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Monsters battle but fall short in 3-2 loss to Rocket for Game 1

Apr 30, 2025
Written By: Cleveland Monsters
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The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 3-2 on Wednesday night at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters trail the North Division Semifinals best-of-five series 0-1.

Following a scoreless first period, Joseph LaBate tipped in a power-play goal at 12:07 of the middle frame with helpers from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Trey Fix-Wolansky putting the Monsters ahead. Laval’s Sean Farrell scored two goals at 16:09 and 19:24 on the man advantage, sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 2-1. The Rocket’s Owen Beck notched a tally at 5:11 of the third period, but the Monsters battled back with a power-play marker from Denton Mateychuk at 17:36 assisted by Fix-Wolansky and LaBate. Despite a strong final push, Cleveland fell with a final score of 3-2.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 29 shots in defeat while Laval’s Jacob Fowler made 23 saves for the win.

The Monsters and Rocket meet for Game 2 of the North Division Semifinals on Friday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, Cleveland’s 43, FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey, and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Shots/Special Teams:

 ShotsPPPKPIM
CLE252/53/48 min / 4 inf
LAV321/43/510 min / 5 inf

Goaltenders:

 GoaltenderOutcomeSavesGAPlayoff Record
CLEGreavesL2932-1
LAVFowlerW2321-0

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