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Blue Jackets Assign Forward Emil Bemstrom to Monsters

February 23, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Wednesday that the Blue Jackets assigned forward Emil Bemstrom to the Monsters. In 13 appearances for Columbus this season, Bemstrom posted 2-2-4 with two penalty minutes and a -1 rating and added 1-0-1 with two penalty minutes and a -4 rating in three appearances for Cleveland.

A 5'10", 194 lb. right-shooting native of Nykoping, Sweden, Bemstrom, 22, was selected by Columbus in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and tallied 15-14-29 with ten penalty minutes and a -9 rating in 89 career NHL appearances, all for the Blue Jackets, spanning parts of three seasons from 2019-22. Bemstrom notched 8-9-17 with two penalty minutes and a +2 rating in 16 Liiga appearances for HIFK Helsinki in 2020-21 and added 23-12-35 with eight penalty minutes and a +9 rating in 52 SHL appearances for Leksands IF and Djurgardens IF spanning the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons. Bemstom was named the SHL's Rookie of the Year in 2016-17 and represented Sweden in the 2018-19 IIHF U20 World Junior Championship.

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