Muskegon Fury notes
February 5, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--THE LEAGUE-LEADING FURY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR LATEST UNDEFEATED STREAK TO 15-GAMES AT 15(13-0-2). THE FURY HAVE YET TO SUSTAIN A SETBACK IN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR OF 2006.
--MUSKEGON'S LAST SETBACK WAS BACK ON DECEMBER 30TH IN MISSOURI AND A 5-3 DEFEAT.
--THE FURY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR UNDEFEATED STREAK ON HOME ICE TO 9(8-0-1), OUTSCORING THE VISITORS, 50-23. MUSKEGON'S LAST HOME DEFEAT WAS WAY BACK ON DECEMBER 16TH WHEN THE TREMBLED TO MOTOR CITY, 5-2.
--WHEN THE FURY DEFEATED FLINT, 4-3 FRIDAY NIGHT, THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH TODD NELSON BECAME THE MUSKEGON FURY'S ALL TIME WINNINGEST COACH WITH HIS 131ST FURY VICTORY, SURPASSING RICH KROMM WHO POSTED 130-WINS.
--COACH TODD NELSON'S FURY CAREER RECORD NOW STANDS AT 199(132-45-22) FOR A WIN PERCENTAGE OF .716 WITH THE LATTER ALSO THE BEST IN CLUB HISTORY.
--ON HOME ICE, THE FURY BOAST THE CIRCUIT'S SECOND BEST MARK AT 22(17-3-2).
--ON THE ROAD, THE FURY BOAST THE UHL'S BEST RECORD AT 21(17-2-2), SCORING 103-GOALS ABROAD FOR A GFA OF 4.90.
--ON THE ROAD, THE FURY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF AN 8-GAME UNDEFEATED SKEIN; 8(7-0-1).
--WHEN THE FURY DEMOLISHED PORT HURON SATURDAY NIGHT, 9-1, IT MARKED THE 15TH TIME THROUGH THEIR FIRST 43-GAMES THAT THEY HAVE REGISTERED 6 OR MORE GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME. IT WAS THE 6TH TIME THEY HAD COLLECTED 8 OR MORE GOALS AND THE THIRD TIME THEY HAD REACHED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 9-STRIKES.
--THE FURY ARE 7(3-4) IN THE OTSO THIS SEASON WITH 3 OF THE 4 OTSO MISSES COMING AGAINST PORT HURON; 3(0-3).
--THE FURY ARE A STELLAR 14(12-1-1) IN 14-SATURDAY NIGHT DATES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--THE FURY ARE 23(16-4-3) WITHIN THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION WITH ALL 3 OF THEIR HOME SETBACKS THIS SEASON INCURRED AGAINST THEIR IN-DIVISION FOES.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD BECAME THE GREATEST GOAL-SCORER IN UHL HISTORY BY TYING THE ALL-TIME KEVIN KERR RECORD OF 469 FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE TB/GWG AT 17:09 OF THE THIRD PERIOD TO DEFEAT FLINT, 4-3. THE RECORD-TYING STRIKE WAS STOKED IN HIS 700TH UHL CAREER GAME AND AGAINST THE TEAM THAT TRADED HIM TO MUSKEGON 10-YEARS AGO.
--THE VERY NEXT NIGHT, BOUCHARD SET THE NEW STANDARD WITH UHL GOAL #470, ALSO THE GWG AND HIS FIRST OF A NATURAL 3-GOAL FIRST PERIOD HAT TRICK IN 4:01 IN HIS TEAM'S 9-1 DRUBBING OF PORT HURON. ALSO, HIS GWG WAS THE 65TH OF HIS UHL CAREER, TYING HIM WITH KEVIN KERR FOR #1 ALL-TIME IN THAT CATEGORY AS WELL.
--WHEN LEFT WING RYAN KELLER WAS SALUTED AS EASTON / UHL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY, IT MARKED THE SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH THAT A FURY ROOKIE HAD CLAIMED THE TOP PRIZE. LEFT WING DAVID WRIGLEY EARNED THE SAME HONORS FOR DECEMBER.
--TEAM CAPTAIN RUSTYN DOLYNY BECAME ONLY THE 6TH PLAYER IN FURY HISTORY TO PLAY 300-GAMES FOR MUSKEGON THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST FLINT.
--CENTER JEFF NELSON (998) IS JUST 2-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 1,000. HE SHOULD REACH THE MAJOR MILESTONE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME WHERE THE FURY HOST KALAMAZOO.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON, THE FURY'S 2ND ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER, RECORDED HIS 3RD SHG OF THE SEASON IN THE FURY FRIDAY NIGHT 4-3 TRIUMPH OVER FLINT. IT WAS ALSO ROBINSON'S FURY CAREER BEST 16TH SHG.
--LEFT WING RYAN KELLER IS 14(13-12-25) IN THE LAST 14-GAMES AND 10(10-8-18) IN THE LAST 10-OUTINGS.
--LEFT WING JASON LAWMASTER FIRED 5-GOALS IN 2-GAMES THIS WEEK AGAINST PORT HURON; 2(5-1-6). HE BEGAN THE WEEK WITH ONLY 2-GOALS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
--IN 2-GAMES THE PAST WEEK AGAINST PORT HURON, CENTER BILL ZALBA WAS 2(1-3-4).
--ROBIN BOUCHARD CURRENTLY LEADS THE UHL WITH 20-PPG AND IS THE UHL'S ALL-TIME LEADER IN PPG WITH 188.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD LEADS THE UHL IN MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES WITH 10; HE HAS ALSO ADDED THREE 3-GOAL HAT TRICKS FOR THE CURRENT SEASON.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD IN HIS LAST 11-GAMES IS 11(12-10-22).
--THE FURY LEAD THE UHL IN SHG WITH 12, TWO MORE THAN THEY PRODUCED ALL OF LAST SEASON.
--THE FURY ARE THE BEST THIRD PERIOD TEAM IN THE UHL, OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION, 76-37.
--THE FURY ROOKIE GOALTENDER KEVIN LAPOINTE HAS WON HIS LAST 5-STARTS; 5(5-0-0).
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