Denton Mateychuk was confused.

It was just a few days before the Christmas break and the shifty blue-liner had arrived at the rink for an afternoon game with the Cleveland Monsters, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

There was only one problem: his name wasn’t on the lineup card for reasons unbeknownst to him.

As he prepared to walk into the office of Monsters head coach Trent Vogelhuber, the Dominion City product wasn’t sure what he had done to be a healthy scratch.

“I came into the rink and my name wasn’t on the lineup sheet, so I was wondering, ‘What’s going on?’” Mateychuk recalled on Tuesday morning.

He wouldn’t have to wonder much longer and any concerns quickly turned to outright jubilation as Vogelhuber informed him that he’d been recalled by th

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