Cleveland Monsters

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Cleveland Monsters
founding 2007
history Denver Grizzlies
1994 - 1995
Utah Grizzlies
1995 - 2001
2001 - 2005
Lake Erie Monsters
2007 - 2016
Cleveland Monsters
since 2016
Stadion Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Location Cleveland , Ohio
Team colors Wine red, black, white, blue, yellow
league American Hockey League
Conference Eastern Conference
division North Division
Head coach CanadaCanada John Madden
General manager United StatesUnited States Bill Zito
owner United StatesUnited States Dan Gilbert
Cooperations Columbus Blue Jackets ( NHL )
Calder cups 2015/16

The Cleveland Monsters are an ice hockey team from the North American American Hockey League (AHL) and are based in Cleveland , Ohio . The franchise , which previously operated under the name Lake Erie Monsters , has been located there since the summer of 2007 and played under the name Utah Grizzlies in Salt Lake City , Utah until 2005 .

The team acts since the season 2015/16 as a farm team of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League .

history

The franchise was founded in 1994 as the Denver Grizzlies and played in the International Hockey League (IHL). After only a year, the team relocated to Salt Lake City and played under the name Utah Grizzlies . After the IHL was dissolved in the summer of 2001, the franchise switched to the AHL . In 2005, the team stopped playing.

In 2006 Dan Gilbert , the owner of the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers , bought the team and relocated it to Cleveland , Ohio . The team was named after the sea monster Bessie that, according to a story , is said to live in Lake Erie . In December 2006, the Monsters agreed with the Colorado Avalanche from the National Hockey League on a collaboration; the team has since acted as the so-called farm team of the NHL club. On May 7, 2007, Joe Sacco was introduced as the Monsters' first head coach. The Lake Erie Monsters played their first league game on October 6, 2007 against the Grand Rapids Griffins .

After two seasons Sacco was appointed head coach of the Avalanche, the post of coach of the Monsters took over David Quinn . In November 2010, the Monsters and the Colorado Avalanche agreed on a multi-year extension of their commitment. Under Quinn, the Lake Erie Monsters qualified for the first time in their history for the play-offs in the 2010/11 AHL season . There they lost to the Manitoba Moose in the first round .

In the summer of 2012, David Quinn was named Colorado's assistant coach under Joe Sacco, after which Dean Chynoweth was introduced as the Monsters' new head coach.

After eight seasons as a farm team of the Avalanche, in which the team reached the play-offs once, the Lake Erie Monsters changed their NHL cooperation partner. Since the 2015/16 season , Lake Erie has been the farm team for the Columbus Blue Jackets , which are also based in Ohio. At the end of the 2015/16 season, the Monsters won their first Calder Cup in franchise history. A little later, in August 2016, the team announced that it would operate under the name Cleveland Monsters from now on .

Achievements and honors

Club records

Career

Surname number
Most games Cameron Gaunce 264 (in four seasons)
Most goals Andrew Agozzino 67
Most templates Andrew Agozzino 98
Most of the points Andrew Agozzino 165 (67 goals + 98 assists)
Most penalty minutes Daniel Maggio 522
Most wins as a goalkeeper Calvin Pickard 60
Most shutouts Tyler Weiman 13

Status after the 2017/18 season

season

Surname number season
Most goals Andrew Agozzino 30th 2014/15
Most templates TJ Hensick 50 2009/10
Most of the points TJ Hensick
Ben Walter 		70 (20 goals + 50 assists)
70 (23 goals + 47 assists) 		2009/10
2010/11
Most penalty minutes Daniel Maggio 215 2014/15
Most wins as a goalkeeper Anton Forsberg 27 2016/17

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeats after overtime , SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, PIM = penalty minutes

season GP W. L. OTL SOL Pts GF GA space Playoffs
2007/08 80 26th 41 6th 7th 65 209 276 6th, North Division not qualified
2008/09 80 34 38 3 5 76 199 218 6th, North Division not qualified
2009/10 80 34 37 1 8th 77 234 257 6th, North Division not qualified
2010/11 80 44 28 3 5 96 223 206 2nd, North Division Conference quarter-finals lost, 3-4 ( Manitoba )
2011/12 76 37 29 3 7th 84 189 210 3rd, North Division not qualified
2012/13 76 35 31 3 7th 80 211 220 3rd, North Division not qualified
2013/14 76 32 33 1 10 75 197 232 4th, North Division not qualified
2014/15 76 35 29 8th 4th 82 211 240 4th, Midwest Division not qualified
2015/16 76 43 22nd 6th 5 97 211 188 2nd, Central Division Conference quarter-finals win, 3-0 ( Rockford )
conference semi-finals win, 4-2 ( Grand Rapids )
conference finals win, 4-0 ( Ontario )
Calder Cup finals win , 4-0 ( Hershey )
total 700 320 288 34 58 732 1884 2047 2 playoff appearances
5 series: 4 wins, 1 loss
24 games: 18 wins, 6 losses

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cleveland to be Primary Avalanche Affiliate. Lake Erie Monsters, December 17, 2006, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Joe Sacco and Sylvain Lefebvre Named Coaches. Lake Erie Monsters, May 7, 2007, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  3. ^ Adrian Dater: Avs hire Sacco as head coach. The Denver Post , April 6, 2009, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Associated Press : Avalanche hire Quinn as coach of AHL affiliate. USA Today , June 22, 2009, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  5. ^ Monsters and Avs Announce Extension. Lake Erie Monsters, November 11, 2010, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  6. ^ Chynoweth Named Monsters Head Coach. Lake Erie Monsters, July 1, 2012, accessed October 17, 2012 .
  7. ^ Monsters Announce Multi-Year Affiliation with Columbus Blue Jackets. Lake Erie Monsters, April 17, 2015, accessed October 25, 2015 .