March 19, 2023
In the sixth of eight meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, AHL affiliate of the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets, dropped the puck against the Belleville Senators, AHL affiliate of the NHL Ottawa Senators, on Sunday with full live coverage from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, underway from 3:00 PM on FOX Sports 1350 “The Gambler,” AHLTV and Monsters Hockey Network.
MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: After a 1-4 loss at home to the Belleville Senators on Saturday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 25-26-5-2 on the season. With 57 points in the standings, the Monsters are currently seventh in the Northern Division standings and 15th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is currently led in scoring by RW Trey Fix-Wolansky (25-39-64), Ts Josh Dunn (19-14-33) and C Justin Richards (10-23-33).
PRE-SCOUT SENATORS: After a 4-1 road win over the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday, the Belleville Senators enter tonight’s game 27-27-6-1 on the season. With 61 points in the standings, the Senators are currently in fifth place in the Northern Division standings and 12th in the Eastern Conference. Belleville is currently led in scoring by RW Egor Sokolov (18-33-51), D.V Jake Luchini (15-30-45) and LW Angus Cruikshank (22-16-38).
REGULAR SEASON SERIES: Sunday marks the sixth of eight meetings between the Monsters and Senators this season (3-1-0-1, +2 goal difference [19/17]) and the fourth of four games between the two clubs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse this year (2-1-0-0, +2 goal differential [10/8]).
MONSTER GOALKEEPERS:
| 32 John Gillis | TUC (AHL) |
15 GP, (5-8-2), 0 SO, 3.70 GAA, .878 S% |
| LAST APP: |
(36/41) in 2-5 L at CV 1/16/23 |
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| 73 Jett Greaves | TOTAL | 33 GP, (13-12-5), 0 SO, 3.35 GAA, .892 S% |
| LAST APPLICATION | (22/26) in 1-4 L vs. BEL 3/18/23 | |
| HEAD TO HEAD | 3 GP, (1-1-1), 0 SO, 4.22 GAA, .849 S% | |
| AT HOME | 19 GP, (9-7-3), 0 SO, 3.13 GAA, .899 S% |
SENATORS GOALKIERS:
| 35 Antoine Bibeau |
TOTAL |
20 GP, (9-8-1), 0 SO, 3.43 GAA, .894 S% |
| LAST APPLICATION. | (4/7) in first 8:30 of 2-7 L vs. LAV 02/20/23 | |
| HEAD TO HEAD | 2 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 4.91 GAA, .811 S% | |
| ON THE ROAD | 7 GP, (1-4-1), 0 SO, 4.12 GAA, .864 S% | |
| 41 Luke Richardson | TOTAL | 3 GP, (0-1-1), 0 SO, 3.99 GAA, .873 S% |
| LAST APPLICATION |
(26/30) in 3-4 OTL at UTC 3/10/23 |
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| HEAD TO HEAD | — | |
| ON THE ROAD | 3 GP, (0-1-1), 0 SO, 3.99 GAA, .873 S% | |
| 50 Dylan Ferguson | TOTAL | 6 GP, (5-1-0), 0 SO, 2.00 GAA, .935 S% |
| LAST APPLICATION. | (34/35) in 4-1 W at CLE 3/18/23 | |
| HEAD TO HEAD | 1 GP, (1-0-0), 0 SO, 1.00 GAA, .971 S% | |
| ON THE ROAD | 3 GP, (3-0-0), 0 SO, 0.79 GAA, .977 S% |
KEYS TO SUCCESS:
- GREAT TREY: Cleveland RW Trey Fix-Wolansky currently ranks among AHL leaders in points (64, 4th), goals (25, T8th), assists (39, T7th), shots (188, T5th), power play goals (9 , T16th), powerplay points (27, T3rd) and penalty shootout goals (4, T2nd). Fix-Wolansky is also scoring at a better than point per game pace against Belleville this year (4 GP, 4-4-8).
- Rookie Sensation: Cleveland D David Jiricek currently ranks among AHL rookie leaders in power play assists (17, 1st) and power play points (21, 3rd) and ranks among league defense leaders in power play goals (4, T3 ). Jiricek also has a three-assist (3) and points-per-game streak against Belleville this year (4 GP, 0-4-4).
- HIT MARC: Monsters D Markus Bjork currently ranks third among AHL defensemen with a 12.0% shooting percentage so far this season.