Monsters hand Marlies first regulation loss after 4-2 win

Nov 2, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 3-3-0-1 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Cameron Butler struck first at 3:21 of the opening frame off feeds from Jake Gaudet and Denton Mateychuk, but Toronto’s Connor Dewar responded at 6:40 leaving the teams tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Marshall Rifai notched a tally for the Marlies at 2:38 of the second period, but James Malatesta recorded a marker at 19:37 with helpers from Owen Sillinger and Dylan Gambrell sending the Monsters to the final intermission tied 2-2. Cleveland pushed forward in the third period starting when Max McCue scored his first professional goal unassisted at 11:46 followed by an empty-net tally from Dylan Gambrell at 19:31 assisted by Justin Pearson bringing the final score to 4-2.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 25 saves for the win while Toronto’s Matt Murray stopped 30 shots in defeat.

 

The Monsters host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday, November 3, at 6:30 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Fox Sports Radio 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	1	1	2	-	-	4
TOR	1	1	0	-	-	2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	34	0/2	3/3	6 min / 3 inf
TOR	27	0/3	2/2	4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	W	25	2	1-2-1
TOR	Murray	L	30	3	2-1-0

Cleveland Record: 3-3-0-1, 6th North Division

Toronto Record: 6-1-0-1, 2nd North Division

 

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