Muskegon Fury notes
March 27, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WITH 10-GAMES REMAINING ON THEIR REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, THE FURY HAVE POSTED THE UHL'S PREMIERE RECORD OF 66(46-13-7) FOR 99-TOTAL POINTS. THEY ARE ONE POINT AWAY FROM ATTAINING THE 100-POINTS PLATEAU FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE LAST 5-SEASONS.
--WITH 22-ROAD WINS FOR THE SEASON AND STILL 6-MORE ROAD GAMES REMAINING, THE FURY ARE ONE VICTORY AWAY FROM EQUALING THE CLUB RECORD FOR MOST ROAD WINS IN A SINGLE SEASON AT 23.
--MUSKEGON WILL SET A NEW CLUB RECORD FOR FEWEST ROAD DEFEATS IN A SINGLE SEASON, HAVING SUSTAINED ONLY 6-SETBACKS ALL SEASON LONG WITH THE CLUB RECORD BEING 13-ROAD LOSSES IN ONE SEASON.
--OF THEIR 13-DEFEATS THIS SEASON, THE FURY HAVE SUSTAINED 10 OF THOSE DEFEATS WITHIN THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION; 37(22-10-5). NINE OF THEIR 13-DEFEATS HAVE COME AGAINST SECOND PLACE KALAMAZOO (5) AND THIRD PLACE MOTOR CITY (4).
--OF THEIR 10-GAMES REMAINING ON THE REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, ONE-HALF OF THOSE (5) WILL BE PLAYED AGAINST TWO OF THEIR CLOSEST PURSUERS; NAMELY KALAMAZOO (1) AND ROCKFORD (4); WITH THE 4-GAMES AGAINST ROCKFORD CRAMMED INTO THE LAST 9-GAMES OF THEIR REGULAR SEASON IN APRIL.
--THE FURY ARE UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON WHEN THE LIMIT THE OPPOSITION TO 3-GA OR LESS AT 37(35-0-2).
--WHEN ROBIN BOUCHARD SCORED HIS 55TH GOAL SUNDAY AT MOTOR CITY, HE EQUALED, FOR THE THIRD TIME, HIS OWN FURY SINGLE SEASON CLUB RECORD FOR MOST GOALS THAT HE ALSO SHARES WITH BRETT SEGUIN.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD HAS ALREADY ECLIPSED THE FURY CLUB RECORD FOR PPG IN ONE SEASON WITH 31.
--RYAN KELLER HAS MATCHED THE FURY CLUB RECORD FOR MOST POINTS BY A ROOKIE IN ONE SEASON WITH 74. PREVIOUSLY, HE SET A NEW FURY MARK FOR GOALS BY A ROOKIE (39).
--RYAN KELLER HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW FURY ROOKIE RECORD FOR GWG IN ONE SEASON WITH HIS CURRENT OUTPUT OF A UHL LEAGUE-BEST 10. KELLER'S NEXT GWG WILL TIE THE ALL-TIME UHL RECORD AT 11.
--RYAN KELLER (39) IS JUST 3-GOALS AWAY FROM TYING THE ALL-TIME UHL SINGLE SEASON RECORD FOR GOALS BY A ROOKIE OF 42.
--RUSTYN DOLYNY (115) IS JUST 2-GOALS AWAY FROM TYING ANDREW LUCIUK (117) FOR 5TH PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME CAREER LIST.
--TODD ROBINSON (130) IS JUST 4-GOALS AWAY FROM TYING BRETT SEGUIN (134) FOR THIRD PLACE ON THE FURY ALL-TIME LIST.
--RUSTYN DOLYNY (277) IS ONE POINT FROM TYING ANDREW LUCIUK (278) FOR 8TH ALL-TIME ON THE FURY CAREER LIST.
--ROBIN BOUCHARD, WHO EARLIER THIS SEASON REACHED 1,000 PRO CAREER POINTS, IS NOW JUST 9-POINTS AWAY FROM 1,100; 830(543-548-1,091).
--THE FURY HAVE OUTSCSORED THE OPPONENTS ON HOME ICE IN THE THIRD PERIOD THIS SEASON, 52-31.
--OUTSIDE THEIR OWN CENTRAL DIVISION, THE FURY HAVE POSTED A REMARKABLE RECORD OF 29(24-3-2).
--AGAINST THE WESTERN DIVISION THIS SEASON, THE FURY ARE UNDEFEATED AGAINST EVERY TEAM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MISSOURI. THEY ARE 19(16-2-1) AGAINST THE WEST WITH THE ONLY 2-SETBACKS INCURRED AGAINST THE RIVER OTTERS.
--THE FURY THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH TODD NELSON 222(144-51-25) IS JUST 6-VICTORIES AWAY FROM BECOMING ONLY THE EIGHTH COACH IN UHL HISTORY TO ATTAIN 150-VICTORIES.
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