Columbus Blue Jackets: Monsters Ruin Marlies’ Thanksgiving
By William Espy
The Cleveland Monsters, the Columbus Blue Jackets AHL affiliate, are off to a 3-0-0 start following a win in Toronto.
The Cleveland Monsters are off to a hot start and out showing their NHL affiliate Columbus Blue Jackets to this point. On Monday they faced off against the reigning Calder Cup champion Toronto Marlies and walked away with a 5-3 victory at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
The Monsters started the game quickly with a goal from Ryan MacInnis roughly three and a half minutes into the first period. Two minutes later Justin Scott would make it 2-0 in favor of the Monsters.
It wouldn’t be until there were about five minutes left in the first for the Marlies to show signs of life with a Chris Mueller goal which shrunk the Monsters’ lead to one.
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Michael Prapavessis would notch his first career professional goal with 2:35 left in the first building on an impressive training camp, pre-season and start to the year. Don’t be surprised to see Prapavessis get a chance at the NHL level at some point this year if injuries continue to pile up.
Zac Dalpe would continue building on an already hot start with his third and fourth goals to start the second period in rapid succession. Former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Sam Gagner would tally one for the Marlies followed by a Calle Rosen goal bringing the score to 5-3.
The third period would be a scoreless one allowing the Cleveland Monsters to walk out with their third straight win. Jean-Francois Berube once again impressed by saving 37 of the 40 shots that he faced.
Players Who Impressed:
Cleveland: Zac Dalpe, Jean-Francois Berube, Eric Robinson
Toronto: Pierre Engvall, Sam Gagner, Carl Grundstrom
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The Cleveland Monsters will take the ice once again on Thursday when they face-off against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Quicken Loans Arena for the start of a two game set between the Monsters and the Penguins.