The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans (30-27-5-4) 4-3 in a shootout on Monday evening at Rocket Arena. With the shootout loss, the Monsters are now 35-25-6-2 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Following a scoreless first period, Rochester put up two quick points in the second off goals from Trevor Kuntar at 1:44 and Matteo Constantini at 2:50 but Cleveland’s James Malatesta responded with one of his own at 8:50 assisted by Riley Bezeau and Corson Ceulemans to make it 2-1 Americans heading into the third. Kuntar put up another for the Americans at 3:40 in the third but the Monsters stormed back with a goal from Mikael Pyyhtiä at 15:43 off feeds from Jack Williams and Owen Sillinger followed by one from Sillinger with helpers from Pyyhtiä and Brendan Gaunce making it 3-3 and sending the game to overtime. After a scoreless extra frame, Rochester’s Carson Meyer scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Americans the 4-3 win. 

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 17 shots in defeat while Rochester’s Devon Levi made 35 saves for the win.

The Monsters head out to Pennsylvania where they will face off against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, April 11th at 6:05 p.m. at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. Follow the game with full coverage on 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: 35-25-6-2, 3rd North Division

Rochester Record: 30-27-5-4, 5th North Division

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