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 #784 10/18 at Rochester SOW 4-3 Saturday, February 15, 2020, 6:00 PM 10/19 at Toronto L 0-2 10/20 at Toronto SOL 5-6 BMO HARRIS BANK CENTER 10/25 ROCKFORD W 7-1 Rockford, IL 10/26 ROCKFORD W 5-0 Proud Affiliate: 11/1 CHARLOTTE OTW 2-1 11/3 CHARLOTTE W 5-1 (23-24-2-2), 50 Pts., .490 PCT 11/6 at Grand Rapids W 5-3 (24-25-1-2), 51 Pts., .490 PCT 11/8 LAVAL L 1-2 8th in North Division 5th in Central Division 11/9 LAVAL L 0-4 14th in Eastern Conference 9th in Western 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] 44 6 29 35 50 +7 1 0 0 0 0 23 Stefan Matteau [A] 48 12 16 28 41 -9 2 3 3 2 1 11/30 ROCHESTER L 2-3 X-90 Nathan Gerbe [C] 30 8 17 25 22 -8 4 0 2 1 1 12/4 at Laval L 2-3 72 Ryan MacInnis 39 6 18 24 20 +10 2 1 1 0 0 12/6 at Belleville W 6-2 27 Calvin Thurkauf 45 8 15 23 35 +7 0 1 1 0 0 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 51 8 11 19 20 -6 2 0 1 0 0 12/7 at Belleville L 1-7 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 32 8 10 18 24 -8 4 0 3 0 0 12/10 at Laval SOL 2-3 X-82 Kevin Stenlund 33 6 12 18 24 -10 1 0 1 0 0 12/13 W-B/SCRANTON W 4-0 12/14 W-B/SCRANTON L 1-3 NEXT HOME GAME: Fri., Feb. 28th vs. Belleville Senators, 7:00 pm EST 12/20 at Milwaukee L 0-4 The first 10,000 fans will take home a WWE Championship Belt Fanny Pack on 12/21 at Rockford W 3-2 WWE Night and another 1-2-3 Friday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse! 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 (99.1 WMMS-FM/HD-2), AHLTV 1/3 MILWAUKEE OTW 3-2 ICEHOGS BROADCAST: Joseph Zakrzewski – SportsFan1330.com, AHLTV 1/4 MILWAUKEE W 5-4 1/10 at Binghamton L 2-5 MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 2-4 road loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, the Cleveland Monsters enter 1/11 at Hershey L 2-4 tonight’s game at 23-24-2-2 on the season. With 50 points, the Monsters currently rank eighth in the AHL’s North Division 1/12 at Lehigh Valley L 0-2 standings and 14th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by D Adam Clendening (6-29-35), C Stefan Matteau (12-16-28) and LW Nathan Gerbe (8-17-25). 1/15 at Binghamton L 2-5 1/17 at Rochester SOW 4-3 ICEHOGS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 5-2 road win over the Manitoba Moose on Thursday, the Rockford IceHogs enter 1/18 at Utica L 2-6 tonight’s game at 24-25-1-2 on the season. With 51 points, the IceHogs currently rank fifth in the AHL’s Central Division 1/22 ROCHESTER OTL 2-3 standings and ninth in the Western Conference. Rockford is currently led in scoring by LW Tyler Sikura (13-18-31), RW 1/24 TORONTO W 5-2 Dylan Sikura (12-17-29) and LW Brandon Hagel (17-9-26). 1/25 TORONTO OTW 5-4 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Friday marks the fourth of four meetings between the Monsters and IceHogs this season and 1/31 UTICA L 0-3 the second of two clashes between the two teams at BMO Harris Bank Center this year. Cleveland is 3-0-0-0 vs. Rockford 2/1 UTICA W 3-2 overall this season with a +12 goal differential (15/3) and the Monsters are 1-0-0-0 vs. the IceHogs on the road with a +1 goal 2/5 ROCHESTER L 2-4 differential (3/2). 2/7 BINGHAMTON W 3-0 2/9 BINGHAMTON L 0-4 MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 2/11 GRAND RAPIDS W 6-2 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: 27 GP, (10-14-2), 3 SO, 2.54 GAA, .909 S% 2/14 at Grand Rapids L 2-4 LAST APP.: (29/32) in 2-4 L at GR 2/14/20 2/15 at Rockford HEAD-TO-HEAD: 2 GP, (2-0-0), 1 SO, 1.00 GAA, .962 S% ON THE ROAD: 12 GP, (5-6-1), 0 SO, 2.73 GAA, .904 S% 2/16 at Chicago 2/21 at Syracuse 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 5 GP, (3-1-0), 0 SO, 2.32 GAA, .917 S% 2/22 at Rochester LAST APP.: (37/39) in 6-2 W vs GR 2/11/20 2/26 at Toronto HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 2/28 BELLEVILLE ON THE ROAD: 2 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 1.54 GAA, .905 S% 2/29 BELLEVILLE 3/5 LAVAL ICEHOGS GOALTENDERS: 3/6 LAVAL 1 Collin Delia OVERALL: 23 GP, (11-10-1), 1 SO, 2.84 GAA, .907 S% 3/10 at Charlotte LAST APP.: (17/19) in 40:00 of relief in 5-2 W at MB 2/13/20 3/11 at Charlotte HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 7.00 GAA, .750 S% 3/15 ROCHESTER AT HOME: 12 GP, (6-5-1), 0 SO, 2.87 GAA, .909 S% 3/18 at W-B/Scranton 3/20 at W-B/Scranton 30 Kevin Lankinen OVERALL: 21 GP, (8-10-2), 0 SO, 3.03 GAA, .909 S% 3/21 at Lehigh Valley LAST APP.: (16/16) in first 20:00 of 5-2 W at MB 2/13/20 3/24 at Chicago HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 3.11 GAA, .900 S% 3/25 at Milwaukee AT HOME: 11 GP, (6-5-0), 0 SO, 2.82 GAA, .916 S% 3/28 LEHIGH VALLEY 3/29 LEHIGH VALLEY 31 Matt Tomkins OVERALL: 10 GP, (5-5-0), 0 SO, 2.91 GAA, .906 S% 3/31 HERSHEY LAST APP.: (41/48) in 1-7 L vs MIL 2/1/20 4/2 HERSHEY HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 5.07 GAA, .884 S% AT HOME: 5 GP, (2-3-0), 0 SO, 3.03 GAA, .907 S% 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 – Feb. 15, 2020 vs. Rockford IceHogs 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 (119-133-39), .476 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 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 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.