Ahcan's hat trick leads Pierogies to 7-1 win over Penguins
Apr 4, 2025The Cleveland Monsters beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 7-1 on Friday night at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 32-21-5-6 and in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Roman Ahcan scored the lone goal of the opening frame at 4:09 off feeds from Cole Clayton and Hunter McKown putting Cleveland ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Mikael Pyyhtia converted on the man advantage at 6:38 of the second period with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Luca Del Bel Belluz extending the lead to 2-0. The Monsters’ offense continued rolling when Ahcan recorded his second marker of the night at 8:00 assisted by Joseph LaBate followed by Guillaume Richard’s first professional goal at 10:28 off a feed from Rocco Grimaldi bringing the score to 4-0 heading into the final intermission. James Malatesta notched a tally at 5:58 with helpers from Fix-Wolansky and Del Bel Belluz, but the Penguins responded with a power-play marker from Vasily Ponomarev at 7:28 cutting the score to 5-1. Cleveland kept the offensive pressure on with a power-play goal from Del Bel Belluz at 17:00 assisted by Drew Bavaro pushing the lead to 6-1. Ahcan completed his bid for his first professional hat trick with a tally on the man advantage at 19:00 with helpers from Clayton and Richard bringing the final score to 7-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 30 saves for the win while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Filip Larsson stopped 29 shots in defeat.
The Monsters host their final game rebranded as the Cleveland Pierogies Hockey Club against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, at Rocket ArenaTop of Form
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Scoring:
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|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
|
WBS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
36 |
3/7 |
3/4 |
22 min / 7 inf |
|
WBS |
31 |
1/4 |
4/7 |
40 min / 12 inf |
Goaltenders:
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|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
30 |
1 |
19-11-6 |
|
WBS |
Larsson |
L |
29 |
7 |
12-9-3 |
Cleveland Record: 32-22-5-6, 5th North Division
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 37-20-7-1, 3rd Atlantic Division
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