The 2024 fourth-round pick returned scored his second goal of the season Friday in St. Cloud State's win over Colorado College. The big defenseman missed three months of the season with injury but has a 2-3-5 line in 10 games this year.
A 2023 third-round pick, Whitelaw had a goal and two assists in Saturday's 7-2 victory vs. Arizona State. Whitelaw is up to 17 goals on the season for the defending NCAA champions, tied for 12th in college hockey.
The 2025 first-round selection (14th overall) scored two goals in Penn State's game Friday vs. Michigan. Smith has 10 goals on the season, a new Penn State record for a defenseman and fifth among all NCAA blueliners. He has a 10-9-19 line in 26 games, including eight goals in last 13 contests.
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The AHL affiliate of the Blue Jackets is 12-4-2 in its last 18 games after sweeping its way through Pennsylvania this weekend, downing Lehigh Valley by a 5-2 score Saturday and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by a 4-3 final in overtime Sunday.
Cleveland scored the last four goals to pull away from the Phantoms, with Mikael Pyyhtiä and Justin Pearson notching a goal and an assist, Will Butcher, Hunter McKown and Brendan Gaunce scoring, and Ivan Fedotov stopping 33 shots. Gaunce had the OT winner to cap a three-point night while Luca Del Bel Belluz had a two-assist contest against the Penguins.
The Monsters are now 25-15-6-1, good for third in the AHL North. AHL All-Star Del Bel Belluz has a 3-12-15 line in the last 10 games, while Owen Sillinger has eight goals in the last 12 contests, Pyyhtiä has 5-8-13 in the last 12 and captain Gaunce has 4-4-8 in seven games since returning from Columbus.
Cleveland is at Grand Rapids on Wednesday night before returning home to host Toronto on Friday and Saturday.
