Monsters tripped up in 5-1 loss to Comets
Oct 28, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 5-1 on Friday night at Adirondack Bank Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 3-4-0-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Comets took control of the first period with goals from Brian Pinho at 3:52 and Samuel Laberge at 13:38 leaving the Monsters trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. Utica’s Simon Nemec scored at 14:13 of the middle frame, but Emil Bemstrom responded with a power-play tally at 17:04 off assists from Marcus Bjork and Kirill Marchenko cutting Cleveland’s deficit to 3-1. The Comets’ Riley Walsh converted on the man advantage at 6:38 of the third period followed by an empty-net marker from Jack Dugan at 14:58 bringing the final score to 5-1.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 23 saves in defeat while Utica’s Akira Schmid made 23 saves for the victory.
The Monsters conclude the road trip with a visit the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday, October 29, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Upstate Medical University Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
UTC |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
24 |
1/3 |
5/6 |
29 min / 9 inf |
|
UTC |
28 |
1/6 |
2/3 |
23 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
23 |
4 |
1-1-0 |
|
UTC |
Schmid |
W |
23 |
1 |
2-1-0 |
Cleveland Record: 3-4-0-0, 4th North Division
Utica Record: 2-2-0-0, 5th North Division
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