2020-21 MONSTERS SCHEDULE 2/5 at Rockford PPD to 2/22 2/6 at Rockford PPD to 2/23 CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES 2/12 ROCHESTER L 3-7 2/13 GRAND RAPIDS L 1-3 2020-21 AHL Game #12 [RS from 2/6/21] 2/20 at Grand Rapids OTL 1-2 Tue., February 23, 2021, 6:00 PM 2/22 at Rockford W 7-3 2/23 at Rockford BMO HARRIS BANK CENTER 2/27 ROCKFORD Rockford, IL 2/28 ROCKFORD Proud Affiliate: 3/5 at Chicago 3/6 at Chicago (1-2-1-0), 3 Pt., .375 PCT 3/12 at Rochester (0-5-1-0), 1 Pt., .083 PCT 3/20 GRAND RAPIDS 5th in Central Division 6th in Central Division 3/25 TEXAS 19th in AHL Standings 27th in AHL Standings 3/27 TEXAS 3/28 TEXAS MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Brown - [email protected] - 216.630.8617 - @TonyBrownPxP 3/31 at Rochester 4/3 GRAND RAPIDS 2020-21 MONSTERS LEADING SCORERS (REGULAR SEASON) 4/14 at Rochester 4/17 ROCHESTER PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG OTG SOG 4/21 at Grand Rapids 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 4 2 3 5 0 -4 2 0 1 0 0 28 Zac Dalpe [C] 4 3 1 4 5 -3 1 0 0 0 0 4/23 CHICAGO 90 Nathan Gerbe 4 2 2 4 12 -2 1 0 0 0 0 4/25 CHICAGO 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 4 1 2 3 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4/29 at Texas 17 Carson Meyer 1 2 0 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 72 Ryan MacInnis 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 at Texas 20 Justin Scott [A] 4 1 1 2 4 +3 0 1 0 0 0 5/2 at Texas 5/5 at Grand Rapids 5/8 ROCHESTER NEXT HOME GAME: Sat., Feb. 27th vs. Rockford IceHogs, 7:00 pm EST 5/14 GRAND RAPIDS Fans can enjoy the Monsters’ 2nd-Annual Black Heritage Celebration presented by Crown Royal Regal 5/15 at Grand Rapids Apple & a Suds ‘n Seltzer Saturday featuring $3 select 12 oz. beers and Truly Hard Seltzer. MONSTERS BROADCAST: Tony Brown – FOX Sports 1350 WARF-AM, AHLTV ICEHOGS BROADCAST: Joseph Zakrzewski – Mixlr, AHLTV MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 7-3 road win over the Rockford IceHogs on Monday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 1-2-1-0 on the season. With three points, the Monsters currently rank fifth in the Central Division standings and 19th league-wide. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by RW Trey Fix- Wolansky (2-3-5), C Zac Dalpe (3-1-4), and LW Nathan Gerbe (2-2-4). ICEHOGS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 3-7 home loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Monday, the Rockford IceHogs enter tonight’s game at 0-5-1-0 on the season. With one point, the IceHogs currently rank sixth in the Central Division standings and 27th league-wide. Rockford is currently led in scoring by F Brad Morrison (3- 1-4), RW Chris Wilkie (3-1-4), and LW Mitchell Fossier (1-2-3). REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Tuesday marks the second of four meetings between the Monsters and IceHogs this season (1-0-0-0) and the second of two games between the two clubs at BMO Harris Bank Center this year (1-0-0-0). MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: - LAST APP.: - HEAD-TO-HEAD: - ON ROAD: - 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 4 GP, (1-2-1), 0 SO, 3.28 GAA, .896 S% LAST APP.: (29/32) in 7-3 W at RFD 2/22/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .906 S% ON ROAD: 2 GP, (1-0-1), 0 SO, 2.48 GAA, .919 S% ICEHOGS GOALTENDERS: 31 Cale Morris OVERALL: 1 GP, (0-0-0), 0 SO, 3.01 GAA, .929 S% LAST APP.: (13/14) in 3-7 L vs CLE 2/22/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-0-0), 0 SO, 3.01 GAA, .929 S% AT HOME: 1 GP, (0-0-0), 0 SO, 3.01 GAA, .929 S% 90 Matt Tomkins OVERALL: 5 GP, (0-4-1), 0 SO, 4.06 GAA, .881 S% LAST APP.: (17/23) in first 40:00 of 3-7 L vs CLE 2/22/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 9.00 GAA, .739 S% AT HOME: 4 GP, (0-4-0), 0 SO, 4.42 GAA, .870 S% FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – Feb. 23, 2021 vs. Rockford IceHogs Pg. 2 BIO: Original ly selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round (113th overall) of the 1976 NHL Entry Draft, Mike Eaves logged 324 NHL appearances MONSTERS COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH MIKE EAVES spanning eight seasons with the Minnesota North Stars and Calgary Flames from 1979-86 following a spectacular collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin from 1974-78. The Badgers’ first-ever All American, Eaves captained 5th AHL, 36th Season in Coaching Wisconsin to the 1977 National Championship. Steve McCarthy, Assistant Coach A former first-round selection by the Chicago Blackhawks CAREER AHL RECORD: In 35 seasons in the coaching ranks, Eaves has patrolled the bench in the NHL (Assistant Coach with Calgary from 1985-86, Assistant Coach with Philadelphia (23rd overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Trail, British (121-142-43), .466 W% from 1988-90 and in 1993-94, Assistant Coach with Pittsburgh from 1997-00), Columbia native Steve McCarthy enters his fifth season in the AHL (Head Coach with Hershey from 1990-93 and Cleveland from 2019- professional coaching with the Monsters in 2019-20. A DOB: June 10, 1956 (64 y/o) present), Finland’s Liiga (Head Coach with HIFK Helsinki in 1996-97), the USHL (Head Coach of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program in 2000- member of the Monsters’ 2016 Calder Cup Championship HOMETOWN: Denver, CO 01) and the collegiate ranks (Head Coach with the U. of Wisconsin from 2002- team, McCarthy logged 302 career NHL appearances as a 16, Head Coach at St. Olaf College from 2016-19). Eaves was especially defenseman for the Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and successful at Wisconsin, coaching his alma mater to a National Championship in Atlanta Thrashers during a professional playing career that 2006 and leading the Badgers to the NCAA Title Game in 2010. CAREER RECORD VS. HOME AWAY TOTAL spanned 16 seasons from 2000-2016 and also featured stops Belleville Senators 0-2-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-3-0-0 Eaves also coached Team USA to a Gold Medal at the 2004 IIHF U20 World in the AHL, KHL and ECHL, along with stints in the top Binghamton Devils 1-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 1-3-0-0 Junior Championships and served as Team USA’s Head Coach at the 2006 IIHF Finnish and Swiss leagues. Laval Rocket 0-4-0-0 2-1-0-1 2-5-0-1 World Championships. Rochester Americans 6-6-3-0 4-8-2-0 10-14-5-0 Syracuse Crunch 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 0-4-0-0 Trent Vogelhuber, Assistant Coach Toronto Marlies 2-0-0-0 1-1-1-1 3-1-1-1 CAREER HEAD COACHING STATS Vogelhuber, 32, is a Dublin, Ohio, native and was the first Utica Comets 1-1-0-0 0-1-0-0 1-2-0-0 Season Team LGE GP W L OT Pct. VS. NORTH DIVISION 10-16-3-0 8-16-3-2 18-32-6-2 player from the Columbus area drafted by the Blue Jackets, 1986-87 Wisocnsin-EC NCHA 28 9 19 0 .321 selected in the seventh round at the 2007 NHL Draft. He Bakersfield Condors 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1990-91 Hershey AHL 80 33 35 12 .488 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1991-92 Hershey AHL 80 36 33 11 .519 played six seasons as a pro, registering 28 goals and 45 Charlotte Checkers 2-2-0-0 1-2-1-0 3-4-1-0 1992-93 Hershey AHL 80 27 41 12 .413 assists for 73 points with 191 penalty minutes in 267 career Chicago Wolves 2-0-0-0 0-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 1996-97 HIFK Helsinki Liiga 50 17 25 8 .420 Colorado Eagles 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 AHL games with the Springfield Falcons, Lake Erie Monsters 2000-01 USAHockey NTDP USHL 24 10 8 6 .542 Grand Rapids Griffins 1-2-0-0 1-1-1-0 2-3-1-0 2002-03 Wisconsin WCHA 40 13 23 4 .375 and San Antonio Rampage. Vogelhuber spent four seasons Hartford Wolf Pack 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2003-04 Wisconsin WCHA 43 22 13 8 .605 (2012-16) in the Blue Jackets organization and was a Hershey Bears 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-1-0-0 2004-05 Wisconsin WCHA 41 23 14 4 .610 member of the Monsters’ Calder Cup championship team in Iowa Wild 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2005-06 Wisconsin WCHA 41 28 10 3 .720 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-1-0-0 2016.