Muskegon Fury notes
April 3, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release
--WITH THEIR 3-0 SHUTOUT VICTORY SUNDAY AT QUAD CITY, THE FURY HAVE SET A NEW CLUB RECORD FOR MOST ROAD WINS IN A SINGLE SEASON WITH 24. THEY HAVE THE BEST ROAD RECORD IN THE UHL AT 34(24-6-4) HAVING PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR FEWEST ROAD DEFEATS IN A SEASON. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 13-ROAD DEFEATS.
--ON THE ROAD, THE FURY ARE 5(4-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 5-OUTINGS; LAST 8(6-2-0); LAST 10(7-3-0).
--MUSKEGON'S 3-0 SHUTOUT WIN SUNDAY AT QUAD CITY, REPRESENTED THE FURY'S SECOND CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT VICTORY THIS SEASON AT THE MARK WITH BOTH SHUTOUTS HAVING COME WITH RECENTLY-ACQUIRED NICK BOUCHER IN GOAL.
--THE FURY'S RECENT OVERALL RECORD; LAST 4(3-1-0); LAST 11(8-3-0); LAST 16(11-5-0); LAST 24(15-6-3).
--WITH A LEAGUE-HIGH 105-POINTS, MUSKEGON HAS ATTAINED THE 100-POINTS' PLATEAU FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW; THE FOURTH TIME OVER THE PAST 5-SEASONS AND FOR THE FIFTH TIME, OVERALL, IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
--MUSKEGON'S NEXT VICTORY WILL LIFT THE CLUB TO ITS SECOND SUCCESSIVE 50-VICTORY SEASON AND THE THIRD OVERALL IN CLUB ANNALS.
--THE FURY HAVE REALLY FLOURISHED AGAINST WESTERN DIVISION COMPETITION THIS SEASON, POSTING A RECORD OF 22(18-3-1).
--WITH HIS 56TH GOAL OF THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE FURY'S 3-2 TRIUMPH OVER KALAMA-ZOO, ROBIN BOUCHARD SET A NEW FURY RECORD FOR MOST GOALS BY AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER IN A SINGLE SEASON.
--THE FURY ARE UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON WHEN THEY YIELD 3-GA OR LESS AT 40(38-0-2).
--THE FURY THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH TODD NELSON, 226(147-52-25) NEEDS JUST 3-MORE VICTORIES TO BECOME ONLY THE EIGHTH COACH IN UHL HISTORY TO REACH 150-VICTORIES.
--IN COMPLETING THEIR 6-GAME SEASON SERIES AGAINST QUAD CITY UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON AT 6(5-0-1), THE FURY WERE A PERFECT 3(3-0-0) IN THE QUAD CITIES LIMITING THE MALLARDS TO A MEAGER 1-GOAL, OUTSCORING THE GREENHEADS, 9-1.
--LEFT WING DAVID WRIGLEY NOTCHED A GOAL IN EACH OF THE LAST 4-FURY GAMES; 4(4-0-4), PRODUCING 2-FG, 1-PPG, 1-GWG.
--THIS WEEK, RUSTYN DOLYNY TIED ANDREW LUCIUK (117) FOR FIFTH PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.
--CENTER TODD ROBINSON (131) IS JUST 3-GOALS AWAY FROM TYING BRETT SEGUIN (134) FOR THIRD PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME LIST.
--WITH 6-GAMES REMAINING ON THE REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, THE FURY ARE IN A POSITION TO SET A NEW TEAM RECORD FOR FEWEST OVERALL DEFEATS IN A SINGLE SEASON. THEY HAVE LOST ONLY 13-TIMES; THE CLUB RECORD IS 18 SET IN THE 1998-99 SEASON THE YEAR OF COLONIAL CUP I.
--THROUGH THE FIRST 70-GAMES OF THE SEASON, ONLY TWO FURY PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED IN ALL 70; NAMELY, DEFENSEMAN DAVE VAN DRUNEN AND LEFT WING DAVID WRIGLEY.
--WHEN ROCKFORD DEFEATED THE FURY SATURDAY NIGHT, 4-1, IT ENDED THE FURY'S 16-GAME HOME ICE UNBEATEN STREAK AGAINST THE âHOGS SPANNING IN EXCESS OF FOUR YEARS; 16(13-0-3). THE ROCKFORD TRIUMPH ALSO ENDED A MUSKEGON, OVERALL, 7-GAME WIN STREAK AGAINST THE ICEHOGS.
--THE FURY'S REGULAR SEASON HOME FINALE IS SET FOR TUESDAY NIGHT, APRIL 11TH AT 7:30 PM AGAINST ADIRONDACK. THIS GAME WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED FOR JANUARY 14TH BEFORE BEING POSTPONED.
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