The 2024 first-round pick notched a pair of goals last weekend vs. Minnesota, giving him a 3-7-10 line as he continues to work back from missing much of the last two seasons with injury for the Big Ten regular-season champion Spartans.
A 2023 third-round pick, Whitelaw is on a four-game point streak (2-3-5) for the No. 4 Broncos, upping his season totals to 19 goals and 34 points in 36 games. He's tied for fourth in college hockey in tallies.
Gardner, a 2024 second-round pick, has won five of his last six decisions for the Blades while posting a .911 save percentage. On the season, he's 24-15-3-2 with a 2.92 GAA and .905 save percentage.
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The AHL affiliate of the Blue Jackets is 13-5-1 in its last 19 games after a big win Friday vs. league-leading Grand Rapids, though Cleveland did drop a pair of other contests.
The week started Tuesday with a morning contest at Toronto, which the Marlies won 7-4 despite two goals from Roman Ahcan and tallies from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Brendan Gaunce. Cleveland then returned home Friday to take on the best team in the AHL and posted a 3-2 win, with Luca Marrelli scoring the winner in the third period and Del Bel Belluz and Gaunce tallying. The Griffins replied, though, with a 3-1 victory Saturday in which Ahcan had the lone Monsters goal.
The Monsters are now 30-19-6-1, good for third in the AHL North with 16 games togo. AHL All-Star Del Bel Belluz has a 6-15-21 line in the last 19 games, while Jack Williams has four overtime winners this year while posting an 11-16-27 line in a team-high 53 contests. Captain Gaunce had a 10-game point streak (4-10-14) snapped Saturday.
Cleveland hits the road to play at Hartford this week, with games Wednesday and Friday.
