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HAMILTON HOSTS CLEVELAND; HEAVYWEIGHTS CLASH
The Hamilton Red Wings, 9-1-1, will host the equally strong Cleveland Monsters, 10-1-0, it'll be Goliath vs Goliath.
Hamilton, lead by Dylan Gambrells 6 goals & 10 points, have also got key contributions from depth forwards J.T. Brown (8 assists, 10 points) & Jayce Hawryluk (4 goals, 8 points). Rookie forward Semyon Der-Arguchintsev will play his first game in the AHL, playing on the second line
In net, Hamilton boasts one of the strongest pairings in the AHL. Backup Adam Werner, who will get the start tonight vs Cleveland, is a whopping 5-0-0 to start the season, including 2 Shutouts for an impressive 1.77 GAA. Starter Samuel Montembeault is 4-1-1 with a shutout and a 1.98 GAA
Cleveland's offense is heavily dependent on the top line of Nathan Gerbe (4-8-12), Liam Foudy (5-8-13) & Zac Dalpe (5-8-13). Rookie Kai Niskala has 5 goals and 8 points.
In net, the team has relied on starter Alex Nedeljkovic frequently. He's 9-1-0 with 3 shutouts. He also boasts an extremely impressive .946 Save Percentage and a 1.50 Goals Against Average.
But the Monsters will instead start veteran backup Brad Thiessen. Thiessen, 34, is 1-0-0 with a .875 Save Percentage and a 3.24 Goals Against Average - not exactly stellar numbers.
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Cleveland Monsters @ Hamilton Red Wings
Game Lineups
Hamilton Red Wings
Athanasiou-Rodrigues-Grigorenko
Manhiapane-SDA-Gambrell
Martinook-Bjugstad-Hawryluk
Sutter-L'Esperance-Brown
Zadorov-Honka
Ryan-Methot
Daley-Polak
Starter: Adam Werner
Backup: Samuel Montembeault
Cleveland Monsters
Foudy-Gerbe-Helewka
Niskala-Dalpe-Moore
Gallant-Vigneault-Fix Wolansky
Barach-Hrabik-Preziuso
Karlsson-Peeke
Johnson-Christiansen
Fransson-Walfridsson
Starter: Brad Thiessen
Backup: Alex Nedeljkovic