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 #867 10/18 at Rochester SOW 4-3 Saturday, February 29, 2020, 1:00 PM 10/19 at Toronto L 0-2 10/20 at Toronto SOL 5-6 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE 10/25 ROCKFORD W 7-1 Cleveland, OH 10/26 ROCKFORD W 5-0 Proud Affiliate: 11/1 CHARLOTTE OTW 2-1 11/3 CHARLOTTE W 5-1 (24-27-4-2), 54 Pts., .474 PCT 11/6 at Grand Rapids W 5-3 (36-17-4-1), 77 Pts., .664 PCT 11/8 LAVAL L 1-2 8th in North Division 1st in North Division 11/9 LAVAL L 0-4 15th in Eastern Conference 1st 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] 50 7 31 38 71 -1 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 48 9 17 26 37 +4 0 1 1 0 0 12/6 at Belleville W 6-2 X-90 Nathan Gerbe [C] 30 8 17 25 22 -8 4 0 2 1 1 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 38 10 14 24 26 -8 4 0 3 0 0 12/7 at Belleville L 1-7 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 57 8 14 22 22 -7 2 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: Thurs., Mar. 5th vs. Laval Rocket, 7:00 pm EST 12/20 at Milwaukee L 0-4 Fans can enjoy $11 lower level tickets and their first drink is on the house on another 12/21 at Rockford W 3-2 Hockey Hoppy Hour game, presented by Labatt Blue! 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 SENATORS BROADCAST: David Foot – 800 CJBQ-AM, AHLTV 1/4 MILWAUKEE W 5-4 1/10 at Binghamton L 2-5 MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 1-5 home loss to the Belleville Senators on Friday, the Cleveland 1/11 at Hershey L 2-4 Monsters enter tonight’s game at 24-27-4-2 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 (7-31-38), 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 SENATORS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 5-1 road win over the Cleveland Monsters on Friday, the Belleville 1/22 ROCHESTER OTL 2-3 Senators enter today’s game at 36-17-4-1 on the season. With 77 points, the Senators currently rank first in 1/24 TORONTO W 5-2 the AHL’s North Division standings and first in the Eastern Conference. Belleville is currently led in scoring by 1/25 TORONTO OTW 5-4 C Josh Norris (30-28-58), LW Alex Formenton (25-25-50) and RW Drake Batherson (15-35-50). 1/31 UTICA L 0-3 2/1 UTICA W 3-2 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Saturday marks the fourth of four meetings between the Monsters and Senators this season and the second of two games between the two clubs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 2/5 ROCHESTER L 2-4 this year. Cleveland is 1-2-0-0 overall vs. Belleville with a -6 goal differential (8/14) overall and 0-1-0-0 vs. the 2/7 BINGHAMTON W 3-0 Senators at home with a -4 goal differential (1/5). 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: 30 GP, (10-15-4), 3 SO, 2.69 GAA, .904 S% 2/16 at Chicago OTL 2-3 LAST APP.: (27/31) in 3-4 OTL at TOR 2/26/20 2/21 at Syracuse L 3-6 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.00 GAA, .895 S% 2/22 at Rochester OTW 3-2 AT HOME: 15 GP, (5-8-1), 3 SO, 2.39 GAA, .914 S% 2/26 at Toronto OTL 3-4 2/28 BELLEVILLE L 1-5 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 7 GP, (3-3-0), 0 SO, 2.86 GAA, .894 S% 2/29 BELLEVILLE LAST APP.: (20/25) in 1-5 L vs BEL 2/28/20 3/5 LAVAL HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 5.02 GAA, .800 S% 3/6 LAVAL AT HOME: 4 GP, (3-1-0), 0 SO, 3.25 GAA, .895 S% 3/10 at Charlotte 3/11 at Charlotte SENATORS GOALTENDERS: 3/15 ROCHESTER 3/18 at W-B/Scranton 30 Filip Gustavsson OVERALL: 22 GP, (14-5-3), 1 SO, 3.38 GAA, .883 S% 3/20 at W-B/Scranton LAST APP.: (20/24) in 5-4 OTW vs MB 2/22/20 3/21 at Lehigh Valley HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 6.01 GAA, .769 S% 3/24 at Chicago ON THE ROAD: 11 GP, (7-1-3), 1 SO, 2.78 GAA, .909 S% 3/25 at Milwaukee 3/28 LEHIGH VALLEY 35 Joey Daccord OVERALL: 24 GP, (15-6-2), 1 SO, 2.61 GAA, .915 S% 3/29 LEHIGH VALLEY LAST APP.: (23/24) in 5-1 W at CLE 2/28/20 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 1.00 GAA, .958 S% 3/31 HERSHEY ON THE ROAD: 12 GP, (11-1-0), 1 SO, 1.82 GAA, .940 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 – Feb. 29, 2020 vs. Belleville Senators 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 (120-136-41), .473 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 0-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-2-0-0 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 0-2-0-0 2-1-0-1 2-3-0-1 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.