The Cleveland Monsters beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (32-13-3-2) 4-3 in overtime on Sunday afternoon at Mohegan Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 25-15-6-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Cleveland’s Max McCue opened the scoring just 1:56 into the first period with Luca Del Bel Belluz and Luca Marrelli on the assists to make it 1-0 Monsters. Wilkes-Barre tied the game 1-1 at 5:29 off a goal from Rutger McGroarty, followed by Owen Sillinger regaining the lead for Cleveland at 13:46 off feeds from Brendan Gaunce and Del Bel Belluz making it a 2-1 game. Penguins forward Ville Koivunen locked the game at two goals at 18:58 sending the teams into the first break tied 2-2. Mikael Pyyhtiä added a marker at 9:56 of the middle stanza to give the Monsters a 3-2 lead through two frames. Emil Pieniniemi tied the game 3-3 to force overtime just 0:43 into the third period but it was Gaunce that won it for Cleveland 2:45 into the overtime period with Dysin Mayo and Jack Williams grabbing assists for the 4-3 Monsters victory. 

 Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko stopped 29 shots for the win while Wilkes-Barre’s Joel Blomqvist made 13 saves and Sergei Murashov tallied 14 saves in defeat. 

 The Monsters head to Michigan to take on the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m. at Van Andel Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on WTAM 1100, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Cleveland Record: 25-15-6-1, 3rd North Division

Wilkes-Barre Record: 32-13-3-2, 2nd Atlantic Division

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