Monsters come up short in season opener after 7-3 loss to Bears
Oct 12, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 7-3 on Saturday night at Giant Center.
The Bears struck first after a goal from Vincent Iorio at 5:00 of the opening frame leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Rocco Grimaldi scored his first goal as a Monster at 2:11 of the middle frame assisted by Chris Wilkie and Samuel Knazko to even the score. Roman Ahcan put Cleveland ahead with a marker at 11:50 off feeds from Denton Mateychuk and Joseph LaBate, but Hershey’s Ethen Frank responded with a power-play tally at 13:07. The Bears added two more goals starting with Bogdan Trineyev at 16:55 followed by another from Frank on the man advantage at 17:42 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 4-2. Frank completed his bid for a hat trick at 5:40 of the third period and Ethan Bear followed it up with a goal for the Bears at 6:11. Denton Mateychuk scored his first professional goal at 12:18 on the power play with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Luca Del Bel Belluz, but Hershey’s Luke Philip notched a tally at 19:03 bringing the final score to 7-3.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves in defeat while Hershey’s Hunter Shepard made 28 saves for the win.
The Monsters have a rematch with the Hershey Bears on Sunday, October 13, at 5:00 p.m. at Giant Center. 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 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
HER |
1 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
1/4 |
4/6 |
12 min / 6 inf |
|
HER |
35 |
2/6 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
28 |
7 |
0-1-0 |
|
HER |
Shepard |
W |
30 |
3 |
1-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 0-1-0-0, T-5th North Division
Hershey Record: 1-0-0-0, T-1st Atlantic Division
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