A four-point weekend helped the Lake Erie Monsters move a little closer to the front running Milwaukee Admirals, but the Rockford IceHogs denied it a chance at a weekend sweep. The Monsters captured back-to-back 3-2 decisions in Des Moines against the Iowa Wild, boosting its current winning streak to four games, but the three-game road trip wrapped
The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed six more players from its pre-season trainining camp roster Sunday (Oct. 4) after wrapping up a 5-2-1 pre-season run. The team re-assigned forwards Kerby Rychel and Markus Hannikainen along with defenseman Dean Kukan to the Lake Erie Monsters while forward Michael Chaput and defenders Andrew Bodnarchuk and Justin Falk were
A pair of Midwest-based NHL teams ran into each other in pre-season action Thursday (Sept. 25), the Wild downing the Blue Jackets at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Jason Zucker played a key role for the Wild, setting up the first goal and adding another helper later before securing the win with his empty netter
One of the many off season affiliation changes in the American Hockey League that saw teams bring affiliates a little closer to the parent teams involved the Lake Erie Monsters. A longtime affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, it makes a lot of sense that the Monsters will now send players to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
