The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday night at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 2-1-0-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

The Monsters got the game started in the opening frame with a power-play goal from the captain Brendan Gaunce at 11:01 assisted by Dysin Mayo and Luca Del Bel Belluz. Lehigh Valley’s Denver Barkey responded with a tally on the man advantage at 14:15 sending the teams to the first intermission tied 1-1. The Phantoms scored the lone marker in the middle frame on the power play at 9:41 from Anthony Richard leaving the Monsters trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes. Ryland Mosley notched his first professional goal at 17:40 of the third period with helpers from Guillaume Richard and Max McCue to tie the game and force overtime. Following a scoreless extra frame, Lehigh Valley’s Carl Grudstrom tallied the only goal in four rounds of a shootout bringing the final score to 3-2.

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Carson Bjarnason made 33 saves for the win. 

The Monsters host the Rochester Americans on Saturday, October 25, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 2-1-0-1, 3rd North Division

Lehigh Valley Record: 3-1-0-0, 3rd Atlantic Division

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