Monsters fall 5-1 to Griffins in final game of 2024

Dec 31, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-1 on Tuesday night at Van Andel Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 18-10-1-2 and in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Griffins scored four goals throughout the first period starting with William Lagesson at 3:41 followed by Dominik Shine at 5:51. Eemil Viro converted on the power play at 8:08 and Antti Tuomisto added a tally at 15:30 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 4-0. Alex Doucet recorded a marker for Grand Rapids at 14:57 of the middle frame leaving Cleveland behind 5-0 after 40 minutes. Luca Del Bel Belluz spoiled the Griffins shutout bid in the third period with a man-advantage marker at 18:24 assisted by Rocco Grimaldi and Stanislav Svozil bringing the final score to 5-1.

 

Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 25 saves in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Jack Campbell stopped 20 shots for the win.

 

The Monsters return home to host the Grand Rapids Griffins for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop on Thursday, January 2, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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	0	1	-	-	1
GR	4	1	0	-	-	5

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	21	1/2	3/4	8 min / 4 inf
GR	30	1/4	1/2	4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Sawchenko	L	25	5	7-5-1
GR	Campbell	W	20	1	2-2-0

Cleveland Record: 18-10-1-2, 2nd North Division

Grand Rapids Record: 19-9-3-0, 1st Central Division

 

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