
Monsters Weekly: February 17, 2020
February 17, 2020 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
The Cleveland Monsters finished their longest homestand of the season with a 6-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins last Tuesday night. Fourteen Monsters skaters recorded points in the win including multi-point outings from Adam Clendening (2A), Jakob Lilja (1G, 1A), and Ryan MacInnis (2A) with goaltender Brad Thiessen stopping 37 shots. Following the end of the homestand, the Monsters hit the road beginning with a rematch in Grand Rapids that resulted in a 4-2 loss to the Griffins on Friday night before falling to the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday by a score of 4-1. Forward Maxime Fortier carried a personal-best point streak through those three games resulting in two goals and one assist. Cleveland bounced back on Sunday afternoon to earn a point in the standings with their 3-2 overtime loss against the Chicago Wolves.
The Cleveland Monsters will end February with five divisional matchups beginning with road games against the Syracuse Crunch on Friday and the Rochester Americans on Saturday. The Monsters are currently six points out of a playoff spot sitting at eighth place with 51 points in the close race between several teams in the North Division including the Crunch who sit at fifth place with 56 points. February will continue to test the Monsters who are playing in 13 games tying for the most amount of matchups played in a single month this season. The Monsters 13 games in Feburay also rank as the fourth most played during this month in franchise history (1st - 15, 2008-09; T2nd - 14, 2016-17 and 2018-19).
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American Hockey League Stories from February 17, 2020
- Senators Reassign Gendron to Reading - Belleville Senators
- Late Rally Earns Gulls a Point - San Diego Gulls
- Manitoba Downed by Milwaukee, 4-1 - Manitoba Moose
- Hamilton Nets OT Winner as Stockton Tops San Diego - Stockton Heat
- Bridgeport's four-game unbeaten in regulation streak ends on Monday - Bridgeport Islanders
- Chicago Wolves Insider: Comeback Wolves - Chicago Wolves
- P-Bruins Complete Weekend Sweep, Beat Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 3-2 - Providence Bruins
- Devils Stay Hot In 5-2 Win Over Marlies - Binghamton Devils
- Sens Beat Crunch on Family Day - Belleville Senators
- Admirals Fend off Moose - Milwaukee Admirals
- Crunch Downed by Senators, 5-2 - Syracuse Crunch
- Amerks Weekly - Rochester Americans
- Iowa Wild Reassigns Three to Allen - Iowa Wild
- Flames Recall Glenn Gawdin; Place Derek Ryan on IR - Stockton Heat
- Dryden Hunt Named CCM/AHL Player of the Week - Springfield Thunderbirds
- Springfield's Dryden Hunt Named CCM/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Dallas Stars Reassign Left Wing Jason Robertson to Texas - Texas Stars
- Heat Host Gulls in Monday Matinee - Stockton Heat
- Sabres Ink Taylor Leier to One-Year NHL Contract - Rochester Americans
- Amerks Defend the Ice Night Jersey Auction Open for Bidding Now Through February 27 - Rochester Americans
- Wolf Pack Weekly, February 17-23 - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Family Day Duel with the Devils - Toronto Marlies
- Amerks, Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network Partner Again for Donate Life Night - Rochester Americans
- Game Day Build-Up: Senators vs. Crunch, February 17 - Belleville Senators
- Monsters Weekly: February 17, 2020 - Cleveland Monsters
- Game 49 Preview: Tucson at San Jose - Tucson Roadrunners
- Barracuda Snap Skid with 5-2 Win at Condors - San Jose Barracuda
- Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report - OSC Original by Dan Krieger
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