The Cleveland Monsters announced Wednesday that the Blue Jackets assigned forward Emil Bemstrom to the Monsters. In 13 appearances for Columbus this season, Bemstrom posted 2-2-4 with two penalty minutes and a -1 rating and added 1-0-1 with two penalty minutes and a -4 rating in three appearances for Cleveland.

A 5’10”, 194 lb. right-shooting native of Nykoping, Sweden, Bemstrom, 22, was selected by Columbus in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and tallied 15-14-29 with ten penalty minutes and a -9 rating in 89 career NHL appearances, all for the Blue Jackets, spanning parts of three seasons from 2019-22. Bemstrom notched 8-9-17 with two penalty minutes and a +2 rating in 16 Liiga appearances for HIFK Helsinki in 2020-21 and added 23-12-35 with eight penalty minutes and a +9 rating in 52 SHL appearances for Leksands IF and Djurgardens IF spanning the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons. Bemstom was named the SHL’s Rookie of the Year in 2016-17 and represented Sweden in the 2018-19 IIHF U20 World Junior Championship.

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