Monsters Score Late But Fall 4-3 In Overtime To Crunch
Jan 25, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the the Syracuse Crunch in overtime 4-3 on Saturday night at Upstate Medical University Arena. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 23-12-3-3 and in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Owen Sillinger scored at 5:12 of the opening period with feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky & Madison Bowey for the early Cleveland lead, followed by Dylan Gambrell netting a short handed goal at 14:04 to make it 2-0 Monsters through one frame. The Crunch made it 2-1 through 40 minutes with a goal from Declan Carlile at 13:26 of the second period. 1:31 into the final stanza, Syracuse’s Gabriel Fortier tied the game 2-2, then a go-ahead penalty shot goal from Gage Goncalves made it a 3-2 Crunch lead at 16:03. Cleveland’s Gavin Brindley would retie the game at three at 18:51 with helpers from Rocco Grimaldi and Fix-Wolansky to send the game to overtime. Goncalves scored the game winner for Syracuse at the 1:11 mark of the overtime period to take the 4-3 victory for the Crunch.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 43 saves in defeat while Syracuse’s Brandon Halverson stopped 11 shots for the win.
The Monsters head home to host the Providence Bruins for the first night of Lumberjacks Weekend at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 31, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, 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 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
|
SYR |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
14 |
1/4 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
SYR |
47 |
0/3 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
OTL |
43 |
4 |
12-6-4 |
|
SYR |
Halverson |
W |
11 |
3 |
12-6-6 |
Cleveland Record: 23-12-3-3, 3rd North Division
Syracuse Record: 18-14-5-4, 5th North Division
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