Monsters fail to crack code in 4-1 loss to Amerks
Jan 21, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 4-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 12-12-4-3 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rochester’s JJ Peterka scored the lone goal of the opening frame at 4:13 sending Cleveland into the first intermission trailing 1-0. The Amerks’ Arttu Ruotsalainen notched a power-play tally at 12:06 of the second period, but Brendan Gaunce answered with a man-advantage marker of his own at 17:38 off feeds from Adam Helewka and Dillon Simpson cutting the score to 2-1 after 40 minutes. Despite a strong offensive push from Cleveland, Rochester added two goals in the final frame from Ara Nazarian at 2:51 and Ryan MacInnis into an empty net at 19:23 pushing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Jean-Francois Berube had 21 stops in defeat while Rochester’s Mat Robson made 35 saves for the victory.
The Monsters host the Rochester Americans for a rematch on Saturday, January 22, for an 1:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
ROC |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
36 |
1/5 |
4/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
|
ROC |
25 |
1/5 |
4/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Berube |
L |
21 |
3 |
4-6-3 |
|
ROC |
Robson |
W |
35 |
1 |
4-1-2 |
Cleveland Record: 12-12-4-3, 6th North Division
Rochester Record: 20-11-2-1, 2nd North Division
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