Muskegon Fury notes

Published on February 18, 2007 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--WHEN THE FURY DEFEATED ELMIRA FRIDAY NIGHT, 2/16/07, THEY ATTAINED THE 40-VICTORIES PLATEAU FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR; THE 5TH TIME IN THE LAST 6-YEARS; THE 8TH TIME IN THE LAST 10-SEASONS AND THE 10TH TIME OVER THE PAST 13-SEASONS.

--WHEN THE FURY COMPLETED THE TWO-GAMES HOME STAND SERIES SWEEP OF ELMIRA THE PAST WEEKEND, WITH THEIR SATURDAY NIGHT VICTORY, THEY HALTED A 4-GAME LOSING SKID ON SATURDAY NIGHT THAT INCLUDED 3-CONSECUTIVE SATURDAY NIGHT SETBACKS ON HOME ICE.

--THE LAST 3 MUSKEGON WINS HAVE BEEN BY 1-GOAL MARGINS; THE FURY LEAD THE UHL IN 1-GOAL TRIUMPHS WITH 18.

--THE FURY HAVE REALLY PROSPERED ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THIS SEASON WITH AN OVERALL MARK OF 19(17-2-0); AT HOME: 9(8-1-0); ON THE ROAD: 10(9-1-0).

--IN CAPTURING A SWEEP OF THEIR TWO GAME HOME SERIES THE PAST WEEKEND AGAINST ELMIRA, THE FURY RAN THEIR OVERALL WIN STREAK AGAINST THE JACKALS TO 5-IN A ROW; 5(5-0-0). MUSKEGON IS NOW 19(18-1-0) IN THEIR 19-DECISIONS AGAINST ELMIRA.

--MUSKEGON IS NOW ON A 12-GAME HOME ICE WINNING STREAK AGAINST ELMIRA; LAST 12(12-0-0).

--THE FURY ARE 4(3-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 4-GAMES WITH RYAN CYR IN GOAL FOR ALL 3 OF THOSE WINS. IN THAT SPAN, CYR IS 3(3-0-0) WITH A 1.83 GAA AND .940 SPCT.

--WITH HIS BACK-TO-BACK HOME WINS THE PAST WEEKEND, GOALTENDER RYAN CYR HAS ELEVATED HIS HOME RECORD FOR THE SEASON TO A SUPERLATIVE 10(9-1-0).

--WITH HIS 2-ASSISTS FRIDAY NIGHT, 2/16/07 AGAINST ELMIRA, CENTER TODD ROBINSON BEACME THE FURY'S ALL-TIME ASSISTS' LEADER WITH 422. HE HAS 422-FURY CAREER ASSISTS IN 406-FURY CAREER GAMES.

--THE FURY RIGHT WING RUSTYN DOLYNY TIED THE FRANCHISE ALL-TIME CLUB RECORD FOR FASTEST 2-GOALS BY ONE PLAYER WHEN HE STRUCK TWICE IN :12 FRIDAY NIGHT, 2/16 AGAINST ELMIRA TO BREAK A 1-1 TIE IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

--WITH THOSE 2-GOALS, RUSTYN DOLYNY (139) HAS CLIMBED TO WITHIN 2-GOALS (141) OF TYING BRANT BLACKNED (141) FOR THIRD PLACE ON THE FURY'S ALL-TIME GOAL-SCORING LIST.

--IN THE FURY'S LAST 3-HOME GAMES THIS SEASON AGAINST ELMIRA, THEY HAVE OUTSCORED THE JACKALS IN THE THIRD PERIOD, 8-1.

--THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON, THE FURY RECORD: 38(32-5-1); THUS FAR IN THE SECOND HALF: 15(9-6-0).

--THE FURY ARE 6(3-3-0) THUS FAR IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT LOST MORE THAN 3-GAMES IN ANY SINGLE MONTH THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--WITH HIS GWG SATURDAY NIGHT 2/17 AGAINST ELMIRA, CENTER TODD ROBINSON NOW HAS 10-GWG FOR THE SEASON TO LEAD THE UHL. HIS NEXT GWG WILL TIE THE UHL ALL-TIME RECORD WHICH IS SHARED BY SEVERAL PLAYERS INCLUDING TWO FORMER ROBINSON FURY TEAMMATES, ROBIN BOUCHARD (1998-99) AND RYAN KELLER (2005-06) BOTH SCORED 11-GWG.

--TODD ROBINSON'S NEXT POINT 53(33-66-99) WILL GIVE HIM HIS 4TH 100-POINT SEASON IN HIS 8-YEAR PRO CAREER AND HIS THIRD 100-POINT CAMPAIGN IN 7-SEASONS WITH THE FURY.

--ROOKIE LEFT WING EVAN KOTSOPOULOS SCORED 2-MIGHTY GOALS FOR THE FURY THE PAST WEEKEND. FRIDAY 2/16 VS. ELMIRA, HE SCORED THE GWG AT 5:16 OF THE THIRD PERIOD. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER HE DELIVERED THE KEY, TOUCH-IN-THE-CLUTCH GTG AT 2:22 OF THE THIRD PERIOD TO FORGE A 3-3 TIE AS HIS TEAM COMPLETED A RATHER IMPROBABLE COME BACK FROM A 3-0 DEFICIT TO OVERCOME THE JACKALS, 4-3.

--WHEN THE FURY SCORE 4 OR MORE IN A SINGLE GAME, THEIR RECORD STANDS AT 31(29-2-0).

--WHEN THE FURY SURRENDER 3-GA OR LESS, THEIR RECORD IS 40(36-4-0).

--MUSKEGON HAS OUTSCORED THE OPPOSITION IN THE SECOND PERIOD ON HOME ICE THIS SEASON, 40-18.

--THE FURY ARE THE FIRST TEAM IN THE UHL THIS SEASON WITH TWO 30-GOAL SCORERS; TODD ROBINSON (33); MIKE WATT (31).

--THE FURY'S 15-SHG RANK AS SECOND MOST IN THE UHL.

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