
Monsters postseason comes to end after 4-1 loss to Rocket
The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 4-1 on Tuesday night at Place Bell. With the loss, the Monsters finished the North Division Semifinals 1-3.
The Rocket took control of the opening frame with a goal from Xavier Simoneau at 4:22 followed by tallies on the man advantage from Laurent Dauphin at 9:42 and Logan Mailloux at 12:21 leaving the Monsters trailing 3-0 after 20 minutes. Luca Del Bel Belluz got Cleveland on the board at 17:19 of the second period off a feed from Samuel Knazko cutting the team’s deficit to 3-1 heading into the final intermission. Laval’s Dauphin scored a power-play tally at 17:27 of the third period bringing the final score to 4-1 and ending Cleveland’s postseason.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 32 shots in defeat while Laval’s Jacob Fowler made 18 saves for the win.
Scoring:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final |
CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 |
LAV | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM |
CLE | 19 | 0/1 | 5/8 | 42 min / 13 inf |
LAV | 36 | 3/8 | 1/1 | 8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Playoff Record |
CLE | Greaves | L | 32 | 4 | 3-3 |
LAV | Fowler | W | 18 | 1 | 3-0 |
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