Reigning Calder Cup champions remain playoff contenders despite slow start, roster turnover.

With the then-Lake Erie Monsters last season, Josh Anderson scored 39 points in 58 regular-season games and 12 points in 15 playoff games. The Monsters won the Calder Cup.

Zach Werenski’s rapid rise to one of the NHL’s brightest young stars came with an important stop in the AHL last spring.

The return of championship hockey to Cleveland leads the list of the top American Hockey League stories in 2016.

Cleveland Monsters defenseman John Ramage has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 25, 2016.

Hershey’s Chris Bourque and Cleveland’s Ryan Craig have been selected as the playing captains for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded defenseman Cody Goloubef to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Ryan Stanton.

Cleveland Monsters fans got to know Steve McCarthy as a player last season, and now get to know Steve McCarthy as an assistant coach.

John Madden says he’s tried to use all the great advice he’s gotten from his coaches over the years and pass that on to his players.

Before the drought-stricken Cleveland Indians reached the World Series in late October and before the Cleveland Cavaliers won the city’s first N.B.A. title in June, there were the Lake Erie Monsters.