Sillinger suffered a lower-body injury on Feb. 11th.
Cleveland Monsters forward Owen Sillinger will miss the rest of the season after suffering a lower-body injury on Feb. 11th against the Rochester Americans.
The 27-year-old undrafted forward from Regina, Saskatchewan has played in 44 games for Cleveland this season, scoring 11 goals and totaling 29 points. Sillinger is the 4th leading scorer on the Monsters. He has 114 career AHL points in 202 games.
Sillinger played one NHL game with Columbus back on Jan. 9th against Seattle, where he played 13:09 and had two PIM. Unfortunately, he couldn't play with his brother Cole due to being out sick.
This loss will be a big blow to Cleveland, who has also lost defenseman Corson Ceulemans to a lower-body surgery that will keep him out long-term as well. James Malatesta has also missed the last 17 games due to an upper-body injury.
Due to the Columbus injury situation, the Monsters have had players up and down all season, including leading scorer Luca Del Bel Belluz, who is doing very well in the NHL. Denton Mateychuk was also called up a few weeks ago and doesn't seem to be leaving Columbus anytime soon.
The Monsters have fallen to 4th in the North Division and have gone 3-3-3-1 in the last 10 games.
This season is going to be tough down the stretch for the Monsters.
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