Blue Jackets add Pinelli on emergency recall from Cleveland
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have added forward Luca Pinelli to the roster on emergency recall from the Cleveland Monsters, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, general manager Don Waddell announced Wednesday.
Pinelli, 20, was selected by the Blue Jackets in the fourth round, 114th overall, at the 2023 NHL Draft. He has registered five goals and seven assists, with 40 shots on goal, in 16 games with the Monsters since making his professional debut at the end of the 2024-25 campaign.
He leads Cleveland in goals, points, and shots on goal (tied), and ranks second in assists and penalty minutes in 2025-26 with 5-5-10, 18 PIM, and 35 shots in 13 contests.
The 5-9, 176-pound Stoney Creek, Ontario native totaled 128-124-252 with 209 PIM, 45 power play goals, and 838 shots in 246 career appearances with the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s from 2021-25.
He set career highs in points-per-game (1.37), assists (tied), power play goals (tied) and penalty minutes and finished fifth-T in the league in power play goals in his final campaign in 2024-25 with 37-34-71, 63 PIM and 15 PPG in 52 contests.