Monsters prevail in 3-2 overtime win against Marlies

Nov 13, 2024

The 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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