THE SHOWDOWN FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE MIHL SATURDAY NIGHT AT LAKESHORE SPORTS CENTRE
TWO-TIME CHAMPIONS VOYAGERS ENGAGE IN ENCORE ENCOUNTER AGAINST WATERFORD SHARKS
MUSKEGON, MI --- On the impetus of their resounding 13-0 pounding of the Detroit/Hazel Park Warhawks the past Saturday night, the two-time reigning MIHL (Michigan Independence Hockey League) Bill Long Memorial Cup Champions have set themselves up for the showdown for first place this upcoming weekend on their home ice of Lakeshore Sports Centre.
This Saturday night, December 10th, it will be the Muskegon Voyagers battling the Waterford Sharks in a 7:30 pm duel on “CHRISTMAS TEDDY BEAR TOSS NIGHT” and “UGLY SWEATER NIGHT.”
Under the tutelage second-year Director Hockey Operations / Head Coach Derek Smith, the Muskegon club will be both motivated and inspired to exact retribution against the Waterford club that inflicted the Voyagers with their worst defeat in franchise annals, a 12-3 humbling back on November 19th at Lakeland Arena in Waterford. In deference to the Voyagers, they were operating without nine principal cogs in their lineup that particular night.
That defeat dropped the Voyagers into its present tense second place position in the MIHL standings where they trail undefeated Waterford by a scant two points. The Sharks will embark upon the weekend’s festivities prospering through an impressive 4(4-0-0) totaling 8-points. The Voyagers are 4(3-1-0) totaling 6-points.
Last weekend, while the Voyagers were walloping the Warhawks, 13-0, here on home ice, Waterford, also in their own den, outlasted Gaylord, 6-4.
The Voyagers have won, remarkably, 22-consecutive games on home ice; they have prevailed in all seven of their lifetime meetings at Lakeshore Sports Centre against the Sharks as well. Muskegon has assembled an overall record of 10(9-1-0) in 10-meetings against Waterford.
Saturday night, the Voyagers will present their first-ever “TEDDY BEAR TOSS NIGHT” and “UGLY SWEATER NIGHT” at Lakeshore Sports Centre. All fans are encouraged to bring a teddy bear or assortment of stuffed animals to the game. These furry creatures will be collected and donated to the Christmas “Toys for Tots” program.
In addition, those fans who are judged as wearing the ugliest sweater will win prizes compliments of the Voyagers.
VOYAGERS SPECIAL TEAMS ARE TOP-RANKED IN MIHL
VOYAGERS POWER PLAY: 10-16 62.5% HOME: 8-13 61.5%
VOYAGERS PENALTY KILLING: 11-11 100% HOME 8-8 100%
POWER PLAY LEADERS: SHORTHANDED GOALS LEADERS
10- LUKE MCCARTHY 3 21- JASON WRBELIS 1
16- ANDREW TAYLOR 2 8- ZAKK DANZ 1
20- ZAC CUTHBERTSON 2
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