Monsters late rally results in 5-3 win over Americans
Dec 20, 2023The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans 5-3 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 17-7-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rochester’s Brandon Biro notched the first tally of the game at 6:20 but Cleveland’s Trey Fix-Wolansky converted on a power play with his 67th goal as a Monster, tying the franchise record for most goals, at 8:14 off feeds from Carson Meyer and Marcus Bjork, followed by Jake Christiansen’s power-play goal at 17:27 assisted by Stanislav Svozil bringing the score to 2-1 Monsters after 20. Americans’ Brendan Warren scored the lone goal in the middle frame at 4:04 forcing a 2-2 tie going into the third period. In the final frame, Rochester’s Lukas Rousek scored a power-play goal at 55 seconds and was followed by three Cleveland goals from Meyer at 5:57 off feeds from Christiansen and Justin Pearson, Luca Del Bel Belluz on a power play at 10:18 assisted by Christiansen and James Malatesta, and Cole Clayton on an empty net at 18:33 assisted by Christiansen resulting in a 5-3 win for the Monsters.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 35 saves for the win while Rochester’s Dustin Tokarski stopped 26 shots in defeat.
The Monsters continue their road trip and visit the Syracuse Crunch on Friday, December 22nd, at 7:00 p.m. at Upstate Medical University Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
2 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
ROC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
31 |
3/3 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
ROC |
38 |
1/3 |
0/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
35 |
1 |
12-3-0 |
|
ROC |
Tokarski |
L |
26 |
1 |
4-5-1 |
Cleveland Record: 17-7-1-0, 1st North Division
Rochester Record: 12-9-2-1, 4th North Division
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