Last night, the Cleveland Monsters kicked off the first of their back-to-back-to-back roadtrip against the Rochester Americans.
After last Saturday’s poor showing at home, the lines were shaken up a bit. Stefan Matteau was bumped up to the first line. While Marko Dano dropped to the second. Paul Bittner drew into the lineup on the fourth line.
In a pregame interview with Tony Brown, play by play announcer for the Monsters, Head Coach Mike Eaves slightly touched on the makeup of the lines and pairs. “I think from a defensive standpoint we haven’t made any changes,” Eaves explained to Brown, “Offensively we made some changes.