ARE PERFECT AT 8(8-0-0); ON THE ROAD, THEY ARE 7(4-3-0).

--WHEN THE FURY BOWED AT PORT HURON SUNDAY, 3-1, IT MARKED THEIR FIRST SETBACK THIS SEASON AGAINST A BELOW .500 TEAM; 9(7-1-1). AGAINST THE REST OF THE UHL, THEY ARE 22(10-9-3).

--AFTER WINNING THEIR FIRST 3-ROAD GAMES THIS SEASON; 3(3-0-0), THE FURY ARE ONLY 12(2-8-2) IN THE LAST 12-ROAD DATES, MUSTERING A MEAGER 21-GF IN THAT SPAN FOR A GFA OF 1.75.

--IN THE LAST 7-ROAD GAMES, MUSKEGON IS 7(1-4-2), SCORING ONLY 10-GF FOR A GFA OF 1.43.

--WHEN THE FURY DEFEATED FLINT THE PAST THURSDAY NIGHT 12/23/04, 3-2 IN AN OTSO, IT MARKED MERELY MUSKEGON'S SECOND OTSO VICTORY OF THE SEASON IN 6-SUCH AFFAIRS; 6(2-4-0), WITH BOTH TRIUMPHS GAINED AGAINST FLINT WITH BOTH TRIUMPHS COMING AT HOME.

--AT HOME, THE FURY BOAST THE UHL'S SECOND BEST RECORD AT 16(12-2-2) WHILE RIDING A 4-GAME WIN STREAK WHICH EQUALS THE LONGEST HOME WIN STREAK FOR THIS CURRENT CAMPAIGN.

--DATING BACK TO LATE LAST SEASON, THE FURY ARE REALLY FLORISHING AT HOME WITH A BRILLIANT RECORD OF 25(21-2-2), OUT-SCORING THE VISITORS, 101-52.

--RIGHT WING ROBIN BOUCHARD LEADS THE LEAGUE IN PP/POINTS WITH 22 WHILE BRANT BLACKNED (19) RANKS THIRD IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT.

--THE FURY HAVE OUT-SCORED THE VISITORS ON HOME ICE, 27-12 IN THE SECOND PERIOD AND 42-20 THROUGH THE INITIAL TWO PERIODS COMBINED.

--FURY RIGHT WING JASON LAWMASTER LEADS THE UHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 34.

--MUSKEGON HAS ALLOWED ONLY 3-GA OR LESS IN 26 OF THEIR FIRST 31-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE FURY ARE 13(6-4-3) THROUGH THE FIRST 13 OF A DEMADING SLATE OF 16-GAMES IN DECEMBER WITH 9 OF THOSE BEING PLAYED ON THE ROAD.

--BRANT BLACKNED 3/5 AND ROBIN BOUCHARD 3/6 LEAD THE FURY IN OTSO GOALS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE FURY (40) HAVE NOTCHED 7-MORE PPG THAN ALL OTHER UHL CLUBS THUS FAR THIS SEASON. THEIR 19-PPGA REPRESENT THE SECOND FEWEST SURRENDERED IN THE UHL, JUST ONE BEHIND ADIRONDACK (18).



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