Cleveland battles back to lock in 5-3 win over Rochester
Apr 14, 2021The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Rochester Americans 5-3 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena extending their winning streak to five games. With the victory, the Monsters are now 10-5-1-0 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
Rochester recorded the first two goals of the opening frame from Michael Mersch at 1:19 and Dominic Franco at 15:51, but Dillon Simpson converted on a power play for Cleveland at 18:00 off feeds from Thomas Schemitsch and Liam Foudy to cut the score to 2-1 after 20 minutes. Following a scoreless second period, Tyler Sikura notched a shorthanded tally 42 seconds into the final frame assisted by Carson Meyer tying the game at 2-2. Ole Bjorgvik-Holm pushed the Monsters into a 3-2 lead after scoring his first North American goal at 6:35 with helpers from Matthew Struthers and Zach Jordan. Cleveland’s Tristan Mullin recorded his first professional goal at 11:21 off an assist from Brandon Crawley to extend the lead, but Rochester’s Steven Fogarty notched a power-play marker at 14:46 bringing it back to a one-goal game at 4-3. With 1:08 left in the third period, Simpson sent a shot down the ice scoring an empty-net tally with a feed from Daniil Tarasov securing the Monsters 5-3 win.
Cleveland’s Tarasov made 17 saves for the victory while Rochester’s Stefan Lekkas stopped 28 shots in defeat.
The Monsters will host the Rochester Americans on Saturday, April 17, with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
0 |
4 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
ROC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
1/4 |
5/6 |
29 min / 9 inf |
|
ROC |
20 |
1/6 |
3/4 |
25 min / 7 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Tarasov |
W |
17 |
3 |
2-0-0 |
|
ROC |
Lekkas |
L |
28 |
4 |
0-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 10-5-1-0, 2nd Central Division
Rochester Record: 8-7-2-1, 5th North Division
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