Muskegon Fury notes

Published on December 10, 2006 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--THUS FAR THIS SEASON, THE EASTERN DIVISION AND LEAGUE-LEADING FURY HAVE ASSEMBLED TWO 8-GAME WIN STREAKS AND TWO 3-GAME WIN STREAKS.

--THE FURY ARE 7(6-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 7-GAMES, GRUDGINGLY SURRENDERING ONLY 13-GA IN THAT SPAN FOR A GAA OF A MISERLY OF 1.86.

--AT HOME, THE FURY BOAST THE UHL'S PREMIERE RECORD OF 13(11-2-0), OUTSCORING THEIR VISITING OPPONENTS, 59-32.

--ON THE ROAD, THE FURY HAVE WON 7-IN A ROW WHICH IS JUST ONE SHY OF MATCHING THE FRANCHISE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 8-CONSECUTIVE ROAD WINS SET DURING THE FIRST 8-GAMES OF THE 2001-02 SEASON, THE YEAR OF COLONIAL CUP II.

--MUSKEGON'S 12(11-1-0) ROAD RECORD REPRESENTS THE BEST IN THE UHL WITH THE FURY EARNING 3-MORE ROAD WINS THAN ALL OF THE OTHER TEAMS IN THE LOOP.

--BOTH OF THE FURY'S HOME LOSSES THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN BY A SCANT SINGLE GOAL.

--MUSKEGON HAS AN IMPECCABLE 9(9-0-0) RECORD AGAINST WESTERN DIVISION COMPETITION; AT HOME: 6(6-0-0); ROAD: 3(3-0-0).

--ALL THREE OF THE FURY SETBACKS THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN INFLICTED BY THEIR FELLOW FRACTIOUS FOES OF THEIR OWN EASTERN DIVISION; OVERALL 16(13-3-0).

--THE FURY'S TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTORIES OF 22 REPRESENT 7-MORE VICTORIES THAN THE ENTIRE UHL.

--THE FURY ARE 25(22-3-0) 44-POINTS THROUGH THEIR INITIAL 25-GAMES THIS SEASON; LAST SEASON AFTER 25-GAMES, THEIR RECORD WAS 25(20-3-2) FOR 42-POINTS.

--DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, WHEN THE FURY HAVE THE LEAD ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD, THEY ARE UNDEFEATED AT 57(54-0-3).

--IN THEIR LAST 132-REGULAR SEASON GAMES, THE FURY HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 132(95-25-12) FOR A WIN PERCENTAGE OF .765.

--IN THEIR LAST 107-HOME GAMES, THE FURY ARE 107(84-17-6) FOR A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF A GAUDY .813.

--THE FURY HAVE OUTSCORED THE OPPOSITION IN THE SECOND PERIOD THIS SEASON, 44-16.

--MUSKEGON FIRED 5-PPG IN THEIR THREE GAMES' SWEEP OF THE WEEK TO ASSUME THE OVERALL UHL LEADERSHIP IN PPG WITH 36.

--THE FURY HAVE BEEN SHORTHANDED THE MOST FREQUENTLY OF ANY TEAM IN THE UHL; A TOTAL OF 206-TIMES.

--MUSKEGON HAS BEEN ASSESSED THE MOST MINOR PENALTIES IN THE UHL; 231; THEIR 31-MAJORS RANK TIED FOR 2ND WITH ROCKFORD AND JUST ONE BEHIND ELMIRA WITH 32-MAJORS.

--THE FURY BECAME THE LAST UHL TEAM TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE OTSO THIS SEASON AS THEY PREVAILED OVER PORT HURON, 5-4 ON THE SEVENTH SHOT OF THE SUDDEN DEATH PORTION OF THE EXTRA SESSION.

--THE FURY BROADCASTER TERRY FICORELLI BROADCASTED HIS 1,000TH CONSECUTIVE FURY GAME SUNDAY IN MUSKEGON'S 2-1 TRIUMPH OVER CHICAGO. IT WAS "FIC'S " 2,978TH CONSECUTIVE PRO HOCKEY PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCAST, LEAVING HIM JUST 22-GAMES FROM 3,000.

--THE FURY LEFT WING MIKE WATT IS ON A 6-GAME SCORING SCOURGE WITH 6(5-8-13) IN THAT SPAN.

--RIGHT WING RUSTYN DOLYNY'S 11-GAME POINT-SCORING STREAK IS CURRENTLY THE LONGEST IN THE UHL; 11(4-14-18). HE IS JUST ONE GAME SHY OF MATCHING THE LEAGUE'S SEASON'S BEST OF 12-GAMES AND 25-POINTS ACHIEVED BY HIS INJURED TEAMMATE ELIAS GODOY.

--RUSTYN DOLYNY HAS ACHIEVED THE UHL'S LONGEST ASSIST STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 10-GAMES TOTALING 14-ASSISTS.

--THE UHL'S LEADING SCORER TODD ROBINSON 25(21-31-52) HAS PRODUCED 15-MULTIPLE POINT GAMES THUS FAR IN THE FIRST 25-GAMES THIS SEASON.

--GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL POSTED HIS SECOND SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON, FRIDAY NIGHT AT FLINT, 5-0. BOTH OF HIS SHUTOUTS THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN BY REPLICA, RESOUNDING, RESONATING RESULTS OF 5-0 AND BOTH AGAINST FLINT.

--CLAYTON POOL STILL REMAINS AS THE LEAGUE'S LONE UNDEFEATED GOALKEEPER ON THE ROAD AT 9(9-0-0) WITH A BRILLIANT 1.72 GAA IN THAT SPAN.

--IN HIS LAST 12- STARTS, CLAYTON POOL HAS ALLOTED ONLY 19-GA FOR A GAA OF THRIFTY 1.58.

--WHEN THE FURY DEFEATED PORT HURON SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE OTSO, 5-4, THEY EXTENEDED THEIR OVERALL UNBEATEN STREAK OVER THE FLAGS TO 14-GAMES; 14(11-0-3).

--GOALTENDER CLAYTON POOL'S NEXT OUTING WILL THE 100TH OF HIS DISTINGUISHED FURY CAREER; THIRD ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME LIST.

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