Monsters come together for 4-2 win over Wolves
Nov 5, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 5-5-0-0 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Wolves opened the scoring after a power-play goal from Jamieson Rees at 9:05 of the first period, but Emil Bemstrom picked up a man-advantage tally at 11:32 with helpers from Brendan Gaunce and Kirill Marchenko knotting the game 1-1 after 20 minutes. Cleveland took the lead in the middle frame following a power-play marker from Marchenko at 3:30 off feeds from Bemstrom and Samuel Knazko sending the Monsters to the final intermission ahead 2-1. Bemstrom added his second goal of the night just 1:53 into the third period assisted by Justin Richards and Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm pushing the score to 3-1. Chicago’s Nathan Sucese notched a tally at 3:11 but Richards added an insurance marker at 14:17 with helpers from Tim Berni and Bjorgvik-Holm securing Cleveland’s 4-2 win.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 22 saves for the victory while Chicago’s Zachary Sawchenko made 32 saves in defeat.
The Monsters host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday, November 9, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
CHI |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
36 |
2/7 |
3/4 |
15 min / 6 inf |
|
CHI |
24 |
1/4 |
5/7 |
31 min / 10 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
W |
22 |
2 |
2-2-0 |
|
CHI |
Sawchenko |
L |
32 |
4 |
1-2-0 |
Cleveland Record: 5-5-0-0, 3rd North Division
Chicago Record: 3-4-1-0, 5th Central Division
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