The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned defenseman Adam Clendening to the Cleveland Monsters, Columbus' American Hockey League affiliate, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.
Clendening, 26, made the Blue Jackets out of training camp and has skated in four games this season, including his debut with the team on Oct. 5 vs. Carolina. Signed by Columbus as a free agent to a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract on July 1, 2018, he has registered four goals and 20 assists for 24 points with 42 penalty minutes and a +11 plus/minus rating in 90 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks. He tallied 0-2-2 and two penalty minutes in five games with the Coyotes in 2017-18.
The Niagara Falls, New York native has added 28-133-161, 267 penalty minutes and a +31 plus/minus rating in 261 career AHL contests with the Rockford IceHogs, Tucson Roadrunners, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Utica Comets. In 2017-18, he notched 5-30-35 in 59 appearances split between the IceHogs and Roadrunners. He was selected by Chicago in the second round, 36th overall, in the 2011 NHL Draft.
Columbus Blue Jackets assign Clendening to Cleveland Monsters
