The Columbus Blue Jackets have named Trent Vogelhuber as an assistant coach for the NHL club, and have hired Nick Bootland to succeed Vogelhuber as head coach of the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired forward Luke Tuch from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forward Hunter McKown.
The Toronto Marlies secured a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday with a stunning 3-2 win over the Cleveland Monsters in the deciding Game 5 of the teams’ North Division finals series.
Toronto pushed the North Division finals to the limit with a 5-2 win over Cleveland in Game 4 at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Friday night.
Cleveland rode another stifling defensive effort to a 4-0 victory at Toronto on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five North Division finals.
Cleveland took a 2-0 lead for the second game in a row, but this time the Monsters fought off a Toronto comeback to even their best-of-five North Division finals series with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night.
Toronto scored five unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 road victory over Cleveland in Game 1 of the teams’ North Division finals series at Rocket Arena on Thursday evening.
Rest is a funny thing this time of year. Too little rest, and even the best-conditioned teams will eventually begin to sputter and break down at the worst possible time. Too much recovery time, and the precision and crisp play needed for a long push through the Calder Cup Playoffs can fade quickly.
Zach Aston-Reese finished off a feed from Brendan Gaunce with 7:53 gone in the third overtime period on Sunday to give Cleveland a 2-1 win over Syracuse and a 3-1 series victory.
Hudson Fasching scored 10:05 into overtime to give Cleveland a pivotal 4-3 road win over Syracuse in Game 3 of their North Division semifinal series.
