The Cleveland Monsters beat the Belleville Senators 5-1 on Wednesday night at CAA Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 31-20-5-5 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Jordan Dumais opened the scoring at 17:13 of the first period with helpers from Rocco Grimaldi and Daemon Hunt sending Cleveland to the first intermission ahead 1-0. Belleville’s Cole Reinhardt notched a tally at 4:46 of the middle frame, but Trey Fix-Wolansky converted on the man advantage at 6:43 off feeds from Joseph LaBate and Drew Bavaro bringing the score to 2-1. The Monsters offense exploded in the third period starting when Roman Ahcan extended the lead with a goal at 6:56 assisted by Mikael Pyyhtia and Justin Pearson. Fix-Wolansky scored again at 16:00 and Luca Del Bel Belluz converted on the man advantage at 17:32 assisted by Pyyhtia and LaBate bringing the final score to 5-1.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 32 saves for the win while Belleville’s Leevi Meriläinen stopped 23 shots in defeat.

The Monsters return home to host the Texas Stars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 28, at Rocket Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 31-21-5-5, 4th North Division

Belleville Record: 29-24-4-4, 6th North Division

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