Monsters fall short in 4-1 loss to Marlies

Apr 12, 2025

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Toronto Marlies 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 34-22-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Marlies struck first with a goal from Nick Abruzzese on the power play at 13:23 of the opening frame leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Toronto added two more when William Villeneuve converted on the man advantage at 7:45 of the second period followed by a tally from Alex Nylander at 19:00 putting Cleveland down 3-0 heading into the final intermission. The Marlies special teams added another power-play marker from Topi Niemelä at 7:40 of the final frame. Hunter McKown responded with a marker at 19:10 assisted by Madison Bowey and Samuel Knazko but the late push wasn’t enough with a final score to 4-1.

 

Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 27 saves in defeat while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby stopped 24 shots for the win.

 

The Monsters head North for a rematch with the Toronto Marlies on Sunday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m. at Coca Cola Coliseum. 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
TOR	1	2	1	-	-	4

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	25	0/3	1/4	14 min / 7 inf
TOR	31	3/4	3/3	12 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Sawchenko	L	27	4	10-9-5
TOR	HIldeby	W	24	1	15-9-3

Cleveland Record: 34-23-5-6, 4th North Division

Toronto Record: 34-23-4-7, 5th North Division

 

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