Blue Jackets Assign Calvin Thurkauf to Monsters
Feb 27, 2020The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Thursday that the Blue Jackets assigned forward Calvin Thurkauf to the Monsters.
A 6’2”, 212 lb. left-shooting native of Zug, Switzerland, Thurkauf, 22, was originally selected by Columbus in the seventh round (185th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft and signed a three-year, two-way entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets on December 30, 2016. Thurkauf appeared in three games for Columbus this season and posted 9-16-25 with 37 penalty minutes and a +6 rating in 47 appearances for the Monsters this year. In 148 career AHL appearances for Cleveland spanning three seasons from 2017-20, Thurkauf contributed 22-29-51 with 101 penalty minutes and a -10 rating.
Prior to his professional career, Thurkauf tallied 51-64-115 with 141 penalty minutes and a +53 rating in 121 WHL appearances for the Kelowna Rockets spanning two seasons from 2015-17. Additionally, Thurkauf represented Switzerland in the 2016 and 2017 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships.
The Monsters also announced Thursday that the team released forward Lindsay Sparks from his professional tryout (PTO) contract.
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