Monsters pick up point in 3-2 overtime loss against Phantoms
Dec 14, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The Monsters are now 16-6-1-2 and in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Phantoms opened the scoring after a goal from Rodrigo Abols just 41 seconds into the first period leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. Lehigh Valley doubled the score with a marker from Jacob Gaucher at 1:38 of the middle frame, but Dylan Gambrell cut the lead in half with tally at 17:48 assisted by Rocco Grimaldi and Cole Clayton sending Cleveland to the final intermission behind 2-1. Trey Fix-Wolansky scored his 100th AHL goal at 8:42 of the third period off feeds from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Daemon Hunt to tie the game and force extra time. Louie Belpedio ended the game scoring a goal for Lehigh Valley at 2:19 of overtime bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 20 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Cal Petersen stopped 23 shots for the win.
The Monsters welcome the Utica Comets for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop on Wednesday, December 18, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
2 |
|
LV |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
25 |
0/3 |
2/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
|
LV |
23 |
0/2 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
OT |
20 |
3 |
7-2-1 |
|
LV |
Peterson |
W |
23 |
2 |
5-8-2 |
Cleveland Record: 16-6-1-2, 1st North Division
Lehigh Valley Record: 10-10-4-1, 7th Atlantic Division
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