Monsters cap off weekend with 3-1 win over Griffins

Monsters cap off weekend with 3-1 win over Griffins

Nov 3, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-1 on Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 4-3-0-1 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Roman Ahcan opened the scoring at 4:09 of the first period off a helper from Hunter McKown, but the Griffins responded with a goal from Amadeus Lombardi at 10:18 to even the score. Ahcan recorded his second tally of the night at 18:54 assisted by Denton Mateychuk sending Cleveland to the first intermission ahead 2-1. Following a scoreless second period, Owen Sillinger notched an empty-net tally at 19:15 of the third frame off feeds from Dylan Gambrell and Ahcan bringing the final score to 3-1.

 

Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 17 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa stopped 23 shots in defeat.

 

The Monsters welcome the Rochester Americans on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. 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

2

0

1

-

-

3

GR

1

0

0

-

-

1

 

Shots/Special Teams:

 

Shots

PP

PK

PIM

CLE

26

0/2

2/2

4 min / 2 inf

GR

18

0/2

2/2

4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

 

Goaltender

Outcome

Saves

GA

Record

CLE

Sawchenko

W

17

1

2-1-0

GR

Cossa

L

23

2

4-3-1

Cleveland Record: 4-3-0-1, 6th North Division

Grand Rapids Record: 6-3-1-0, 2nd Central Division

 

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