Monsters battle with Bears comes up short in 4-3 loss
Mar 8, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 4-3 on Saturday evening at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 28-18-5-5 and in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Hershey’s Mike Vecchione scored at 15:23 on the power play in the first period leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Following a scoreless second period, Luca Del Bel Belluz notched a tally 17 seconds into the final frame assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Cole Clayton tying the game. The Bears responded with a power-play marker from Ivan Miroshnichenko at 8:52, but Joseph LaBate put away a goal at 11:21 off feeds from Clayton and Mikael Pyyhtia tying the game 2-2. Hershey pushed ahead with a goal from Ethan Bear at 12:21 followed by an empty-net tally from Vincent Iorio at 18:58. Cleveland tried to battle back after Del Bel Belluz scored at 19:59 with a helper from Fix-Wolansky, but the comeback fell short with a final score of 4-3.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 19 saves in defeat while Hershey’s Hunter Shepard stopped 21 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
HER |
1 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
24 |
0/1 |
1/3 |
16 min / 5 inf |
|
HER |
23 |
2/3 |
1/1 |
12 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
L |
19 |
3 |
9-7-4 |
|
HER |
Shepard |
W |
21 |
3 |
20-9-2 |
Cleveland Record: 28-18-5-5, 3rd North Division
Hershey Record: 35-15-5-0, 1st Atlantic Division
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