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Blue Jackets Recall Korpisalo, Assign Forsberg

February 13, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The AHL's defending Calder Cup Champions, the Cleveland Monsters, proudly powered by Constellation, announced Monday that the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets recalled goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and assigned net-minder Anton Forsberg to Cleveland.

A 6'3", 190 lb. native of Pori, Finland, Korpisalo, 22, was selected by the Blue Jackets in the third round (62nd overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and has a 3-1-0 record with a 3.57 goals-against average (GAA) and .893 save percentage (S%) in five appearances for Columbus this season. In 36 career NHL appearances, all for the Blue Jackets, spanning parts of the past two seasons, Korpisalo is 19-12-0 with a 2.71 GAA and a .916 S%.

In 15 appearances for Cleveland this year, Korpisalo is 7-5-3 with a 2.67 GAA and a .909 S% and in 36 career AHL appearances spanning each of the past three seasons for the Springfield Falcons and the Monsters, Korpisalo has to his credit a 15-15-3 record with two shutouts, a 2.56 GAA and a .908 S%. In nine postseason appearances for the Monsters in 2016, Korpisalo posted a 6-2 record with a 2.96 GAA and a .898 S%, helping Cleveland claim the Calder Cup as AHL Playoff Champions.

A two-time AHL All-Star (2015, 2017), Forsberg is 0-1-0 with a 4.07 GAA and a .852 S% in one appearance for the Blue Jackets this season. A 6'3", 192 lb. native of Härnösand, Sweden, Forsberg, 24, was selected by Columbus in the seventh round (188th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and is 1-8-0 in ten career NHL appearances, all for the Blue Jackets, spanning parts of the past three seasons, with a 4.02 GAA and a .879 S%.

In a team-leading 28 appearances for Cleveland this year, Forsberg is 14-10-2 with one shutout, a 2.23 GAA and a .927 S% and in 103 career AHL appearances spanning each of the past four seasons for Springfield and the Monsters, Forsberg is 60-28-8 with six shutouts, a 2.19 GAA and a .923 S%. In ten postseason appearances for the Monsters last year, Forsberg posted a 9-0 record with two shutouts, a 1.34 GAA and a .949 S% and was between the pipes as Cleveland claimed the tenth Calder Cup in the city's history and the first in Monsters franchise history.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Wednesday road clash vs. the Rockford IceHogs with full coverage, live from BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, IL, underway at 11:30 am on 99X and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Tickets for every Monsters home game start at just $10 and are on sale now! Full and partial season ticket memberships are also available and provide you with the best seat locations, custom member benefits and the lowest ticket prices. Group outing and birthday bash packages for 10 or more people are also on sale now. All tickets can be purchased by visiting ClevelandMonsters.com, calling (216) 420-0000, visiting The Q Box Office or any Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/clevelandmonsters, and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/monstershockey.

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