Monsters prevail in 3-2 overtime win against Marlies
Nov 13, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 8-4-0-1 and currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Owen Sillinger opened the scoring at 1:36 of the first period with helpers from Rocco Grimaldi and Corson Ceulemans putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Toronto’s Fraser Minten responded with a tally at 12:59 of the middle frame tying the game 1-1 heading into the final intermission. The Marlies added another goal at 9:34 of the third period from Robert Mastrosimone, but Curtis Hall tied the game at 14:38 off feeds from Madison Bowey and Jake Gaudet forcing overtime. Grimaldi was the overtime hero for the Monsters scoring at 4:17 assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Hunter McKown bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 26 saves for the win while Toronto’s Matt Murray stopped 18 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to visit the Providence Bruins on Friday, November 15, at 7:05 p.m. at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Follow the games with full coverage on Fox Sports Radio 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 |
1 |
1 |
- |
3 |
|
TOR |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
21 |
0/3 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
TOR |
28 |
0/3 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
W |
26 |
2 |
4-1-0 |
|
TOR |
Murray |
L |
18 |
3 |
2-1-1 |
Cleveland Record: 8-4-0-1, 2nd North Division
Toronto Record: 7-1-2-1, 3rd North Division
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