Strong second period keys Monsters comeback win in Rochester
Apr 23, 2022The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Rochester Americans 4-2 on Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 26-34-8-5 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rochester took control in the opening period with goals from Lukas Rousek at 2:40 and Brandon Biro on the power play at 10:12 to give the Americans a two goal lead. Cleveland answered on the man advantage at 19:40 with a Trey Fix-Wolansky goal, assisted by Cole Fonstad, to make it 2-1 Rochester heading into the first break. In the middle stanza, the Monsters used a Tyler Sikura goal at 2:11 from Robbie Payne and Roman Ahcan to tie the game at two apiece before Ahcan added a tally of his own just 16 seconds later off a Fix-Wolansky feed, giving Cleveland a 3-2 lead. The Monsters defense stood strong in the third while Justin Scott took advantage of the empty net off an assist from Tristan Mullin at 18:27 to seal the win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Cam Johnson made 34 stops in the win while Rochester’s Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves in defeat.
The Monsters host the Rochester Americans in the second leg of a home-and-away back-to-back on Sunday, April 24 at 3:00 p.m. from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
ROC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
26 |
1/2 |
3/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
ROC |
34 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Johnson |
W |
32 |
2 |
6-9-3 |
|
ROC |
Luukonen |
L |
22 |
3 |
14-14-6 |
Cleveland Record: 26-34-8-5, 7th North Division
Rochester Record: 36-27-7-3, 5th North Division
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