Monsters come up short in 3-2 loss to Comets

Oct 21, 2022

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 3-2 on Friday evening at Adirondack Bank Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 2-1-0-0 and are currently tied for second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Comets struck first after Andreas Johnsson converted on a power play at 9:48 of the opening frame. Cleveland responded with a marker from Kirill Marchenko at 11:24 assisted by David Jiricek and Gavin Bayreuther followed by a tally on the man advantage from Brendan Gaunce at 15:34 off feeds from Emil Bemstrom and Jiricek to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. Utica scored back-to-back goals in the middle frame from Graeme Clark at 1:47 and Tyce Thompson at 8:46 leaving Cleveland trailing 3-2 after 40 minutes. Despite several chances, the Monsters were held scoreless in the third period keeping the final score to 3-2.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 27 saves in defeat while Utica’s Akira Schmid made 21 saves for the victory.

 

The Monsters visit the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday, October 22, for a 7:05 p.m. puck drop at PPL Center. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	2	0	0	-	-	2
UTC	1	2	0	-	-	3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	23	1/2	3/4	8 min / 4 inf
UTC	30	1/4	1/2	4 min / 2 inf

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	L	27	3	2-1-0
UTC	Schmid	W	21	2	1-1-0

Cleveland Record: 2-1-0-0, T-2nd North Division

Utica Record: 1-1-0-0, T-5th North Division

 

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