The Cleveland Monsters beat the Milwaukee Admirals 4-3 in overtime on Friday night at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 3-1-1-1 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Luca Del Bel Belluz got the night started with a power-play goal at 7:55 of the first period off assists from Jordan Dumais and Mikael Pyyhtiä. Del Bel Belluz added a second tally at 12:12 with help from Dumais, but Milwaukee’s Jake Lucchini cut the Monsters lead in half with a marker at 16:17 leaving the score at 2-1 after 20 minutes. The Admirals added a goal on the man advantage from Ryan Ufko just 23 seconds into the middle frame followed by a shorthanded tally from David Edstrom at 1:46 bringing the score to 3-2. Dumais recorded a marker at 13:47 off feeds from Luca Pinelli and Stanislav Svozil tying the game 3-3 heading into the final intermission. Following a scoreless third period, Jack Williams notched the game-winning tally at 2:15 of overtime assisted by Will Butcher and James Malatesta bringing the final score to 4-3.

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 22 saves for the win while Milwaukee’s Matthew Murray made 36 saves in defeat. 

The Monsters have a rematch against Admirals on Saturday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, Newsradio WTAM 1100, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 3-1-1-1, 4th North Division

Milwaukee Record: 3-1-2-0, 3rd Central Division

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