Tag: Ondrej Pavelec

The name may be slightly different, but it sure looks like the same old Monsters after the opening weekend of the American Hockey League. All six Midwest-based teams were in action on the first weekend, including the former Lake Erie Monsters, no known as the Cleveland Monsters. The Cleveland crew opened the regular season Friday

The Minnesota Wild and host Winnipeg Jets played 64:12 before Matt Dumba finally found a way past Connor Hellebuyck in a 1-0 overtime thriller played in Winnipeg. Niklas Backstrom, locked into a fierce three way battle for the position of goaltender helped his own cause in a big way with a 28 save shutout effort