Pinelli has been named to Canada's squad for the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship after notching 21 goals in his first 26 OHL games this season. The 2023 fourth-round pick also placed third in the OHL a season ago in goals with 48.
The seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft scored his first college goal Dec. 14 at Merrimack. The freshman wing has played in 11 games this year for the Huskies after scoring 20 goals with Penticton of the BCHL last season.
A 2023 seventh-round pick, Keskinen is having an impressive second season with Tappara this year, as the 20-year-old wing has a 9-13-22 line in 32 games this year plus five more points in eight Champions League games.
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The top affiliate of the Blue Jackets heads into the Christmas holiday with lots of gifts to unwrap. The Monsters are 17-8-1-2, good for a tie for second in the AHL North Division, after making it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final a season ago.
Cleveland is scuffling a bit in December, though, posting a 3-4-1-1 in the month after a franchise-record 10-game win streak in November. The Monsters went 1-2 this past week at home, falling 3-2 to Utica on Wednesday, rallying to drub the Comets 6-1 on Thursday, and then losing the annual Teddy Bear Toss game Sunday vs. Rochester.
The Monsters go into the holiday with two of the top four scorers in the league in Trey Fix-Wolansky (second, 14-18-32) and Luca Del Bel Belluz (tied for third, 16-15-31), while leading defenseman Denton Mateychuk was called up to Columbus on Sunday.
Cleveland gets back to action Saturday with a home game vs. Grand Rapids.
