News release
12 March 2005
Muskegon, MI The Muskegon Fury handed the Elmira Jackals their worst loss of the season, a 9-1 loss at the L.C. Walker Arena Friday night.
The Fury came into the game having won their only other meeting this season with the Jackals and Saturday night was not much different early on as they dominated the first few minutes. After Elmira started to counter the intense pressure, Muskegon took the lead. Defenseman Jason Lawmaster weaved his way from the far point into the slot and banked his shot off the left post and into the net at 10:01 of the period assisted by Jeff Nelson. The Fury extended their lead to 2-0 at 16:13 courtesy of a Robin Bouchard one-timer, assisted by Nelson and Scott Hollis.
The Fury blew the game wide open in the second period, erupting for four goals in the middle frame, including three goals in the first four minutes. Bouchard tallied his second goal and Muskegon also got goals from Brant Blackned, Colin Embley and Jeff Nelson. Elmira tallied their lone goal of the contest at 17:11 of the period when Eddy Lowe lifted a one-timer from Nathan Gillies over the glove of Clayton Pool. The goal put Lowe past Randy Murphy to set a new All-Time Jackals Scoring record.
In the third period Muskegon added three more goals. Blackned and Embley each scored their second of the game and Bouchard finished off the hat trick. Elmira was out-shot 25-to 1 in the final twenty minutes of the game.
Clayton Pool stopped 16-of-17 in the win, while Greg Hewitt exhibited top class as he took one for the team, stopping 49-of-58 in goal for Elmira.
Elmira finishes off their weekend road trip Sunday in Rockford for a 1:00 pm (Central Time) face off with the IceHogs at the Rockford MetroCentre. The Jackals next home game falls on Saturday March 19th as they host the Danbury Trashers for Hat-Night at 7:30 pm at the First Arena.