The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Monday that the Blue Jackets reassigned forward Maxime Fortier to the Monsters from the ECHL’s Jacksonville IceMen. In 12 appearances for Jacksonville this season, Fortier tallied 3-4-7 with four penalty minutes and a -6 rating.

A 5’10”, 183 lb., right-shooting native of Montreal, QC, Fortier, 21, posted 1-4-5 with two penalty minutes and a -2 rating in 20 AHL appearances for Cleveland during the 2018-19 season and added 15-17-32 with eight penalty minutes and a -3 rating in 36 ECHL appearances for Jacksonville spanning the past two seasons. Prior to his professional career, Fortier contributed 104-166-270 with 118 penalty minutes and a -5 rating in 263 appearances for the QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads spanning parts of five seasons from 2013-18.

Fortier signed a three-year (two-way) entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets on November 5, 2017.