Blue Jackets assign forward Cole Sillinger to Cleveland
Mar 23, 2023The Cleveland Monsters announced Thursday that the Columbus Blue Jackets assigned forward Cole Sillinger to the Monsters. In 64 appearances for Columbus this season, Sillinger posted 3-8-11 with 22 penalty minutes and joins his older brother Owen on Cleveland’s roster.
A 6’1”, 201 lb. left-shooting native of Columbus, OH, Sillinger, 19, was selected by the Blue Jackets in the first round (12th overall) of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and supplied 19-23-42 with 59 penalty minutes in 143 career NHL appearances, all for Columbus, spanning parts of two seasons from 2021-23.
Prior to his professional career, Sillinger registered 24-22-46 with 39 penalty minutes and a +5 rating in 31 appearances for the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede during the 2020-21 season, earning USHL All-Rookie Team, USHL Rookie of the Year, and USHL Second All-Star Team honors. In parts of two WHL seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2018-20, Sillinger contributed 22-33-55 with 22 penalty minutes and a +20 rating in 52 apperances and helped Canada claim the Silver Medal at the 2021-22 IIHF World Championships.
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