Muskegon Fury notes
March 13, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WITH 3-MORE CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES THE PAST WEEK, THE FURY UNDEFEATED STREAK HAS REACHED 16-GAMES; 16(13-0-3) WITH THEIR LAST DEFEAT OCCURRING OVER 5-WEEKS AGO BACK ON FEBRUARY 4TH WHEN THEY TREMBLED AT HOME TO FORT WAYNE, 2-1.
--DURING THEIR 16-GAMES' UNDEFEATED STREAK, THE FURY HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPOSITION, 62-33 FOR A GFA OF 3.88 AND A GAA OF 2.06.
--MUSKEGON'S CURRENT HOME WIN STREAK HAS GROWN TO 10-IN SUCCESSION; 10(10-0-0), REPRESENTING THE LONGEST HOME WIN STREAK IN THE UHL THUS FAR THIS SEASON. THEY HAVE OUTSCORED THE VISITORS IN THIS STREAK, 45-17 FOR A GFA OF 4.50 AND A GAA OF 1.70.
--THE FURY BOAST THE UHL'S BEST HOME RECORD AT 34(27-4-3) WITH THEIR 27-WINS THE MOST IN THE UHL AND TWO MORE THAN THEY REGISTERED ALL OF LAST SEASON (25). THEIR SCANT 4-HOME DEFEATS ARE TWO LESS THAN ALL UHL CLUBS.
--INCLUDING THE FINAL 9-HOME GAMES OF LAST SEASON, THE FURY HOME RECORD IN THE LAST 43-GAMES, STANDS AT 43(36-4-3) FOR A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF .872.
--WITH THEIR 42-VICTORIES, THE FURY HAVE ATTAINED THE PRESTIGIOUS 40-WIN STATUS FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR YEARS; THE SIXTH TIME IN 8-YEARS AND FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN THE LAST 11-SEASONS.
--WITH TWO CONSECUTIVE CONVINCING CONQUESTS IN BACK-TO-BACK CONTESTS THE PAST WEEKEND, THE FURY HAVE AUTHORED A 7-GAME WNNING STREAK AGAINST EASTERN DIVISION OPPONENTS; 7(7-0-0). THEY ARE 8(7-1-0) OVERALL AGAINST THE EASTERN DIVISION.
--IN DEFEATING ELMIRA IN EACH OF THEIR FIRST TWO CLASHES THUS FAR THIS SEASON, IN COLONIAL CUP III REVISITED, THE FURY HAVE OUTSCORED THE JACKALS, 14-1.
--DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, IN THE LAST 38-GAMES IN WHICH CENTER TODD ROBINSON HAS BEEN IN THE LINEUP, THE FURY, ASTOUNDINGLY, ARE UNDEFEATED AT 38(35-0-3).
--WITH THEIR 3-2 ROAD WIN LAST TUESDAY IN FLINT, THE FURY HAVE ELEVATED THEIR RECORD WITHIN THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION TO A SUPERLATIVE 27(22-3-2); AT HOME: 13(13-0-0); ON THE ROAD: 14(9-3-2).
--MUSKEGON HAS SURRENDERED 3-GA OR LESS IN 53 OF ITS 64-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--THE FURY'S 9-GOAL OUTPUT SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST ELMIRA REPRESENTED THE BEST SINGLE OUTPUT OF THE SEASON, TYING THE LEAGUE'S BEST FOR THIS YEAR.
--THE MUSKEGON RECORD IN THE FIRST-HALF OF THE SEASON WAS 40(25-10-5)55-POINTS; THUS FAR IN THE SECOND-HALF, THEIR RECORD STANDS AT 25(17-5-3)37-POINTS.
--THE FURY ARE A HUGE +41 IN THE SECOND PERIOD THIS SEASON, OUTSCORING THE OPPONENTS, 96-55 OVERALL AND 57-26 AT HOME.
--THE FURY POWER PLAY, RANKED #1 IN THE UHL, IS PERCOLATING, AGAIN. IT IS 4 FOR THE LAST 5; 80.0% PROFICIENCY AND 5 FOR THE LAST 8; 62.5 RATING.
--GOALTENDER SYLVAIN DAIGLE HAS SET THE FURY FRANCHISE NEW RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS BY A NETMINDER AT 10-IN A ROW; 10(10-0-0), SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS STANDARD ESTABLISHED BY HIS PREDECESSOR JOE DIMALINE OF 9-CONSECUTIVELY. IN HIS 10-GAME WIN STREAK, DAIGLE HAS ALLOWED ONLY 15-GA FOR A GAA OF 1.50 AND A SPCT OF .949.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD'S 3-GOAL HAT TRICK SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST ELMIRA, WAS HIS CLUB-HIGH 8TH MULTIPLE GOAL OF THE SEASON.
--WITH 4-GOALS IN THE LAST 2-GAMES; 2(4-2-6) BRANT BLACKNED (326) HAS VAULTED OVER PAUL POLILLO (325) FOR 5TH PLACE ON THE UHL'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.
--STILL WITH BRANT BLACKNED, HIS NEXT GOAL WILL TIE HIM WITH BRETT SEGUIN (134) FOR SECOND PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.
--SCOTT HOLLIS' NEXT GOAL (299), WILL BE THE 300TH OF HIS PRO CAREER.
--TODD ROBINSON (284) IS JUST 3-GAMES AWAY FROM TYING ANDREW LUCIUK (287) FOR 6TH AND 4-GAMES AWAY FROM TYING SERGEI KHARIN (288) FOR 5TH PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED LIST.
--TODD ROBINSON IS CURRENTLY ON A 10-GAMES' POINT-SCORING STREAK WITH 17-POINTS.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD (3-2-5) 5-POINT PERFORMANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST ELMIRA WAS HIS THIRD 5-POINT GAME OF THE SEASON.
--BRANT BLACKNED (2-2-4) 4-POINT EFFORT FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST RICH MOND WAS HIS 5TH GAME WITH 4 OR MORE POINTS.
--THE FURY'S COMBINED RECORD ON FRIDAY 21(14-3-4) AND SATURDAY 19(15-3-1) IS A STERLING 40(29-6-5).
--IN THE FURY'S 9-1 DISMANTLING OF ELMIRA SATURDAY NIGHT, DEFENSEMEN JASON LAWMASTER AND JORDON FLODELL WERE A BRILLIANT +5.
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