Monsters offense shines in 5-1 victory over Americans
Mar 31, 2021The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans 5-1 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 7-5-1-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
The Monsters took an early lead after Jake Christiansen notched his first professional goal at 3:47 of the opening period off assists from Nathan Gerbe and Adam Helewka. Cleveland’s Gavin Bayreuther scored a tally at 8:00 with helpers from Carson Meyer and Justin Scott to send the Monsters to the first intermission leading 2-0. Following a scoreless second period, Tyler Sikura began the final frame with a marker at 4:18 off feeds from Christiansen and Helewka. Josh Dunne pushed the score to 4-0 after recording his first professional tally at 9:55 on the power play assisted by Tyler Angle and Christiansen, but the Amerks ended the Monsters shutout bid at 16:09 with Michael Mersch’s goal. Zach Jordan added an empty-net shorthanded insurance marker at 18:24 with a helper from Thomas Schemitsch to secure Cleveland’s 5-1 win.
Cleveland’s Brad Thiessen made 23 saves in victory while Rochester’s Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 shots in defeat.
The Monsters return home to face the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday, April 3, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘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 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
29 |
1/3 |
6/6 |
19 min / 8 inf |
|
ROC |
24 |
0/6 |
2/3 |
13 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Thiessen |
W |
23 |
1 |
4-4-1 |
|
ROC |
Luukkonen |
L |
24 |
4 |
5-3-1 |
Cleveland Record: 7-5-1-0, 4th Central Division
Rochester Record: 6-4-1-1, 4th North Division
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