Monsters late third period push ends in 6-5 overtime loss to Wolves
Jan 22, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 22-12-2-3 and in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Wolves struck first after a goal from Austin Wagner at 8:05, but Roman Ahcan responded with a tally at 11:25 off feeds from Hunter McKown and Samuel Knazko leaving the score tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Chicago added tallies in the middle frame from Noel Gunler on the power play at 6:33, Charles-Alexis Legault at 9:06 and Skyler Brind’Amour shorthanded at 15:27 sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 4-1. Domenick Fensore notched a marker for the Wolves at 3:55 of the third period ending Monsters starting goaltender Jet Greaves’ night. Cleveland’s offense exploded mounting a comeback beginning when McKown recorded a goal at 6:10 assisted by Madison Bowey cutting the deficit to 5-2. McKown added a second tally at 14:35 with helpers from Ahcan and Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm that was followed by a goal from Owen Sillinger at 16:07 assisted by Daemon Hunt and Stefan Matteau bringing the game within one. McKown completed his bid for his first professional hat trick with a marker at 16:52 off feeds from Cole Clayton and Justin Pearson forcing the teams into extra time with the score tied 5-5. Chicago’s Bradley Nadeau grabbed the game-winning goal at 1:52 of overtime bringing the final score to 6-5.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 8 saves in defeat after relieving Greaves who stopped 20 shots. Chicago’s Spencer Martin stopped 23 shots for the win.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Chicago Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 23, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, NewsRadio WTAM 1100, 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 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
- |
5 |
|
CHI |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
- |
6 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
28 |
0/3 |
1/2 |
9 min / 3 inf |
|
CHI |
34 |
1/2 |
3/3 |
11 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
ND |
20 |
5 |
12-6-3 |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
OT |
8 |
1 |
7-5-2 |
|
CHI |
Martin |
W |
23 |
5 |
10-3-1 |
Cleveland Record: 22-12-2-3, 3rd North Division
Chicago Record: 19-15-2-0, 4th Central Division
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