Speaking of the Browns, they may not know it,
but they, their fans in their city are helping to
propel another one of Cleveland's teams,
one that's making a push to a championship.
Born in Cleveland, raised in Columbus Monsters head coach Trent
Vogel.
Huber bleeds orange and brown.
I'm a huge Browns fan as it is,
and he's brought that Cleveland football fandom to the ice,
to his team. I think it's important when these guys
come here to,
you know, get them involved with the city here a
little bit.
One of our first team events was taken to a
Browns tailgate and a Browns game.
Out of that came a rallying cry or bark.
In the locker room, after each win,
the monsters choose a dog of the gang endowed not
with a chain.
But with a mask, one that celebrates both effort and
the legacy of Cleveland.
I've been a Browns fan my whole life,
so I thought the Browns,
the original kind of dog bound Browns mask,
would be a good tie in between US and the
city.
It's fun, right? Like we all start barking when they
when they give it to the new guy guy that
kind of just goes in the corners,
gets in the gritty areas,
kind of, you know, does everything that maybe isn't going
to show up on the score sheet.
Our team, part of our motto is like to compete,
compete like a dog, like a dog on a bone.
So it was really natural for us to start using
that rewarding play while connecting a team of mostly transplants.
To the city they now represent.
We have a lot of Canadians,
a lot of people don't have hometown teams,
so we've all just enjoyed the Browns,
been to a couple games and so we always root
for him and stuff.
So it's good. It's important that while they're here,
they're enjoying it and investing in their time here and
we've got a great city here that a lot of
teams in our league don't.
How cool is that? That team embracing Cleveland?
Cleveland really needs to start embracing this team as they
charge towards potentially.
I love that championship, equal parts inspired and terrified by
that mask at the same time.
What I love with the team spirit there,
love it. Go get him.