News release
22 October 2005
Muskegon, MI The Muskegon Fury celebrated their 2004-05 Colonial Cup Championship and their first win of the 2005-06 season with a 3-1 win over the Elmira Jackals Saturday night at L.C. Walker Arena.
Elmira skated with the Fury all night long, but the theme of this game was Muskegon power plays. Twice they capitalized on power plays, first at 16:34 on a Jeff Nelson goal assisted Robin Bouchard and Ryan Keller. Muskegon had 17 shots in the first period, but Jackals goaltender Nick Boucher was sharp in making 16 saves after the first.
In the second period the Jackals began to show signs of the energy displayed in Rockford the night before, but another special teams goal by Muskegon at 19:13 from Rustyn Dolyny doubled the Fury lead going into the final period.
In the third Elmira cut the lead in half with a power play goal of their own. Defenseman Mike Dombkiewicz blasted a slap shot from the blue line that deflected past goaltender Clayton Pool at 11:16, assisted by Chris Chaput and Trevor Burgess. But Muskegon struck a final blow at 12:58 with an even strength goal from Dave Van Drunen to make the final score 3-1.
Clayton Pool earned the win with 21 saves on 22 shots for Muskegon. Nick Boucher was outstanding for the second straight night, stopped a colossal 43-of-46 in the loss for Elmira. In a game that totaled 35 penalties for 120 minutes, Muskegon went 2-for-8 on the power play, while Elmira was 1-for-9.