Sweezey, 26, who is currently on an AHL contract with the Cleveland Monsters, has registered four goals and six assists for 10 points with 68 penalty minutes, 44 shots and a +6 plus/minus rating in 45 contests this season. He leads the Monsters in PIM and ranks second in plus/minus as well as ranks second-T among team blueliners in goals and fourth-T in points. The 6-2, 205-pound defenseman has totaled 4-10-14, 94 penalty minutes and a cumulative +8 plus/minus rating in 67 career AHL appearances with the Monsters and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins since making his professional debut in 2020-21.
The Hanson, Massachusetts native recorded 3-26-29 with 159 PIM and was +16 in 127 career NCAA games at Yale University from 2016-20. Skating in his senior campaign in 2019-20, he finished with 0-8-8 and 47 penalty minutes in 32 outings. Sweezey also spent parts of two seasons with the Dubuque Fighting Saints and Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League from 2014-16, collecting 3-1-4 and 135 PIM in 58 appearances.
