AHL Cleveland Monsters

Elliott, Plagens to Represent Monsters at AHL All-Star Classic

January 23, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


The 2015 AHL All-Star Game is set for Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Utica, New York, and Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters will be represented by defenseman Stefan Elliott and play-by-play broadcaster Doug Plagens. Elliott, who currently leads the Monsters in goals, will make his first appearance at the AHL's midseason classic. Plagens will be a part of the AHL All-Star Game's national radio broadcast on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio (Sirius 211, XM 218). The entire All-Star Classic can also be seen live on television across Northeast Ohio, with FOX Sports Ohio carrying the annual skills competition Sunday at 8:00 p.m. in addition to Monday's All-Star Game.

Elliott, who turns 24 on January 30th, is the Monsters goal scoring leader with 11 on the season, and his 25 points are good for second on the team through 39 games. Elliott also leads the Monsters in game-winning goals (Four) and power play goals (Seven) this season. The native of North Vancouver, British Columbia is in his fourth full professional season.

Plagens, 29, will join Dan D'Uva of the Syracuse Crunch and Alex Faust of the Utica Comets on the national radio broadcast of Monday's AHL All-Star Game. Plagens is in his fourth season as the Monsters television and radio play-by-play announcer, and will call his 500th professional hockey game later this season. Plagens, who was the ECHL's "Broadcaster of the Year" in 2010 and was selected to the national television broadcast of the ECHL All-Star Game that same year, will make his first appearance at the AHL All-Star Game on Monday.

In addition to being carried on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, the AHL All-Star Game can also be heard live online at www.krock.com .

The Monsters continue regular season play tomorrow at The Q with the annual "Cleveland Rocks Night" at 7:00 p.m. The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive an exclusive t-shirt courtesy of PNC Bank. Tickets for the game as well as the rest of the season can be purchased HERE . Full season Monsters Hockey Club memberships, partial season, group ticket and birthday bash packages are also on sale now. All tickets can be purchased by visiting LakeErieMonsters.com, calling (216) 420-0000, visiting The Q Box Office or any Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart.

The Lake Erie Monsters are part of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena organization and also owned by a group led by Cavaliers Majority Owner and Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert. The group also owns and operates the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League playing at Quicken Loans Arena and the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League playing in nearby Canton, Ohio at the Canton Civic Center.

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