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 2020-21 AHL Game #34 2/20 at Grand Rapids Sat., February 13, 2021, 4:00 PM 2/22 at Rockford 2/23 at Rockford ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE 2/27 ROCKFORD Cleveland, OH 2/28 ROCKFORD Proud Affiliate: 3/5 at Chicago 3/6 at Chicago (0-1-0-0), 0 Pts., .000 PCT 3/12 at Rochester (0-2-0-0), 0 Pts., .000 PCT 3/20 GRAND RAPIDS 5th in Central Division 4th in Central Division 3/25 TEXAS 20th in AHL Standings 19th 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 28 Zac Dalpe [C] 1 1 0 1 5 -2 1 0 0 0 0 90 Nathan Gerbe 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/23 CHICAGO 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 1 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4/25 CHICAGO 64 Trey Fix-Wolansky 1 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 4/29 at Texas 72 Ryan MacInnis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 Cliff Pu 1 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 at Texas 26 Thomas Schemitsch 1 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 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 GRIFFINS BROADCAST: Joey Battaino – Newsradio 1300 WOOD-AM, AHLTV MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 7-3 home loss to the Rochester Americans on Friday, the Cleveland Monsters enter today’s game at 0-1-0-0 on the season. With zero points, the Monsters currently rank fifth in the Central Division standings and 20th league-wide. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by C Zac Dalpe (1- 0-1), LW Nathan Gerbe (1-0-1), and D Dillon Simpson (1-0-1). GRIFFINS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 4-2 road loss to the Chicago Wolves on Thursday, the Grand Rapids Griffins enter today’s game at 0-2-0-0 on the season. With zero points, the Griffins currently rank fourth in the North Division standings and 19th league-wide. Grand Rapids is currently led in scoring by C Kyle Criscuolo (2-0-2), RW Riley Barber (0-2-2), and D Dennis Cholowski (1-0-1). REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Saturday marks the first of eight meetings between the Monsters and Griffins this season and the first of four games between the two clubs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this year. MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 35 Veini Vehvilainen OVERALL: - LAST APP.: - HEAD-TO-HEAD: - AT HOME: - 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 6.32 GAA, .818 S% LAST APP.: (27/33) in 3-7 L vs ROC 2/12/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: - AT HOME: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 6.32 GAA, .818 S% GRIFFINS GOALTENDERS: 33 Kevin Boyle OVERALL: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 3.11 GAA, .893 S% LAST APP.: (25/28) in 2-4 L at CHI 2/11/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: - ON THE ROAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 3.11 GAA, .893 S% 35 Pat Nagle OVERALL: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 3.10 GAA, .897 S% LAST APP.: (26/29) in 1-3 L at CHI 2/5/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: - ON THE ROAD: 1 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 3.10 GAA, .897 S% FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – Feb. 13, 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 (120-141-42), .465 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 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 2-2-0-0 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. 2006-07 Wisconsin WCHA 41 19 18 4 .512 Manitoba Moose 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2007-08 Wisconsin WCHA 40 16 17 7 .488 Milwaukee Admirals 2-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 2008-09 Wisconsin WCHA 40 20 16 4 .550 CLE HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF Ontario Reign 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2009-10 Wisconsin WCHA 43 28 11 4 .698 Chris Clark…………………………………..…General Manager Providence Bruins 1-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 1-3-0-0 2010-11 Wisconsin WCHA 41 21 16 4 .561 Rockford IceHogs 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 3-1-0-0 2011-12 Wisconsin WCHA 37 17 18 2 .486 John Hamre..…………………………………….….Video Coach San Antonio Rampage 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2012-13 Wisconsin WCHA 42 22 13 7 .607 Ben Eaves……….………...…..Strength & Conditioning Coach San Diego Gulls 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2013-14 Wisconsin Big-10 20 13 6 1 .675 Dustin Halstead…………………………….Equipment Manager San Jose Barracuda 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2014-15 Wisconsin Big-10 35 4 26 5 .186 Springfield Thunderbirds Tom Bourdon………………………………Head Athletic Trainer 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2015-16 Wisconsin Big-10 35 8 19 8 .343 Stockton Heat 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2016-17 St.