Monsters fall short in 3-1 loss to Stars
Mar 29, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Texas Stars 3-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 31-21-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Luca Del Bel Belluz struck first at 14:23 of the opening period with helpers from Mikael Pyyhtia and Hunter McKown putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. Texas took control of the middle frame with goals from Kole Lind at 10:51 and Kyle Looft at 12:33 sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 2-1. The Stars pushed the game out of reach with an empty-net tally from Matěj Blümel at 18:04 bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 27 saves in defeat while Texas’ Remi Poirier stopped 21 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
TEX |
0 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
22 |
0/3 |
3/3 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
TEX |
30 |
0/3 |
3/3 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
27 |
2 |
18-11-6 |
|
TEX |
Poirier |
W |
21 |
1 |
15-8-2 |
Cleveland Record: 31-22-5-6, 4th North Division
Texas Record: 40-20-3-0, 1st Central Division
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