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The Cleveland Monsters enter the depths of the postseason while facing off with the Toronto Marlies in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.
Toronto
Joesph Blandisi — shorthanded goals leader with 3 SHG.
Logan Shaw
Matthew Barbolini
Marko Sikic
Sam Stevens
Ryan Kirwan
Nick Abruzzese
Roni Hirvonen
Kyle Clifford
Alex Steeves — 8th in regular season scoring with 36 goals and 26 assists; 62 points in 59 games. 36 was second in league goal scoring, only behind Matej Blumel of Texas.
Brandon Baddock — penalty minutes leader with 97PIMs.
Cedric Pare
Jacob Quillan
Luke Haymes
Braeden Kressler
Reese Johnson
Zach Solow
Ryan Tverberg
Borya Valis
Alex Nylander - was with Columbus last season after Emil Bemstrom trade; team worst -12.
Robert Masteosimmone
Tommy Miller
John Prokop
Topi Niemela
Cade Webber
Nicolas Mattinen
Matt Benning
William Villeneuve — assist leader for Marlies with 36 in 55 games; also led in plus +17.
Chas Sharpe
Marshall Rifai
Mikko Kokkonen
Matt Murray — best GAA @ 1.55GAA and save percentage at 0.934.
Dennis Hildeby — wins leader with 17
Vyacheslav Peksa
Ryan Hardy General Manager
John Gruden Head Coach
Michael Dyck Assistant Coach
Steve Sullivan Assistant Coach
Hannu Toivonen Goaltending Coach
Troy Paquette Video Coach
Cleveland Monsters
Luca Del Bel Belluz — leading goal scorer on club with 27 in season; plus leader with +6.
James Malatesta
Owen Sillinger
Joseph LaBate Jr.
Curtis Hall
Dylan Gambrell
Justin Pearson
Stefan Matteau — Captain
Ryland Mosley
Roman Achan — SHG leader with 3.
Hunter McKown
Cameron Butler
Gavin Brindley
Luca Pinelli
Trey Fix-Wolansky — leading team scorer; 13th best in league with 60 points; tied for lead in PPG with LDBB at 8.
Mikael Pyyhita
Jordan Dumais
Rocco Grimaldi — leading assist producer; 18th in league scoring with 58 points.
Max McCue — team leader in penalty minutes at 122 and worst minus at -11.
Will MacKinnon
Corson Ceulemans
Stanislav Svozil
Madison Bowey
Drew Bavro
Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm
Denton Mateychuk — team PPG leader at 0.93; AHL All Star.
Samuel Knazko
Daemon Hunt
Guillaume Richard
Cole Clayton — IOA man of the year
Pavel Cajan
Evan Gardner
Zach Sawchenko
Jet Greaves
Chris Clark General Manager
Trent Vogelhuber Head Coach
Chris Bergeron Associate Coach
Mark Letestu Assistant Coach
Brad Thiessen Goaltending Coach
Mike Monti Video Coach
The Cleveland Monsters come into this series as the ninth seed in the Conference and fifth and lowest team in the division. They also get reinforcements back with Denton Mateychuk and Jet Greaves in the fold.
Ways the Marlies win the series
1. Playoff Form Murray — the two time cup winner will be around and will mentor Hildeby
2. Defensive Depth — GM Treliving and AGM Hardy have built a defensive system through veteran presence and patience.
3. Strong Steeves — the leading scorer of the club will be the X factor.
Ways the Monsters win the series
1. Trey Fix-Wolansky — the X factor will have to pull through
2. Main Man Mateychuk — after spending the back half the year with Columbus, Mateychuk returns to the minors to win a Calder Cup.
3. First Star Greaves — after being first star at the end of the regular season, he needs to ride the jet momentum to cruise to the second round.
Schedule
Game 1 — Thursday April 24 in Cleveland
Game 2 — Saturday April 26 in Toronto
Game 3 — Sunday April 27 in Toronto
Predictions
Cleveland Monsters in 3.
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