Monsters Knock Milwaukee 4-1 To Start The Holiday Road Trip
Dec 30, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Milwaukee Admirlas 4-1 on Monday night at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 18-9-1-2 and in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Owen Sillinger knocked in the only goal of the first frame at the 8:41 mark while on the power play with Luca Del Bel Belluz and Rocco Grimaldi grabbing assists to send Cleveland into the first intermission up 1-0. Justin Pearson doubled the Monsters’ lead in the second period to make it 2-0 off a feed from Del Bel Belluz at 7:03. But the Admirals pulled within a goal at 18:14 by Ozzy Wiesblatt to make it 2-1 through 40 minutes. Del Bel Belluz picked up his third assist of the night on a goal from Grimaldi just 1:28 into the final frame to put the Monsters up 3-1. Then at 6:10 Daemon Hunt scored on the man-advantage with Corson Ceulemans and Roman Ahcan getting the helpers to close out a 4-1 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 33 saves for the win while Milwaukee’s Matthew Murray stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to Grand Rapids to take on the Griffins for a 6:00 p.m. puck drop on Tuesday, December 31, at Van Andel Arena. 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 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
MIL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
2/4 |
5/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
MIL |
34 |
0/5 |
2/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
33 |
1 |
9-5-3 |
|
MIL |
Murray |
L |
23 |
4 |
8-4-3 |
Cleveland Record: 18-9-1-2, 2nd North Division
Milwaukee Record: 14-10-1-3, 4th Central Division
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