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 #482 2/20 at Grand Rapids OTL 1-2 Fri., April 9, 2021, 7:00 PM 2/22 at Rockford W 7-3 2/23 at Rockford L 2-3 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE 2/27 ROCKFORD W 6-3 Cleveland, OH 2/28 ROCKFORD PPD to TBD Proud Affiliate: 3/5 at Chicago W (SO) 4-3 3/6 at Chicago W 3-1 (8-5-1-0), 17 Pts., .607 PCT 3/12 at Rochester PPD to 4/10 (8-6-2-0), 18 Pts., .563 PCT 3/20 GRAND RAPIDS L 2-5 2nd in Central Division 3rd in Central Division 3/25 TEXAS W 3-1 8th in AHL Standings 13th in AHL Standings 3/27 TEXAS L 3-4 3/28 TEXAS W 5-2 MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Brown - [email protected] - 216.630.8617 - @TonyBrownPxP 3/31 at Rochester W 5-1 4/3 GRAND RAPIDS W 4-2 2020-21 MONSTERS LEADING SCORERS (REGULAR SEASON) 4/9 GRAND RAPIDS 4/10 at Rochester PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG OTG SOG 4/14 at Rochester 16 Tyler Sikura [A] 14 6 6 12 6 -9 2 0 1 0 0 17 Carson Meyer 11 4 6 10 0 +6 1 0 0 0 0 4/17 ROCHESTER 7 Gavin Bayreuther 10 1 9 10 11 -2 0 0 1 0 0 4/20 at Grand Rapids 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 9 4 5 9 2 -6 4 0 1 0 0 4/21 at Grand Rapids 90 Nathan Gerbe 12 3 6 9 36 -4 1 0 0 0 0 21 Tyler Angle 8 4 4 8 0 +2 1 1 1 0 0 4/23 CHICAGO 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 9 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4/25 CHICAGO 4/29 at Texas 5/1 at Texas NEXT HOME GAME: Fri., April 17th vs. Rochester Americans, 4:00 pm EST 5/2 at Texas The Monsters celebrate ‘Recycling Day’ presented by Republic Services, along with 5/5 at Grand Rapids ‘Suds n’ Seltzer Saturday’ as Cleveland hosts the Rochester Americans! 5/8 ROCHESTER 5/14 GRAND RAPIDS 5/15 at Grand Rapids MONSTERS BROADCAST: Tony Brown – FOX Sports 1350 WARF-AM, AHLTV GRIFFINS BROADCAST: Matt Melzak – 106.9 WOOD-FM/1300 WOOD-AM, AHLTV MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 4-2 home win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 8-5-1-0 on the season. With a .607 points percentage, the Monsters currently rank second in the Central Division standings and eighth league-wide. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by, LW Tyler Sikura (6-6-12), RW Carson Meyer (4-6-10), and D Gavin Bayreuther (1-9-10). GRIFFINS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 4-2 road loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday, the Grand Rapids Griffins enter tonight’s game at 8-6-2-0 on the season. With a .563 points percentage, the Griffins currently rank third in the Central Division standings and 13th league-wide. Grand Rapids is currently led in scoring by RW Riley Barber (12-7-19), LW Taro Hirose (3-11-14), and D Dennis Cholowski (3-7-10). REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Friday marks the fifth of ten meetings between the Monsters and Griffins this season (1-2-1-0) and the third of five games between the two clubs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this year (1-2-0-0). MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 34 Daniil Tarasov OVERALL: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.04 GAA, .931 S% LAST APP.: (27/29) in 4-2 W vs GR 4/3/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.04 GAA, .931 S% AT HOME: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 2.04 GAA, .931 S% 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 9 GP, (4-4-1), 0 SO, 2.80 GAA, .906 S% LAST APP.: (23/24) in 5-1 W at ROC 3/31/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (0-2-1), 0 SO, 2.68 GAA, .916 S% AT HOME: 6 GP, (2-4-0), 0 SO, 3.22 GAA, .894 S% 80 Matiss Kivlenieks OVERALL: 3 GP, (3-0-0), 0 SO, 2.27 GAA, .938 S% LAST APP.: (42/43) in 3-1 W at CHI 3/6/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: -- AT HOME: 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .900 S% GRIFFINS GOALTENDERS: 33 Kevin Boyle OVERALL: 8 GP, (4-2-1), 0 SO, 2.68 GAA, .887 S% LAST APP.: (22/26) in 2-5 L at CHI 4/1/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: -- ON THE ROAD: 6 GP, (3-2-0), 0 SO, 3.14 GAA, .871 S% 35 Pat Nagle OVERALL: 8 GP, (4-4-0), 0 SO, 2.96 GAA, .885 S% LAST APP: (23/27) in 2-4 L at CLE 4/3/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 4 GP, (3-1-0), 0 SO, 2.01 GAA, .922 S% ON THE ROAD: 7 GP, (3-4-0), 0 SO, 3.28 GAA, .875 S% FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – Apr. 9, 2021 vs. Grand Rapids Griffins 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 (128-145-43), .473 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 5-8-2-0 11-14-5-0 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 9-16-3-2 19-32-6-2 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 2-0-1-0 4-0-1-0 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 2-3-0-0 1-1-1-0 3-4-1-0 2002-03 Wisconsin WCHA 40 13 23 4 .375 and San Antonio Rampage.