Joey Kocur, Former Detroit Red Wing, will Start Things Off at Muskegon/Fort Wayne Game - IHL

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MUSKEGON – Former Detroit Red Wing Joey Kocur will be in attendance at the Fury’s game against Fort Wayne on Friday at L.C. Walker Arena at 7:30 p.m.

Kocur will be dropping the ceremonial first puck before the game as well as signing autographs throughout the contest in the concourse at L.C. Walker Arena.

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Kocur played two stints with the Red Wings. From 1984-91, he was known as one of the Bruise Brothers with Bob Probert. He returned to Detroit in the 1996-97 season, when the team picked him up from a beer league, and played until the 1998-99 season for Detroit.

Known for his physical play, Kocur is one of the most penalized players in NHL history amassing a career total of 2519 penalty minutes in stints with the Red Wings, the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks. Kocur retired at the end of the 1998-1999 season. He served as a Red Wings video coach to Scotty Bowman from the 2001-02 season. Under head coach Dave Lewis, Kocur served as a Red Wings’ associate coach along with Barry Smith from 2002-04.

With the Red Wings, Kocur won Stanley Cups in both the 1996-97 and 97-98 seasons as a player. He was the video coach for the team during its 2001-02 Stanley Cup Championship run. Kocur was also a member of the New York Rangers team that won the Stanley Cup in the 1993-94 season.

The Fury are 28-24-3-1 on the season, good for fourth place in the International Hockey League with 60 points. The Komets lead the IHL with a record of 40-12-5-1, good for 86 points.

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