Monsters tame Wolves in 3-1 victory
Jan 23, 2025The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 3-1 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 23-12-2-3 and in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rocco Grimaldi recorded the lone goal of the opening frame at 3:30 assisted by Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm and Dylan Gambrell putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. Hunter McKown notched a tally at 12:51 of the second period off a feed from Roman Ahcan sending Cleveland to the final intermission leading 2-0. Chicago’s Scott Morrow scored on the power play at 13:19 of the final period, but Justin Pearson pushed the game out of reach after a marker at 18:51 with helpers from Ahcan and McKown bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 28 saves for the win while Chicago’s Ruslan Khazheyev stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to face the Syracuse Crunch at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, at Upstate Medical University Arena. 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 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
CHI |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
26 |
0/5 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
CHI |
29 |
1/3 |
5/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Sawchenko |
W |
28 |
1 |
8-5-2 |
|
CHI |
Khazheyev |
L |
23 |
3 |
4-9-0 |
Cleveland Record: 23-12-2-3, 2nd North Division
Chicago Record: 19-16-2-0, 4th Central Division
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