Cleveland Takes 4-2 Win Forcing A Weekend Split In Charlotte
Oct 19, 2024CHARLOTTE, NC – The Cleveland Monsters took down the Charlotte Checkers 4-2 on Saturday night at Bojangles Coliseum. With the win, the Monsters are now 2-2-0-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Checkers’ John Leonard opened up the scoring just 5:59 into the contest, but the Monsters responded with just five seconds left in the opening frame with a power-play goal from Owen Sillinger assisted by Stanislav Svozil and Samuel Knazko sending both squads into the first break tied up at one goal. Both teams were scoreless for the first 17 minutes of the second period until Roman Ahcan poked home his third goal of the season, with Jake Gaudet and Denton Mateychuk being credited with assists handing Cleveland a 2-1 lead through 40 minutes. The third period brought on a hectic finish with Charlotte forward, Matt Luff, scoring at 17:51, knotting the game at two goals. Less than 20 seconds later at the 18:07 mark of the period, Trey Fix-Wolansky took back the lead going top shelf on a penalty shot, immediately followed by Ahcan sliding in an empty netter with just 20 ticks left on the clock, sealing a 4-2 victory for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 23 saves for the win while Charlotte’s Ken Appleby made 26 saves in the loss.
The Monsters finish the season-opening road trip against the Rochester Americans on Wednesday, October 23, at 7:05 p.m. at Blue Cross Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Fox Sports Radio 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 |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
CLT |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
30 |
1/6 |
3/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
CLT |
25 |
1/4 |
5/6 |
14 min / 7 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
CAJAN |
W |
23 |
2 |
1-0-0 |
|
CLT |
APPLEBY |
L |
26 |
3 |
1-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 2-2-0-0, 4th North Division
Charlotte Record: 3-1-0-0, 1st Atlantic Division
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