Monsters Battle To 6-5 Shootout Win Over Marlies
Apr 13, 2025TORONTO, ON. – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 6-5 in a shootout on Sunday evening at Coca-Cola Coliseum. With the win, the Monsters are now 35-22-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Cleveland defenseman Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm opened the scoring at 13:14 of the first period with Joseph LaBate and Drew Bavaro earning assists to make it 1-0. Toronto added two tallies with Logan Shaw on the power play at 17:25 and Jacob Quillan at 19:00 to send the Monsters into the first break with a 2-1 deficit. Monsters forward Trey Fix-Wolansky tied the game at two off a feed from Mikael Pyyhtiä at 4:46 of the second frame, but Toronto bounced back ahead at 16:28 with a goal from Cédric Paré to take a 3-2 lead through 40 minutes. The Monsters started the final stanza with a power-play tally at 4:34 from Dylan Gambrell assisted by Rocco Grimaldi and Hunter McKown to tie the game at three, followed by Grimaldi netting a marker on the man advantage at 6:57 with Madison Bowey and Gavin Brindley on the helpers for the 4-3 Cleveland lead. Toronto tied the game 4-4 with a goal from Joseph Blandisi at 9:58, but Cleveland’s Pyyhtiä scored with Bowey and Fix-Wolansky notching assists at 11:01 to pull ahead 5-4. Regulation scoring ended with Marlies’ forward Alex Steeves locking the game at five with a power-play goal at 12:59 to force extra time. After a scoreless overtime period, Fix-Wolansky netted the shootout game-winner to take the 6-5 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 25 saves for the win, while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby stopped 32 shots in defeat.
The Monsters will travel to Rochester for a game with the Americans on Wednesday, April 16, at 7:00 p.m. at Blue Cross Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on 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 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
TOR |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
37 |
2/3 |
2/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
TOR |
30 |
2/4 |
1/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
W |
25 |
5 |
3-2-0 |
|
TOR |
Hildeby |
SOL |
32 |
5 |
15-9-4 |
Cleveland Record: 35-23-5-6, 4th North Division
Toronto Record: 34-23-4-8, 5th North Division
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