Hockey in mid- and late April: Something the Blue Jackets as a franchise have not seen much of, and something hockey fans up north in Cleveland haven't seen at all in five years.
But it's going to happen, thanks to the group of hungry young prospects who comprise the 2015-16 Lake Erie Monsters. The Monsters ended the regular season as winners of 8 of their last 10 games, and they appear set to make some noise in the postseason, which begins this Wednesday when Lake Erie travels to Rockford, Illinois, to begin a best-of-five series against the Rockford IceHogs.