SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at the moment that Ontario Reign ahead Glenn Gawdin, Cleveland Monsters defenseman Denton Mateychuk and Cleveland Monsters goaltender Jet Greaves have been chosen because the league’s award winners for November.
Gawdin, the AHL Participant of the Month, recorded 9 targets, 12 assists and a plus-13 ranking in 12 video games for Ontario throughout November, sparking a Reign offense that averaged 4.4 targets scored per recreation on the month.
Gawdin had eight multiple-point outings in November, starting on Nov. 1 when he notched two assists in a 4-1 win at Henderson. He registered a aim and an help in an 8-3 win over Henderson on Nov. 2 and had two extra helpers in an 8-4 victory over Abbotsford on Nov. 6. Gawdin scored shorthanded targets in consecutive video games because the Reign defeated Tucson, 4-1, on Nov. 13, and beat Colorado, 5-3, on Nov. 15, and had back-to-back three-point nights on Nov. 20 at Henderson and on Nov. 23 at San Diego. He closed out November with two targets in a 3-1 win at Bakersfield on Nov. 30, together with his third game-winning tally of the month.
Gawdin presently sits tied for third within the AHL with 22 factors (9 targets, 13 assists) in 17 video games for Ontario this season, his seventh professional marketing campaign. The native of Richmond, B.C., has totaled 94 targets and 164 assists for 258 factors in 345 profession AHL contests with Ontario, San Diego and Stockton, and was an AHL All-Star in 2020. Initially a fourth-round alternative by St. Louis within the 2015 NHL Draft, Gawdin has collected one help in 13 profession NHL appearances with Calgary and Anaheim. He signed as a free agent with Los Angeles on July 1, 2024.
Mateychuk, the AHL Rookie of the Month, recorded 5 targets and 12 assists for 17 factors in 13 video games from the Cleveland blue line in November, serving to the Monsters to a 12-1-0-0 report.
Mateychuk discovered the scoresheet in 11 of Cleveland’s 13 video games throughout the month, highlighted by a go to to Windfall when the rookie defenseman scored game-winning extra time targets in consecutive victories over the Bruins on Nov. 15 and Nov. 17 – a weekend which additionally included his first profession two-goal and three-point recreation. Mateychuk closed out November with factors in six straight contests (3g, 7a), together with a two-assist effort at Rochester on Nov. 27.
Mateychuk was Columbus’s first-round alternative, twelfth general, within the 2022 NHL Draft and made his professional debut with Cleveland throughout the convention finals of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs final spring. He has totaled seven targets and 15 assists for 22 factors in 20 video games for the Monsters this season, rating first amongst all AHL defensemen, tied for first amongst all AHL rookies, and tied for third general in scoring. A local of Winnipeg, Man., the 20-year-old Mateychuk performed his junior hockey with Moose Jaw of the Western Hockey League, the place he was voted the league’s high defenseman in addition to most respected participant of the WHL playoffs in 2023-24.
Greaves, the AHL Goaltender of the Month, went 7-1-0 throughout November with a 2.37 goals-against common, a .927 save share and one shutout, serving to the Monsters put collectively a franchise-record 10-game profitable streak.
Greaves earned his first win of the season on Nov. 2, stopping 25 pictures in a 4-2 victory over Toronto. He made 44 saves in his solely lack of the month on Nov. 6 in opposition to Rochester, and turned away 34 pictures in a 5-2 win at Syracuse on Nov. 9. Greaves registered a 27-save shutout at Utica on Nov. 11 earlier than backstopping the Monsters to consecutive wins in Windfall on Nov. 15 and 17. He completed the month together with his sixth consecutive victory, making 37 saves at Rochester on Nov. 27.
Greaves, who had a 5.94 GAA after his first three begins of the season, is now 7-3-1 with 3.18 GAA and a .907 save share in 12 appearances in 2024-25. The 23-year-old native of Cambridge, Ont., was an AHL All-Star final season and has a report of 68-43-12 with a 2.98 GAA, a .905 save share and 5 shutouts in 130 profession AHL appearances with Cleveland. Greaves signed as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 20, 2022, and has appeared in 10 profession NHL video games.
