The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins (45-13-4-1) 5-2 on Thursday evening at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 33-23-6-1 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Following a scoreless first period, Cleveland’s Luca Pinelli put up the first goal of the contest at 1:46 of the second period assisted by Mikael Pyyhtiä and Caleb MacDonald but Grand Rapids’ Carter Mazur grabbed the equalizer at 4:16 to make it an even 1-1. The Monsters’ Luca Marrelli capitalized on the man advantage with helpers from Jack Williams and Luca Del Bel Belluz at 18:31 but Mazur responded once again at 19:59 to make it 2-2 heading into the final frame. Grand Rapids added three more in the third with tallies from Eduards Tralmaks at 2:00, Wojciech Stachowiak at 4:23 and Shai Buium at 14:48, bringing the final score to 5-2 Griffins. 

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 19 shots in defeat while Grand Rapids' Carter Gylander made 28 saves for the win.

The Monsters continue their homestand when they face off against the Utica Comets on Saturday, March 28th, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on Rock Sports Entertainment Network, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, 1390 The Gambler WNIO-AM, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 33-23-6-1, 4th North Division

Grand Rapid Record: 45-13-4-1, 1st Central Division

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