The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Providence Bruins (27-8-1-0) 6-2 on Sunday evening at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. With the loss, the Monsters are now 17-14-4-1 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

The Bruins scored two goals in the opening frame from John Farinacci at 5:53 and Frederic Brunet at 19:31 leaving the Monsters trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. Providence’s Christian Wolanin converted on the man advantage at 6:05 of the middle stanza followed quickly by a marker from Riley Tufte at 6:21 ending starting goaltender Zach Sawchenko’s night and doubling the score to 4-0 heading into the final intermission. The Bruins added a power-play goal from Dans Locmelis at 5:36 of the third period, but Owen Sillinger got the Monsters on the board with a tally at 11:42 assisted by Luca Pinelli. Sillinger notched a marker on the man advantage at 16:28 with helpers from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Luca Marrelli, but Matěj Blümel responded with a marker at 17:38 bringing the final score to 6-2. 

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 10 saves in relief of Sawchenko who stopped 9 shot in defeat while Providence’s Luke Cavallin made 30 saves for the win. 

The Monsters return home to host the Chicago Wolves on Wednesday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 17-14-4-1, 5th North Division

Providence Record: 27-8-1-0, 2nd Atlantic Division

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