Fix-Wolansky and Gaunce both score hat tricks in 7-3 win
Jan 22, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans 7-3 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 13-12-4-3 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rochester’s Michael Mersch scored a power-play goal at 7:23 of the opening frame, but Cleveland took control starting with Brendan Gaunce’s man-advantage tally at 13:12 off feeds from Cole Cassels and Cole Fonstad. Trey Fix-Wolansky closed out the first period with an unassisted marker at 14:10 leaving the Monsters ahead 2-1 after 20 minutes. The Amerks evened the score after Linus Weissbach scored at 7:25 of the middle frame, but Fix-Wolansky grabbed his second goal at 11:00 assisted by Thomas Schemitsch. Gaunce added his second marker at 18:06 off feeds from Dillon Simpson and Scott Harrington extending the Monsters lead to 4-2 heading into the final intermission. Rochester’s JJ Peterka scored a goal at 12:16 of the final frame, but Cleveland took advantage of two empty net opportunities towards the end of the game. Simpson scored the first at 18:08 followed by Fix-Wolansky completing his hat trick bid at 19:18. Gaunce added a hat trick goal of his own at 19:32 bringing the final score to 7-3 for the Monsters.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves had 31 stops for the victory while Rochester’s Charles Williams made 20 saves in defeat.
The Monsters travel to face the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Monday, January 24, for an 7:05 p.m. puck drop at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
2 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
|
ROC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
1/2 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
ROC |
34 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
31 |
3 |
3-3-0 |
|
ROC |
Williams |
L |
20 |
5 |
0-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 13-12-4-3, 6th North Division
Rochester Record: 20-12-2-1, 2nd North Division
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