Dalpe's four-goal weekend, which earned him AHL player of the week honors, gave him tallies in six consecutive games. The former Ohio State star is in the midst of an eight-game point streak (6-6-12) and has 15 goals and six assists in his last 15 games. On the year, he has 30 goals in just 48 AHL games to tie a franchise record and is tied for fourth in the league in tallies.
Clendening was called up to Columbus after the Friday game in which he had three helpers. That gave him a season-high three points, but it was the eighth multi-point game of the year for the defenseman. He's also plus-7 in his last eight AHL games.
Letestu was held without a point in the second game of the series, just the third time in the last 15 games he didn't get on the score sheet. In that span, he has six goals and 12 assists.
The Monsters continue to be without injured forwards Nathan Gerbe, Alex Broadhurst, and Sonny Milano, but forwards Paul Bittner and Calvin Thurkauf returned from long injury layoffs. Bittner, 22, was the team's second-round pick in 2015 who has a career-best 9-20-29 line in 46 games. Thurkauf, 21, is a 2016 seventh-round pick from Switzerland who has played in just 19 games this season.
Defenseman Doyle Somerby continues to be strong on the defensive end, as he is plus-9 in the last nine games.
Texier, a second-round pick in 2017 who had three goals in his first four AHL games after coming over from Finland, was kept off the score sheet by the Phantoms.
Cleveland is now 10-3-2 in its last 15 games and has points in seven in a row.
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