Monsters bounce back for 4-2 win over Marlies
Jan 5, 2025The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 4-2 on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum. With the win, the Monsters are now 20-10-1-3 and in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Marlies started the first period with a shorthanded goal from Cédric Paré at 14:04 leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Gavin Brindley responded in the middle frame with a power-play marker at 9:30 assisted by Daemon Hunt and Joseph LaBate sending the teams to the final intermission tied 1-1. Toronto’s Alex Steeves converted on the man advantage at 6:31 of the third, but Cameron Butler answered with a tally at 7:50 off feeds from Max McCue and Stanislav Svozil to tie the game. Rocco Grimaldi pushed the Monsters ahead with a tally at 15:18 with a helper from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Dylan Gambrell followed up with an empty-net insurance goal at 19:16 bringing the final score to 4-2.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 32 saves for the win while Toronto’s Matt Murray stopped 20 shots in defeat.
The Monsters return home to host the Laval Rocket at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 10, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
TOR |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
24 |
1/3 |
4/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
TOR |
34 |
1/5 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
32 |
2 |
11-5-3 |
|
TOR |
Murray |
L |
20 |
3 |
4-3-2 |
Cleveland Record: 20-10-1-3, 2nd North Division
Toronto Record: 17-8-2-3, 4th North Division
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