In these tough economic times when households have to account for every nickel just to afford groceries, no one who saw the Monsters play the Toronto Marlies on Jan. 24 could accuse them of wasting shots. The Monsters built a 2-0 lead after the first period at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and then managed only eight […]
In these tough economic times when households have to account for every nickel just to afford groceries, no one who saw the Monsters play the Toronto Marlies on Jan. 24 could accuse them of wasting shots. The Monsters built a 2-0 lead after the first period at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and then managed only eight shots on goal in the final two frames. They scored on five of those eight shots, though, to outlast their rivals from the AHL North, 7-5. A crowd of 7,059 went home happy. Getting two points in the standings to improve to 25-11-1-1 and increase […]
The Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies, 3-2, on Dec. 27 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and in doing so three different players tallied goals and four others contributed with assists. Everybody getting into the act has been the recipe for success all season, and that includes the goalies and the defensemen who block shots but don’t score goals or dish the puck to those that do. The Monsters (20-7-0) have won six straight games. They are in first place in the North Division. The only team in the entire AHL with a better record is the Atlantic Division-leading Hershey Bears at […]
Josh Dunne cut to the chase quickly when asked about the Monsters getting hammered by the Syracuse Crunch, 5-0, in their home opener Oct. 20 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. “The nice part is we get these guys tomorrow,” The Monsters center said. “Getting embarrassed a little bit like that on our home rink, we’re all going to be fueled up for tomorrow and ready to go.” The Monsters used that fuel in the rematch Oct. 21 to send the Crunch back to Syracuse on the losing end of a 3-2 final score. This time the crowd of 8,716 stuck around […]