Blue Jackets Assign Goaltender Oscar Dansk To Cleveland Monsters

CLEVELAND – The AHL’s defending Calder Cup Champions, the Cleveland Monsters, proudly powered by Constellation, announced Wednesday that the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets assigned goaltender Oscar Dansk to Cleveland.

Selected by Columbus in the second round (31st overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Dansk, 23, posted a 6-15-1 record with two shutouts, a 2.99 goals-against average (GAA) and a .903 save percentage (S%) in 24 appearances for the SHL’s Rogle BK this season.

A 6’2”, 194 lb. native of Stockholm, Sweden, Dansk supplied a record of 18-34-4 with four shutouts, a 2.81 GAA and a .908 S% in 60 SHL appearances for Rogle BK spanning each of the past two seasons. In 21 career AHL appearances for the Springfield Falcons during the 2014-15 campaign, Dansk accumulated a 7-7-0 record with a 3.57 GAA and a .880 S%.

Prior to his professional career, Dansk went 40-32-7 with six shutouts, a 3.25 GAA and a .897 S% in 85 career OHL appearances for the Erie Otters spanning the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. Dansk has additionally represented Team Sweden in two IIHF World Junior Championships, helping the Swedes claim the Silver Medal in both the 2013 and 2014 tournaments.

Next up for the Monsters, it’s a Friday road clash vs. the Milwaukee Admirals with full coverage, live from UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI, underway at 8:00 pm on 99X and the Monsters Hockey Network.