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
Ryan Johansen’s two goals proved the difference in a 4-2 win for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 4-2 win on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Consol Energy Center. The Jackets actually built a 4-0 lead as Boone Jenner and Johansen both scored in the opening period before Johansen and Scott
The Blue Jackets are inching closer to its 2015-16 roster, cutting another four to what should be a competitive Lake Erie Monsters team on Saturday (Sept. 26). Three players: defenseman Oleg Yevenko, and goaltenders Joonas Korpisalo and Anton Forsberg, were assigned to the Monsters while forward Brett Gallant was released with the intention of ultimately
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
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
The Columbus Blue Jackets made its first cut of the pre-season Wednesday (Sept. 23) following its split squad games with the Blues the previous night. The Jackets returned seven players to their respective junior clubs while assigning another five to the Lake Erie Monsters in Cleveland, one to his team in Finland and handing out
