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 #457 10/18 at Rochester W (SO) 4-3 Saturday, December 21, 2019, 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 11/1 CHARLOTTE W (OT) 2-1 Proud Affiliate: 11/3 CHARLOTTE W 5-1 (13-13-1-2), 29 Pts., .500 PCT (17-10-0-1), 35 Pts., .625 PCT 11/6 at Grand Rapids W 5-3 11/8 LAVAL L 1-2 7th in North Division 2nd in Central Division 11/9 LAVAL L 0-4 13th in Eastern Conference 4th 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 90 Nathan Gerbe [C] 29 7 17 24 22 -7 3 0 2 1 1 X-82 Kevin Stenlund 27 6 10 16 18 -9 1 0 1 0 0 11/30 ROCHESTER L 2-3 2 Adam Clendening 25 5 11 16 28 +5 1 0 0 0 0 12/4 at Laval L 2-3 X-72 Ryan MacInnis 28 3 12 15 16 +8 0 0 1 0 0 12/6 at Belleville W 6-2 23 Stefan Matteau 26 6 8 14 26 -2 1 1 0 0 1 X-3 Andrew Peeke 21 5 7 12 4 +3 1 1 0 0 0 12/7 at Belleville L 1-7 20 Justin Scott [A] 29 4 8 12 36 +4 2 0 1 0 0 12/10 at Laval SOL 2-3 56 Marko Dano 26 3 9 12 61 -1 0 1 1 0 1 12/13 W-B/SCRANTON W 4-0 12/14 W-B/SCRANTON L 1-3 NEXT HOME GAME: Sat., December 28th vs. Charlotte, 7:00 pm EST 12/20 at Milwaukee L 0-4 Celebrate the Holiday Season at the “Holiday Hockey Game” vs. the defending Calder Cup Champion 12/21 at Rockford Charlotte Checkers where the first 10,000 fans will receive Touchscreen Winter Gloves courtesy of WGU Ohio! 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 ICEHOGS BROADCAST: Joseph Zakrzewski – SportsFan1330.com, AHLTV 1/4 MILWAUKEE 1/10 at Binghamton MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 0-4 road loss to the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday, the Cleveland 1/11 at Hershey Monsters enter tonight’s game at 13-13-1-2 on the season. With 29 points, the Monsters currently rank 1/12 at Lehigh Valley seventh in the AHL’s North Division standings and 13th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led 1/15 at Binghamton in scoring by LW Nathan Gerbe (7-17-24), C Kevin Stenlund (6-10-16) and D Adam Clendening (5-11-16). 1/17 at Rochester 1/18 at Utica ICEHOGS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 4-2 home win over the Texas Stars on Friday, the Rockford IceHogs 1/22 ROCHESTER enter tonight’s game at 17-10-0-1 on the season. With 35 points, the IceHogs currently rank second in the 1/24 TORONTO AHL’s Central Division standings and fourth in the Western Conference. Rockford is currently led in scoring 1/25 TORONTO by LW Tyler Sikura (8-9-17), RW Dylan Sikura (9-7-16) and LW Brandon Hagel (9-6-15). 1/31 UTICA 2/1 UTICA REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Saturday marks the third of four meetings between the Monsters and IceHogs this season and the first of two meetings between the two clubs at BMO Harris Bank Center this year. 2/5 ROCHESTER Cleveland is 2-0-0-0 vs. Rockford both overall and at home this season with a +11 goal differential (12/1). 2/7 BINGHAMTON 2/9 BINGHAMTON 2/11 GRAND RAPIDS MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: 13 GP, (5-7-1), 2 SO, 2.09 GAA, .921 S% 2/14 at Grand Rapids LAST APP.: (26/28) in 1-3 L vs WBS 12/14/19 2/15 at Rockford HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 1 SO, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 S% 2/16 at Chicago ON THE ROAD: 5 GP, (2-2-1), 0 SO, 1.99 GAA, .924 S% 2/21 at Syracuse 2/22 at Rochester 80 Matiss Kivlenieks OVERALL: 14 GP, (7-5-2), 1 SO, 2.97 GAA, .893 S% 2/26 at Toronto LAST APP.: (27/31) in 0-4 L at MIL 12/20/19 2/28 BELLEVILLE HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 1.00 GAA, .960 S% 2/29 BELLEVILLE ON THE ROAD: 9 GP, (3-4-2), 0 SO, 3.83 GAA, .871 S% 3/5 LAVAL ICEHOGS GOALTENDERS: 3/6 LAVAL 1 Collin Delia OVERALL: 11 GP, (6-5-0), 0 SO, 3.18 GAA, .897 S% 3/10 at Charlotte LAST APP.: (233/35) in 4-2 W vs TEX 12/20/19 3/11 at Charlotte HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 7.00 GAA, .750 S% 3/15 ROCHESTER AT HOME: 7 GP, (4-3-0), 0 SO, 3.07 GAA, .907 S% 3/18 at W-B/Scranton 3/20 at W-B/Scranton 30 Kevin Lankinen OVERALL: 11 GP, (7-3-1), 0 SO, 2.53 GAA, .924 S% 3/21 at Lehigh Valley LAST APP.: (11/13) in 4-2 W at TOR 12/15/19 3/24 at Chicago HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A 3/25 at Milwaukee AT HOME: 7 GP, (6-1-0), 0 SO, 1.99 GAA, .943 S% 3/28 LEHIGH VALLEY 3/29 LEHIGH VALLEY 31 Matt Tomkins OVERALL: 6 GP, (4-2-0), 0 SO, 2.66 GAA, .912 S% LAST APP.: (26/30) in 2-5 L at BEL 12/13/19 3/31 HERSHEY HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 5.07 GAA, .884 S% 4/2 HERSHEY AT HOME: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.00 GAA, .939 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 – Dec. 21, 2019 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 (109-122-38), .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 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 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 6-4-2-0 2-8-2-0 8-12-4-0 Medal at the 2004 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships and served as Syracuse Crunch 0-2-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-3-0-0 Team USA’s Head Coach at the 2006 IIHF World Championships. Trent Vogelhuber, Assistant Coach Toronto Marlies 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-1 0-1-0-1 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.