The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 4-0 on Wednesday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum. With the win, the Monsters lead the best-of-five North Division Finals presented by Ten10 2-1 and can close the series with a Game 4 win on Friday night.

Owen Sillinger opened the scoring to get the game started with a marker at 4:57 of the first period off a feed from Luca Del Bel Belluz. Hudson Fasching doubled the lead for the Monsters with a power-play goal at 17:20 assisted by Sillinger and Stanislav Svozil sending Cleveland the first intermission ahead 2-0. Following a scoreless middle frame, Justin Pearson put home an empty-net tally at 16:50 of the third period with helpers from Fasching and Dysin Mayo. Mikael Pyyhtiä added an insurance empty-net goal at 18:18 bringing the final score to 4-0.

Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko stopped 16 shots for the shutout while Toronto’s Artur Akhtyamov made 26 saves in the loss. 

The Monsters and Marlies meet for Game 4 of the North Division Finals presented by Ten10 on Friday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Follow the game with full coverage on Cleveland’s 43, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, 1390 The Gambler WNIO-AM, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network. Fans can join the Monsters Game Entertainment crew for the Game 4 Watch Parties presented by truenorth Convenience Stores at The Jolly Scholar or Game On: North Olmsted.

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