Cleveland Monsters Game Notes
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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 L 1-2 10/12 SYRACUSE L 3-6 2019-20 AHL Game #932 10/18 at Rochester SOW 4-3 Wed., March 11, 2020, 7:00 PM 10/19 at Toronto L 0-2 10/20 at Toronto SOL 5-6 BOJANGLES’ COLISEUM 10/25 ROCKFORD W 7-1 Charlotte, NC 10/26 ROCKFORD W 5-0 Proud Affiliate: 11/1 CHARLOTTE OTW 2-1 11/3 CHARLOTTE W 5-1 (24-31-4-2), 54 Pts., .443 PCT (33-22-5-0), 71 Pts., .592 PCT 11/6 at Grand Rapids W 5-3 11/8 LAVAL L 1-2 8th in North Division 4th in Atlantic Division 11/9 LAVAL L 0-4 15th in Eastern Conference 7th in Eastern Conference 11/12 GRAND RAPIDS L 2-4 11/15 at Rochester OTL 2-3 MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Brown - [email protected] - 216.630.8617 - @TonyBrownPxP 11/16 at Syracuse L 2-4 11/21 CHICAGO W 5-3 2019-20 MONSTERS LEADING SCORERS (REGULAR SEASON) 11/22 CHICAGO W 3-0 11/26 at Charlotte W 3-1 PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG OTG SOG 11/27 at Charlotte L 2-5 2 Adam Clendening [A] 54 7 33 40 75 -5 2 0 0 0 0 X-72 Ryan MacInnis 45 7 23 30 22 +7 3 1 1 0 0 11/30 ROCHESTER L 2-3 X-23 Stefan Matteau [A] 50 12 16 28 41 -11 2 3 3 2 1 12/4 at Laval L 2-3 27 Calvin Thurkauf 52 9 17 26 37 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12/6 at Belleville W 6-2 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 42 11 14 25 30 -11 5 0 3 0 0 X-90 Nathan Gerbe [C] 30 8 17 25 22 -8 4 0 2 1 1 12/7 at Belleville L 1-7 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 61 9 14 23 22 -11 3 0 1 0 0 12/10 at Laval SOL 2-3 X-37 Markus Hannikainen 28 7 11 18 6 -4 2 0 0 0 2 12/13 W-B/SCRANTON W 4-0 12/14 W-B/SCRANTON L 1-3 NEXT HOME GAME: Sun., Mar. 15th vs. Rochester Americans, 3:00 pm EST 12/20 at Milwaukee L 0-4 The first 2,000 kids age 12 & under will receive a Castaway Bay Day Pass on another 12/21 at Rockford W 3-2 ‘Monsters Family Day,’ presented by Castaway Bay! 12/28 CHARLOTTE L 1-5 12/30 CHARLOTTE L 1-3 12/31 at Toronto W 4-1 MONSTERS BROADCAST: Tony Brown – ALT 99.1 (WMMS-FM/HD-2), AHLTV 1/3 MILWAUKEE OTW 3-2 CHECKERS BROADCAST: Jason Shaya – ESPN Charlotte (730 WZGV-AM), AHLTV 1/4 MILWAUKEE W 5-4 1/10 at Binghamton L 2-5 MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 1-2 road loss to the Charlotte Checkers on Tuesday, the Cleveland 1/11 at Hershey L 2-4 Monsters enter tonight’s game at 24-31-4-2 on the season. With 54 points, the Monsters currently rank eighth 1/12 at Lehigh Valley L 0-2 in the AHL’s North Division standings and 15th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led in 1/15 at Binghamton L 2-5 scoring by D Adam Clendening (7-33-40), C Ryan MacInnis (7-23-30) and LW Stefan Matteau (12-16-28). 1/17 at Rochester SOW 4-3 1/18 at Utica L 2-6 CHECKERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 2-1 home win over the Cleveland Monsters on Tuesday, the Charlotte 1/22 ROCHESTER OTL 2-3 Checkers enter tonight’s game at 33-22-5-0 on the season. With 71 points, the Checkers currently rank fourth 1/24 TORONTO W 5-2 in the AHL’s Atlantic Division standings and seventh in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte is currently led in 1/25 TORONTO OTW 5-4 scoring by D Jake Bean (9-37-46), LW Steven Lorentz (21-22-43) and C Morgan Geekie (22-20-42). 1/31 UTICA L 0-3 2/1 UTICA W 3-2 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Tuesday marks the eighth of eight meetings between the Monsters and Checkers this season and the fourth of four games between the two clubs at Bojangles’ Coliseum this year. 2/5 ROCHESTER L 2-4 Cleveland is 3-4-0-0 overall vs. Charlotte with a -3 goal differential (15/18) overall and 1-2-0-0 vs. the 2/7 BINGHAMTON W 3-0 Checkers on the road with a -2 goal differential (6/8). 2/9 BINGHAMTON L 0-4 2/11 GRAND RAPIDS W 6-2 MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 2/14 at Grand Rapids L 2-4 2/15 at Rockford W 1-4 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: 33 GP, (10-18-4), 3 SO, 2.76 GAA, .901 S% 2/16 at Chicago OTL 2-3 LAST APP.: (31/33) in 1-2 L at CHA 3/10/20 2/21 at Syracuse L 3-6 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (1-2-0), 0 SO, 1.71 GAA, .938 S% 2/22 at Rochester OTW 3-2 ON THE ROAD: 16 GP, (5-8-3), 0 SO, 2.92 GAA, .899 S% 2/26 at Toronto OTL 3-4 2/28 BELLEVILLE L 1-5 80 Matiss Kivlenieks OVERALL: 19 GP, (9-8-2), 1 SO, 2.97 GAA, .904 S% 2/29 BELLEVILLE L 1-4 LAST APP.: (44/48) in 2-4 L vs ROC 2/5/20 3/5 LAVAL L 2-5 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (1-2-0), 0 SO, 3.33 GAA, .901 S% 3/6 LAVAL L 1-5 ON THE ROAD: 10 GP, (3-5-2), 0 SO, 3.75 GAA, .877 S% 3/10 at Charlotte L 1-2 3/11 at Charlotte CHECKERS GOALTENDERS: 3/15 ROCHESTER 3/18 at W-B/Scranton 30 Alex Nedeljkovic OVERALL: 28 GP, (15-10-2), 4 SO, 2.51 GAA, .905 S% 3/20 at W-B/Scranton LAST APP.: (21/23) in 1-2 L at BNG 2/21/20 3/21 at Lehigh Valley HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (2-0-1), 0 SO, 1.66 GAA, .932 S% 3/24 at Chicago AT HOME: 14 GP, (8-5-1), 1 SO, 2.59 GAA, .901 S% 3/25 at Milwaukee 3/28 LEHIGH VALLEY 35 Keith Kinkaid OVERALL (CHA): 4 GP, (2-1-1), 0 SO, 2.24 GAA, .924 S% 3/29 LEHIGH VALLEY LAST APP.: (29/30) in 2-1 W vs CLE 3/10/20 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 1.00 GAA, .967 S% 3/31 HERSHEY AT HOME (CHA): 3 GP, (1-1-1), 0 SO, 1.98 GAA, .931 S% 4/2 HERSHEY 4/4 TORONTO 4/5 TORONTO 4/10 at Utica FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey 4/11 at Hershey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – Mar. 11, 2020 vs. Charlotte Checkers Pg. 2 BIO: Originally selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round MONSTERS COACHING STAFF (113th 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 4th AHL, 35th Season in Coaching career at the University of Wisconsin from 1974-78. The Badgers’ first- Steve McCarthy, Assistant Coach ever All American, Eaves captained Wisconsin to the 1977 National A former first-round selection by the Chicago Blackhawks CAREER AHL RECORD: Championship. (23rd overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Trail, British (120-140-41), .467 W% In 34 seasons in the coaching ranks, Eaves has patrolled the bench in Columbia native Steve McCarthy enters his fourth season in the NHL (Assistant Coach with Calgary from 1985-86, Assistant Coach professional coaching with the Monsters in 2019-20. A DOB: June 10, 1956 (63 y/o) with Philadelphia from 1988-90 and in 1993-94, Assistant Coach with Pittsburgh from 1997-00), the AHL (Head Coach with Hershey from member of the Monsters’ 2016 Calder Cup Championship HOMETOWN: Denver, CO 1990-93), Finland’s Liiga (Head Coach with HIFK Helsinki in 1996-97), team, McCarthy logged 302 career NHL appearances as a the USHL (Head Coach of USA Hockey’s National Team Development defenseman for the Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and Program in 2000-01) and the collegiate ranks (Head Coach with the U. of Atlanta Thrashers during a professional playing career that 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 spanned 16 seasons from 2000-2016 and also featured stops Belleville Senators 0-2-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-3-0-0 in the AHL, KHL and ECHL, along with stints in the top Bingh amton Devils 1-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 1-3-0-0 to a National Championship in 2006 and leading the Badgers to the NCAA Title Game in 2010. Eaves also coached Team USA to a Gold Finnish and Swiss leagues. Laval Rocket 0-4-0-0 2-1-0-1 2-5-0-1 Rochester Americans 6-5-3-0 4-8-2-0 10-13-5-0 Medal at the 2004 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships and served as Syracuse Crunch 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 0-4-0-0 Team USA’s Head Coach at the 2006 IIHF World Championships.