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
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 Iowa Wild slipped a bit further into the quagmire it appears to be sinking into with three weekend losses — all by a single goal. The Wild fell twice by identical 3-2 scores t home to the Lake Erie Monsters Friday and Saturday and then found itself coming up short again at Chicago Sunday
The Lake Erie Monsters officially began a new era Sunday (Sept. 27) as the official top level minor team for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Previously playing out of Springfield, MA; the Jackets moved into Cleveland for the new season with an opening day roster of 24 players including three goaltenders (Anton Forsberg, Joonas Korpisalo and
The Columbus made a major cut to its training camp roster on Friday (Sept. 25) dropping 14 players. Nine of them were re-assigned to the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League while two others were put on waivers with the purpose of having them join their other teammates on the Monsters. Three others
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.