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 #381 2/20 at Grand Rapids OTL 1-2 Sat., May 15, 2021, 7:00 PM 2/22 at Rockford W 7-3 2/23 at Rockford L 2-3 VAN ANDEL ARENA 2/27 ROCKFORD W 6-3 Grand Rapids, MI 2/28 ROCKFORD PPD to 4/9 Proud Affiliate: 3/5 at Chicago W (SO) 4-3 3/6 at Chicago W 3-1 (16-9-1-2), 35 Pts., .625 PCT 3/12 at Rochester PPD to 4/10 (15-12-3-1), 34 Pts., .548 PCT 3/20 GRAND RAPIDS L 2-5 2nd in Central Division 4th in Central Division 3/25 TEXAS W 3-1 8th in AHL Standings 15th 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 PPD to 5/11 4/10 at Rochester W 9-2 PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG OTG SOG 4/14 at Rochester W 5-3 21 Tyler Angle 22 11 13 24 2 +11 3 1 3 1 0 16 Tyler Sikura [A] 28 11 10 21 8 -17 5 1 2 0 0 4/17 ROCHESTER W 6-3 17 Carson Meyer 25 9 11 20 13 0 5 0 0 0 0 4/20 at Grand Rapids L 3-5 26 Thomas Schemitsch 27 2 16 18 19 -3 0 1 0 0 0 4/21 at Grand Rapids L 1-2 18 Dillon Simpson [A] 22 6 10 16 4 -1 2 0 1 0 0 91 Liam Foudy 12 3 13 16 0 +7 1 1 0 0 0 4/24 CHICAGO W (OT) 5-4 22 Jake Christiansen 27 3 12 15 14 +4 1 0 0 0 0 4/25 CHICAGO W 4-2 4/29 at Texas SOL 1-2 5/1 at Texas L 2-5 NEXT HOME GAME: Fri., Oct. 15th vs. TBD, 7:00 pm EST 5/2 at Texas W (OT) 3-2 The Monsters drop the puck on the 2021-22 campaign, the team’s 15th 5/5 at Grand Rapids W 3-2 season in the AHL, on “Opening Night” at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 5/8 ROCHESTER SOL 3-4 5/11 GRAND RAPIDS L 0-2 5/14 GRAND RAPIDS W 6-4 MONSTERS BROADCAST: Tony Brown – FOX Sports 1350 WARF-AM, AHLTV 5/15 at Grand Rapids GRIFFINS BROADCAST: Larry Figurski/Lou Rabaut/Mike Knuble – WXSP-TV, AHLTV MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 6-4 home win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 16-9-1-2 on the season. With a .625 points percentage, the Monsters currently rank second in the Central Division standings and eighth league-wide. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by C Tyler Angle (11-13-24), C Tyler Sikura (11-10-21), and RW Carson Meyer (9- 11-20). GRIFFINS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 6-4 road loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Friday, the Grand Rapids Griffins enter tonight’s game at 14-12-3-1 on the season. With a .548 points percentage, the Griffins currently rank fourth in the Central Division standings and 15th league-wide. Grand Rapids is currently led in scoring by RW Riley Barber (19-14-33), LW Taro Hirose (5-22-27), and C Chase Pearson (8-13-21). REGULAR-SEASON SERIES: Saturday marks the tenth of ten meetings between the Monsters and Griffins this season (3-5-1-0) and the fifth of five games between the two clubs at Van Andel Arena this year (1-2-1-0). MONSTERS GOALTENDERS: 34 Daniil Tarasov OVERALL: 5 GP, (4-1-0), 0 SO, 3.38 GAA, .879 S% LAST APP.: (25/29) in 6-4 W vs GR 5/14/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (2-1-0), 0 SO, 3.39 GAA, .881 S% ON THE ROAD: 2 GP, (1-1-0), 0 SO, 3.56 GAA, .848 S% 39 Brad Thiessen OVERALL: 12 GP, (4-5-3), 0 SO, 2.74 GAA, .901 S% LAST APP.: (16/19) in 3-4 SOL vs ROC 5/8/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 3 GP, (0-2-1), 0 SO, 2.68 GAA, .916 S% ON THE ROAD: 5 GP, (2-1-2), 0 SO, 2.17 GAA, .918 S% GRIFFINS GOALTENDERS: 31 Calvin Pickard OVERALL: 2 GP, (0-1-1), 0 SO, 4.49 GAA, .833 S% LAST APP.: (25/32) in 0-7 L vs CHI 5/12/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A AT HOME: 2 GP, (0-1-1), 0 SO, 4.49 GAA, .833 S% 33 Kevin Boyle OVERALL: 12 GP, (7-2-1), 0 SO, 2.89 GAA, .883 S% LAST APP.: (20/24) in 5-4 W vs CHI 5/7/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: N/A AT HOME: 5 GP, (4-0-1), 0 SO, 2.58 GAA, .895 S% 35 Pat Nagle OVERALL: 12 GP, (6-6-0), 0 SO, 2.78 GAA, .892 S% LAST APP.: (19/21) in 44:54 of relief in 4-6 L at CLE 5/14/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 6 GP, (4-2-0), 0 SO, 2.27 GAA, .911 S% AT HOME: 3 GP, (2-1-0), 0 SO, 2.33 GAA, .907 S% 36 Kaden Fulcher OVERALL: 7 GP, (2-2-2), 1 SO, 2.84 GAA, .905 S% LAST APP.: (5/8) in first 13:43 of 4-6 L at CLE 5/14/21 HEAD-TO-HEAD: 4 GP, (2-1-0), 1 SO, 2.18 GAA, .926 S% AT HOME: 5 GP, (1-2-2), 0 SO, 2.94 GAA, .906 S% FOLLOW THE MonstersHockey @MonstersHockey MONSTERS: @MonstersHockey MonstersHockeyAHL CLEVELAND MONSTERS GAME NOTES – May 15, 2021 vs. Grand Rapids Griffins Pg. 2 BIO: Origi nally 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 (136-149-45), .480 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 7-6-3-1 7-8-2-0 14-14-5-1 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 11-16-3-1 11-16-3-2 22-32-6-3 player from the Columbus area drafted by the Blue Jackets, 1986-87 Wisconsin-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 4-0-0-0 2-0-1-0 6-0-1-0 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 3-4-0-0 2-3-1-0 5-7-1-0 2002-03 Wisconsin WCHA 40 13 23 4 .375 and San Antonio Rampage.