Muskegon Fury
December 26, 2015
After the International Hockey League’s Muskegon Lumberjacks abandoned the Western Michigan city in favor of Cleveland in 1992, a former Lumberjacks staffer named Tony Lisman swiftly organized a new franchise in the cheaper, lower-profile Colonial Hockey League. Lisman’s Muskegon Fury entered the CoHL as an expansion franchise in the fall of 1992. The Fury were remarkably successful on the ice. The team never posted a losing season or missed the playoffs in 16 years of play and won four Colonial Cup championships. In 2008, the team reclaimed the “Lumberjacks” name, bringing the successful Fury era to a close.
