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 nice thing about covering the six Midwest-based teams in the American Hockey League is that they are all in the same division. Of course the bad thing about that is only four of the eight teams in the Central Division will qualify for the post season. In recent seasons, this division has seen its
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 recalled seven players Friday (Oct 2) previously reassigned to the Lake Erie Monsters. Forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alex Broadhurst, Ryan Craig, Sonny Milano , Lukas Sedlak and T.J. Tynan all returned to Columbus along with goaltender Brad Thiessen, presumably to play in the team’s final pre-season games over the weekend. With this
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
