Amerks cruise to 7-3 win over Monsters
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Another night of multi-point efforts from four different skaters coupled with a dominant four-goal second-period propelled the Rochester Americans (2-1-0-0) to a convincing 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Monsters (0-1-0-0) Friday at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Rochester was led offensively by C.J. Smith (2+1), Jean-Sebastien Dea (2+0), Mattias Samuelsson (1+1) and Ryan Jones (0+2), all of whom recorded multi-point efforts, the most through Rochester’s first three games of the young season for the Amerks. Remi Elie (0+1) and Oskari Laaksonen (0+1) both tacked on an assist to push their point streaks to two games apiece, while Arttu Ruotsalainen (0+1) added a helper to extend his to three. Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2-0-0) made 43 saves in his second
AHL affiliate of team will feature young talent this year by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
When I talked to Cleveland Monsters head coach Mike Eaves on Wednesday, his trademark enthusiasm couldn t help but come through the Zoom call.
The AHL affiliate of the Blue Jackets were two days away from beginning their season with a pair of games at Rockford, and Eaves was discussing just how ready he and the team were to begin what was scheduled to be a 28-game season down on the farm.
Unfortunately, all that changed Thursday when the AHL announced that the Monsters would not be traveling to the Screw Capital of the World because of the league s COVID-19 protocols, delaying the start of the campaign for Cleveland.
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The Blue Jackets roster is ready to go heading into the start of preseason practices by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
From Angle (Tyler) to Werenski (Zach), Max (Domi) to Mini (Nathan Gerbe), hailing from New Albany (Kole Sherwood) to New Jersey (Eric Robinson), the Blue Jackets are in Columbus and getting ready to start training camp.
Physicals will take place tomorrow, the first day teams can formally gather, before players hit the ice for the first time Monday morning.
So, as we ask each year at this time who are these guys?