Monsters announce full TV, radio and streaming plans for Toronto series

The Monsters made sure no one had to miss a shift of this playoff series. Cleveland’s North Division Finals against Toronto will be carried on television, radio and streaming in a full local package that turns the best-of-five into wall-to-wall viewing and listening from Rocket Arena to Toronto and back again.

Every game of the series will air on Cleveland’s 43, with longtime Voice of the Monsters Tony Brown calling the action alongside goaltending coach Brad Thiessen and Cleveland hockey legend and Stanley Cup champion Jock Callander. The full broadcast window also includes the radio side: all games will air on SportsRadio 99.1 in Cleveland and 1390 AM WNIO in Youngstown, and every contest will be available live and on demand through AHLTV on FloHockey. Monsters Faceoff Live will begin 30 minutes before puck drop before each game, giving the series a longer pregame runway before the opening faceoff.

That access push lands at a moment when the stakes are obvious. Cleveland entered the North Division Finals as the higher seed, giving it home-ice advantage in the best-of-five series, with Games 1 and 2 at Rocket Arena and a potential Game 5 back in Cleveland if the matchup goes the distance. Game 1 was set for Thursday, May 14, at 7:00 p.m., followed by Game 2 on Saturday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. The series will shift to Toronto for Games 3 and 4 if necessary. The North Division Finals are presented by Ten10.

The timing matters because Cleveland’s playoff run has already been defined by tight, high-leverage hockey. The Monsters reached the division finals after beating Syracuse 3-1 in the semifinal round, capped by a 2-1 triple-overtime win in Game 4 on May 3. That kind of series is exactly why the club is leaning into broad distribution: a playoff swing can happen late, and the audience for a run like this is not limited to the building.

The broadcast plan also builds on the broader 2025-26 media setup around the club. SportsRadio 99.1 was already set to air every Monsters game live and any prospective playoff action, while Cleveland’s 43 carried a team-record 26 regular-season television broadcasts with multiple simulcasts. Rock Entertainment Group and iHeartMedia Cleveland announced that radio partnership in October 2025, and the postseason package extends that reach at a time when Cleveland is trying to turn a short series into a regional event. The added urgency is real, too: Cleveland and Toronto met in the 2025 first round, and the Monsters won that series in two overtime games.