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2019-20 MONSTERS SCHEDULE 10/4 at Laval W 3-2 10/5 at Laval W 4-1 CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES 10/11 SYRACUSE 10/12 SYRACUSE 2019-20 AHL Game #27 10/18 at Rochester Friday, October 11, 2019, 7:00 PM 10/19 at Toronto 10/20 at Toronto ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE 10/25 ROCKFORD Cleveland, OH 10/26 ROCKFORD 11/1 CHARLOTTE Proud Affiliate: 11/3 CHARLOTTE (2-0-0-0), 4 Pts., 1.000 PCT (0-0-1-0), 1 Pts., .500 PCT 11/6 at Grand Rapids 11/8 LAVAL 1st in North Division 5th in North Division 11/9 LAVAL T1st in Eastern Conference 10th in Eastern Conference 11/12 GRAND RAPIDS 11/15 at Rochester MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Brown - [email protected] - 216.630.8617 - @TonyBrownPxP 11/16 at Syracuse 11/21 CHICAGO 2019-20 MONSTERS LEADING SCORERS (REGULAR SEASON) 11/22 CHICAGO 11/26 at Charlotte PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG OTG SOG 11/27 at Charlotte Zac Dalpe [C] 2 2 1 3 0 +1 1 0 1 0 0 Adam Clendening 2 1 1 2 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0 11/30 ROCHESTER Eric Robinson 2 1 1 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 at Laval Calvin Thurkauf 2 1 1 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 12/6 at Belleville Marko Dano 2 0 2 2 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Scott 2 0 2 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 12/7 at Belleville Kevin Stenlund 2 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 12/10 at Laval Trey Fix-Wolansky 2 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 12/13 W-B/SCRANTON 12/14 W-B/SCRANTON NEXT HOME GAME: Sat., Oct. 12th vs. Syracuse Crunch, 7:00 pm EST 12/20 at Milwaukee Fans are encouraged to join the Monsters at the newly-transformed and spectacular Rocket 12/21 at Rockford Mortgage FieldHouse as 2019-20 Monsters Opening Weekend continues vs. Syracuse. 12/28 CHARLOTTE 12/30 CHARLOTTE 12/31 at Toronto MONSTERS BROADCAST: Tony Brown – Alt. 99.1 (99.1 WMMS-FM/HD-2), AHLTV 1/3 MILWAUKEE CRUNCH BROADCAST: Lukas Favale – 97.7 WTLA-FM/1200 WTLA-AM, AHLTV 1/4 MILWAUKEE 1/10 at Binghamton MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 4-1 road win over the Laval Rocket on Saturday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s 1/11 at Hershey game at 2-0-0-0 on the season. With four points, the Monsters currently rank first in the AHL’s North Division standings and 1/12 at Lehigh Valley tied for first in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by C Zac Dalpe (2-1-3), D Adam Clendening (1- 1-2), LW Eric Robinson (1-1-2) and LW Calvin Thurkauf (1-1-2). 1/15 at Binghamton 1/17 at Rochester CRUNCH PRE-SCOUT: Following a 2-3 road overtime loss to the Rochester Americans on Friday, the Syracuse Crunch enter 1/18 at Utica tonight’s game at 0-0-1-0 on the season. With one point, the Crunch currently rank fifth in the AHL’s North Division standings 1/22 ROCHESTER and tenth in the Eastern Conference. Syracuse is currently led in scoring by RW Cory Conacher (1-0-1), LW Danick Martel 1/24 TORONTO (1-0-1), G Louis Domingue, D Dominik Masin (0-1-1) and C Chris Mueller (0-1-1). 1/25 TORONTO REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Friday marks the first of four meetings between the Monsters and Crunch this season and the 1/31 UTICA first of two tilts at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 2/1 UTICA 2/5 ROCHESTER MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 2/7 BINGHAMTON 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 1.00 GAA, .968 S% 2/9 BINGHAMTON LAST APP.: (30/31) in 4-1 W at LAV 10/5/19 2/11 GRAND RAPIDS HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A AT HOME: N/A 2/14 at Grand Rapids 2/15 at Rockford 2/16 at Chicago 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: N/A 2/21 at Syracuse LAST APP.: N/A HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 2/22 at Rochester AT HOME: N/A 2/26 at Toronto 2/28 BELLEVILLE 80 Matiss Kivlenieks OVERALL: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.00 GAA, .931 S% 2/29 BELLEVILLE LAST APP.: (27/29) in 3-2 W at LAV 10/4/19 3/5 LAVAL HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A AT HOME: N/A 3/6 LAVAL 3/10 at Charlotte CRUNCH GOALTENDERS: 1 Mike Condon OVERALL: N/A 3/11 at Charlotte LAST APP.: N/A 3/15 ROCHESTER HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 3/18 at W-B/Scranton ON THE ROAD: N/A 3/20 at W-B/Scranton 3/21 at Lehigh Valley 29 Scott Wedgewood OVERALL: N/A LAST APP.: N/A 3/24 at Chicago HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 3/25 at Milwaukee ON THE ROAD: N/A 3/28 LEHIGH VALLEY 3/29 LEHIGH VALLEY 70 Louis Domingue OVERALL: 1 GP, (0-0-1), 0 SO, 2.80 GAA, .909 S% LAST APP.: (30/33) in 2-3 OTL at ROC 10/4/19 3/31 HERSHEY HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 4/2 HERSHEY ON THE ROAD: 1 GP, (0-0-1), 0 SO, 2.80 GAA, .909 S% 4/4 TORONTO 4/5 TORONTO 3/10 at Utica FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey 3/11 at Hershey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – Oct. 11, 2019 vs. Syracuse Crunch Pg. 2 BIO: Originally selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round (113th MONSTERS COACHING STAFF overall) of the 1976 NHL Entry Draft, Mike Eaves logged 324 NHL HEAD COACH MIKE EAVES appearances spanning eight seasons with the Minnesota North Stars and Calgary Flames from 1979-86 following a spectacular collegiate career at 4th AHL, 35th Season in Coaching the University of Wisconsin from 1974-78. The Badgers’ first-ever All Steve McCarthy, Assistant Coach American, Eaves captained Wisconsin to the 1977 National A former first-round selection by the Chicago Blackhawks (23rd CAREER AHL RECORD: Championship. overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Trail, British Columbia (98-109-35), .477 W% In 34 seasons in the coaching ranks, Eaves has patrolled the bench in the native Steve McCarthy enters his fourth season in professional NHL (Assistant Coach with Calgary from 1985-86, Assistant Coach with coaching with the Monsters in 2019-20. A member of the DOB: June 10, 1956 (63 y/o) Philadelphia from 1988-90 and in 1993-94, Assistant Coach with Pittsburgh from 1997-00), the AHL (Head Coach with Hershey from 1990- Monsters’ 2016 Calder Cup Championship team, McCarthy HOMETOWN: Denver, CO 93), Finland’s Liiga (Head Coach with HIFK Helsinki in 1996-97), the logged 302 career NHL appearances as a defenseman for the USHL (Head Coach of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and Atlanta Thrashers Program in 2000-01) and the collegiate ranks (Head Coach with the U. of during a professional playing career that spanned 16 seasons Wisconsin from 2002-16, Head Coach at St. Olaf College from 2016-19). CAREER RECORD VS. HOME AWAY TOTAL Eaves was especially successful at Wisconsin, coaching his alma mater from 2000-2016 and also featured stops in the AHL, KHL and Belleville Senators 0-0-0-0 0-0-0- 0 0-0-0-0 ECHL, along with stints in the top Finnish and Swiss leagues. Binghamton Devils 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 to a National Championship in 2006 and leading the Badgers to the NCAA Laval Rocket 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 Title Game in 2010. Eaves also coached Team USA to a Gold Medal at Rochester Americans 6-3-2-0 1-8-1- 0 7-11-3-0 the 2004 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships and served as Team Syracuse Crunch 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 USA’s Head Coach at the 2006 IIHF World Championships. Trent Vogelhuber, Assistant Coach Toronto Marlies 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Vogelhuber, 31, is a Dublin, Ohio, native and was the first Utica Comets 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 CAREER HEAD COACHING STATS player from the Columbus area drafted by the Blue Jackets, VS. NORTH DIVISION 6-3-2-0 3-8-1-0 9-11-3-0 Season Team LGE GP W L OT Pct. selected in the seventh round at the 2007 NHL Draft. He played Bakersfield Condors 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1986-87 Wisocnsin-EC NCHA 28 9 19 0 .321 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1990-91 Hershey AHL 80 33 35 12 .488 six seasons as a pro, registering 28 goals and 45 assists for 73 Charlotte Checkers 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1991-92 Hershey AHL 80 36 33 11 .519 points with 191 penalty minutes in 267 career AHL games with Chicago Wolves 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1992-93 Hershey AHL 80 27 41 12 .413 the Springfield Falcons, Lake Erie Monsters and San Antonio Colorado Eagles 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1996-97 HIFK Helsinki Liiga 50 17 25 8 .420 Rampage.