Yeah, it's Tuesday, but whatever. We'll still go with it.
The Blue Jackets' top farm team played three games in three days over the weekend, earning that shootout win over Rochester before taking a loss and a shootout loss against unbeaten Toronto.
The Monsters got only 20 shots on goal Friday night but still earned the 4-3 victory over the Amerks. Stefan Matteau scored twice and Kevin Stenlund got on the board for the first time this year, while Gerbe assisted on all three tallies before his shootout goal. In net, Matiss Kivlenieks made 28 saves then denied all three shootout attempts by Rochester to preserve the win.
Saturday, the team bused north of the border and took a 2-0 loss to Toronto. Veini Vehvilainen stopped 24 shots but Cleveland just couldn't get the attack going, with Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped all 30 Monsters shots.
It was a much different game Saturday as the teams skated to a 5-5 draw before Toronto won the shootout to take the extra point. Justin Scott had two goals while Sam Vigneault, Zac Dalpe and Kole Sherwood also tallied. Gerbe and Andrew Peeke had two assists, while Kivlenieks stopped 25 shots. Markus Hannikainen scored in a six-round shootout.
Cleveland is now 3-3-0-1 and in fourth place in the North Division. Dalpe, Matteau and Sherwood each have three goals on the year to tie for the team lead, while Gerbe's six assists and points lead the squad. Kivlenieks has posted a 2.89 GAA with a .895 save percentage, while Vehvilainen is at 3.04/.904.