Monsters' Jet Greaves names Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week

Apr 22, 2024

The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Monday that goaltender Jet Greaves was named the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending on April 21. Starting three road games in net for Cleveland in the span of less than three days, Greaves went 3-0-0 with a 1.97 goals-against average (GAA) and .942 save percentage (S%) to secure the North Division title on Sunday in Toronto, the first division crown in Monsters franchise history.

 

A 6’0”, 191 lb. left-catching native of Cambridge, ON, Greaves, 23, stopped 97 combined shots spanning a 3-2 overtime win over the Rochester Americans on Friday and 4-3 and 3-1 wins over the Toronto Marlies on Saturday and Sunday. Cleveland’s Sunday victory was Greaves’ 30th of the campaign, a new single-season club record. The win was Greaves’ 61st with the Monsters, making him the winningest net-minder in franchise history.

 

In nine NHL appearances for Columbus this season, Greaves went 3-6-0 with a 3.49 GAA and .908 S%. An AHL All-Star this season, Greaves went 30-12-4 with one shutout, a 2.93 GAA  and .910 S% in 46 appearances for Cleveland and ranked among the AHL’s leaders in wins (T2nd), games played (3rd), minutes played (2684:15, 3rd), saves (1318, 3rd), and assists (3, 2nd) this year.

 

Greaves went 3-7-0 with a 3.44 GAA and a .912 S% in ten career NHL appearances for Columbus spanning parts of two seasons from 2022-24 and in 118 career AHL appearances, all for Cleveland spanning parts of three seasons from 2021-24, Greaves went 61-40-11 with four shutouts, a 2.96 GAA, and a .905 S%. In 15 appearances for the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings in 2021-22, Greaves went 10-5-0 with a 3.05 GAA and a .907 S%. Prior to his professional career, Greaves went 20-27-5 with three shutouts, a 3.71 GAA, and a .899 S% in 60 OHL appearances for the Barrie Colts spanning two seasons from 2018-20 and was named to the 2018-19 OHL First All-Rookie Team.

 

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