After dropping the first two games of its three-game road trip on the weekend, Markus Hannikainen led the Cleveland Monsters to the winning track, firing three goals as the Monsters whipped the Iowa Wild 7-3 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Monsters grabbed control with three unanswered first
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
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
The Blue Jackets appeared in total control up 5-0 after two periods, but ultimately needed an empty netter from Oliver Bjorkstrand, recalled from Cleveland earlier in the day to put away the host Buffalo Sabres 6-4 at the First Niagara Center on Friday (Oct. 2). The Jackets jumped on its host with a 17-5 edge