Monsters set new franchise record with 9-2 victory over Amerks

Apr 10, 2021

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans 9-2 on Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena setting a new franchise record for most goals in a single game. With the win, the Monsters are now 9-5-1-0 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.

 

Both teams traded goals throughout the first period beginning with Griffin Luce’s quick tally for Rochester at 1:37. The Monsters tied the score at 8:28 following a power-play marker from Tyler Angle assisted by Thomas Schemitsch and Jake Christiansen before taking the lead 34 seconds later after Josh Dunne recorded an unassisted goal at 9:02. Matthew Struthers scored his first goal for Cleveland at 13:33 off helpers from Adam Clendening and Christiansen, but Rochester’s Steven Fogarty notched a tally at 15:16 cutting the score to 3-2 after 20 minutes. The Monsters offense controlled the middle frame beginning with Carson Meyer at 12:30 assisted by Cliff Pu followed by a tally from Nathan Gerbe at 13:35 off a helper from Tyler Sikura bringing an end to starting Amerks goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s night. Christiansen converted on a power play for the Monsters at 19:56 with feeds from Liam Foudy and Schemitsch bringing the score to 6-2 heading into the final intermission. Cleveland’s offense continued rolling into the third period starting with Sikura’s power-play tally at 7:48 with helpers from Clendening and Adam Helewka. Schemitsch completed a shorthanded opportunity assisted by Foudy at 9:59 before Foudy went on to score the Monsters fourth power-play goal at 12:13 off feeds from Schemitsch and Christiansen bringing the final score to 9-2.

 

Cleveland’s Matiss Kivlenieks made 12 saves for the victory while Rochester’s Billy Christopoulos made 5 saves in relief of starting goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen who stopped 22 shots in defeat.

 

The Monsters return to visit the Rochester Americans again on Wednesday, April 14, with a 6:05 p.m. puck drop at Blue Cross Arena.  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	3	3	3	-	-	9
ROC	2	0	0	-	-	2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	36	4/9	2/2	9 min / 3 inf
ROC	14	0/2	5/9	33 min / 11 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Kivlenieks	W	12	2	4-0-0
ROC	Luukkonen	L	22	5	7-5-2
ROC	Christopoulos	ND	5	4	0-0-0

 

 

Cleveland Record: 9-5-1-0, 2nd Central Division

Rochester Record: 8-6-2-1, 5th North Division

 

GAME SHEET – GAME PHOTOS – GAME HIGHLIGHTS*

 

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