MONSTERS OUTSHOOT WOLVES IN 6-5 OVERTIME LOSS
| Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves (19-9-4-5) 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday night at Rocket Arena. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 17-14-5-1 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Monsters unleashed an offensive push in the first period beginning with a goal from Corson Ceulemans at 10:12 with helpers from Max McCue and Hunter McKown. McKown tipped in a shot from Dysin Mayo at 18:44 followed by a marker from Roman Ahcan at 19:22 assisted by Will Butcher and McKown bringing the score to 3-0 after 20 minutes. Chicago’s Josiah Slavin opened the middle frame with a tally at 2:50, but Justin Pearson responded with a marker at 4:24 off feeds from Hudson Fasching and Ole Julian Bjørgvik-Holm moving the score to 4-1. Caleb MacDonald notched his first professional goal at 6:57 off feeds from McKown and Pearson, but the Wolves followed with a marker from Cal Foote at 15:13 and a power-play tally from Ryan Suzuki at 18:21 sending the Monsters to the final intermission leading 5-3. Chicago’s Bradly Nadeau recorded a goal just six seconds into the third period ending starting goaltender Ivan Fedotov’s night and Skyler Brind’Amour followed with a marker at 10:21 tying the game to force overtime. The Wolves won the game with a goal from Nadeau at 4:29 of the extra frame bringing the final score to 6-5.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko stopped 7 shots in defeat relieving Fedotov who made 6 saves while Chicago’s Cayden Primeau made 30 saves for the win.
The Monsters host the Chicago Wolves for a rematch on Thursday, January 22, at 7:00 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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Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM |
CLE | 35 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 10 min / 5 inf |
CHI | 19 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 2 min / 1 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record |
CLE | Fedotov | ND | 6 | 4 | 12-9-3 |
CLE | Sawchenko | OT | 7 | 2 | 5-5-3 |
CHI | Primeau | W | 30 | 5 | 8-4-5 |
Cleveland Record: 17-14-5-1, 6th North Division
Chicago Record: 19-9-4-5, 2nd Central Division
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