Monsters Down Rocket 3-2 In Overtime

Mar 21, 2025

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Laval Rocket 3-2 in overtime on Friday night at Place Bell. With the win, the Monsters are now 29-20-5-5 and in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

After two scoreless periods, Laval would strike first with David Reinbacher scoring at 3:26 of the final frame. Cleveland would get it back at the 6:31 mark with Luca Del Bel Belluz adding a marker with Rocco Grimaldi and Trey Fix-Wolansky grabbing assists to tie the game, 1-1. Roman Ahcan added another tally for the Monsters at 7:59 off feeds from Justin Pearson and Hunter McKown to give Cleveland a 2-1 lead. Rocket forward Florian Xhekaj locked the game at two goals at 11:05 of the third period to force overtime. 2:59 into the extra stanza, Fix-Wolansky netted the game winner off a pass from Grimaldi to notch the 3-2 overtime victory for Cleveland.

 

Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 30 saves for the win while Laval’s Cayden Primeau stopped 25 shots in defeat.

 

The Monsters have a rematch with the Laval Rocket at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, at Place BellTop of Form

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Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	28	1/6	5/6	30 min / 14 inf
LAV	32	1/6	5/6	30 min / 15 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Sawchenko	W	30	2	10-8-4
LAV	Primeau	OTL	25	3	16-2-1

Cleveland Record: 29-20-5-5, 5th North Division

Laval Record: 40-16-3-1, 1st North Division

 

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