The Cleveland Monsters fell 4-3 in overtime to the Rochester Americans (16-10-3-1) on Monday night at Rocket Arena. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 13-10-4-1 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Roman Ahcan scored the first goal of the night at 12:56 of the opening frame with assists from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Mikael Pyyhtiä. Rochester’s Vsevolod Komarov responded with a tally at 17:26 sending both teams to the first intermission tied 1-1. The Amerks pushed ahead with a marker from Redmond Savage at 13:27 of the second period putting the Monsters behind 2-1 after 40 minutes. A back-and-forth offensive battle transpired in the third period starting when Pyyhtiä evened the score with a power-play goal at just 45 seconds with helpers from Will Butcher and Del Bel Belluz. Rochester’s Isak Rosén notched a tally on the man advantage at 10:57 but Pyyhtiä scored his second of the night at 19:06 off feeds from Del Bel Belluz and Butcher sending the game to overtime. The Amerks had the final say after a marker from Jack Rathbone at 2:36 of the extra frame bringing the final score to 4-3. 

Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 23 saves in defeat while Rochester’s Scott Ratzlaff made 24 saves for the win. 

The Monsters host the Toronto Marlies on Tuesday, December 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 13-10-4-1, 6th North Division

Rochester Record: 16-10-3-1, 3rd North Division

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