Cleveland drops 4-3 battle against Lehigh Valley
Jan 20, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-3 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-11-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Brendan Gaunce grabbed the lone goal of the first period on the man advantage at 18:45 off feeds from Carson Meyer and David Jiricek putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Gaunce added his second tally of the night at 2:17 of the middle frame with helpers from Samuel Knazko and Jiricek. Lehigh Valley responded with goals from Rhett Gardner at 4:27 and Ronnie Attard at 8:58, but Meyer put home a power-play marker at 10:14 assisted by Gaunce and Jiricek sending Cleveland to the final intermission ahead 3-2. The Phantoms took control of the third period after goals from Olle Lycksell at 5:41 and Emil Andrae on the power play at 12:54 bringing the final score to 4-3.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Felix Sandstrom stopped 33 shots for the win.
The Monsters welcome the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
2 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
LV |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
36 |
2/8 |
6/7 |
19 min / 8 inf |
|
LV |
26 |
1/7 |
6/8 |
21 min / 9 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
22 |
4 |
18-6-1 |
|
LV |
Sandstrom |
W |
33 |
3 |
7-4-2 |
Cleveland Record: 24-11-1-1, 1st North Division
Lehigh Valley Record: 17-15-5-1, 7th Atlantic Division
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