Cleveland Comes Back To Notch 5-4 Overtime Win Over Syracuse
Dec 6, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 5-4 in overtime on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. A season-high 14,567 fans in attendance saw the win which brought the Monsters to 15-6-0-1 and first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Syracuse scored the first two of the contest with late first period goals from Steven Santini at 17:39 and Dylan Duke at 18:53. Cleveland’s Joseph LaBate was able to beat the buzzer with a power-play goal off feeds from Stanislav Svozil and James Malatesta to make it 2-1 Syracuse at the first break. The Crunch added to their lead 56 seconds into the second frame with a goal from Gabriel Szturc but was followed by another power-play goal for the Monsters from James Malatesta with LaBate and Luca Del Bel Belluz on the helpers to make it a 3-2 deficit for Cleveland through 40 minutes. Szturc scored again 10:20 into the final frame to make it a 4-2 lead for the Crunch. Del Bel Belluz scored twice in the final moments of the game at 17:49 with Svozil and Daemon Hunt on the assists and 18:55 to tie the game at four and force overtime. Grabbing assists on the tying goal was Hunt and LaBate. Corson Ceulemans tallied the game winning goal 2:36 into the overtime period with Owen Sillinger and Malatesta notching assists for the 5-4 overtime win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 16 saves for the win while Syracuse’s Matt Tomkins stopped 28 shots in defeat.
The Monsters have a rematch with the Syracuse Crunch for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop on Saturday, December 7, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
5 |
|
SYR |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
2/4 |
2/2 |
14 min / 3 inf |
|
SYR |
20 |
0/2 |
2/4 |
18 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
16 |
4 |
8-4-1 |
|
SYR |
Tomkins |
L |
28 |
5 |
3-5-3 |
Cleveland Record: 15-6-0-1, 1st North Division
Syracuse Record: 8-7-3-3, 6th Central Division
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