Big third period secures Monsters 4-1 win over IceHogs

Mar 13, 2022

The Cleveland Monsters beat the the Rockford IceHogs 4-1 on Sunday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 21-23-6-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Following a scoreless first period, Tyler Sikura notched a tally at 12:02 of the middle frame off assists from Cole Cassels and Tyler Angle giving the Monsters a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes. Rockford’s Josiah Slavin recorded a marker just 50 seconds into the third period, but Sikura scored his second goal of the night unassisted at 7:20 to regain the lead. Kevin Stenlund added a tally 11 seconds later off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Cole Clayton extending Cleveland’s lead followed by Tristan Mullin putting an end to the night with a empty-net goal at 16:22 assisted by Cassels and Billy Sweezey bringing the final score to 4-1.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves for the victory while Rockford’s Collin Delia made 25 saves in defeat.  

 

The Monsters host a rematch against the Rockford IceHogs on Tuesday, March 15, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	0	1	3	-	-	4
RFD	0	0	1	-	-	1

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	29	0/3	3/3	11 min / 4 inf
RFD	25	0/3	3/3	11 min / 4 inf

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	W	24	1	9-6-1
RFD	Delia	L	25	3	10-9-2

Cleveland Record: 21-23-6-4, 7th North Division

Rockford Record: 23-23-3-1, 4th Central Division

 

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