Monsters back-and-forth with Griffins ends in 6-4 loss snapping win streak
Dec 1, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 6-4 on Sunday evening at Van Andel Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 14-5-0-1 and currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Cleveland and Grand Rapids traded goals throughout the first period starting with a Griffins’ marker from Tory Dello at 7:12 quickly followed by Denton Mateychuk’s tally at 7:25 assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and James Malatesta tying the game. Dominik Shine added a marker for Grand Rapids at 11:30, but Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm responded at 13:38 off feeds from Max McCue and Gavin Brindley. The Griffins had the final word in the frame after a power-play goal from Joe Snively at 19:57 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 3-2. Fix-Wolansky opened the middle frame with a tally at 2:10 off helpers from Cole Clayton and Samuel Knazko but Grand Rapids pushed ahead with goals from Snively at 4:42 and Antti Tuomisto at 6:35 ending goaltender Zach Sawchenko’s night. The Griffins added a marker from Nate Danielson at 15:36 leaving the Monsters behind 6-3 after 40 minutes. The Monsters pushed back in the third period with a goal from Luca Del Bel Belluz at 16:44 assisted by Corson Ceulemans, but it was not enough bringing the final score to 6-4 and ending Cleveland’s win streak at 10 games.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 5 shots in relief of Sawchenko who made 8 saves in defeat while Grand Rapid’s Sebastian Cossa stopped 29 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
GR |
3 |
3 |
0 |
- |
- |
6 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
0/3 |
1/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
|
GR |
19 |
1/2 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
L |
8 |
5 |
6-2-0 |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
ND |
5 |
1 |
7-3-1 |
|
GR |
Cossa |
W |
29 |
4 |
9-4-1 |
Cleveland Record: 14-5-0-1, 1st North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 14-5-1-0, 1st Central Division
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