Cleveland stalled in 6-1 loss to Rochester

Apr 3, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 6-1 on Wednesday night at the Blue Cross Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 35-23-4-3 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Americans took control in the first period with goals from Nikita Novikov at 2:19, Graham Slaggert at 6:12 and Viktor Neuchev on the power play at 14:41. Luca Del Bel Belluz responded with a tally at 17:00 assisted by Corson Ceulemans and Zachary Okabe, but Rochester’s Mason Jobst recorded a marker at 17:26 leaving Cleveland trailing 4-1 after 20 minutes. The Amerks added a goal from Linus Weissbach at 7:22 of the middle frame extending the Monsters deficit to 5-1 heading into the final intermission. Rochester’s Zach Metsa scored a tally at 5:17 of the third period bringing the final score to 6-1.

 

Cleveland’s Malcolm Subban stopped 19 shots in defeat while Rochester’s Devon Levi made 26 saves for the win.

 

The Monsters continue the road trip when they visit the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday, April 5, at 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. 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	0	0	-	-	1
ROC	4	1	1	-	-	6

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	27	0/3	2/3	18 min / 6 inf
ROC	25	1/3	3/3	28 min / 7 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Subban	L	19	6	11-17-4
ROC	Levi	W	26	1	12-5-3

Cleveland Record: 35-23-4-3, 3rd North Division

Rochester Record: 34-22-6-3, 2nd North Division

 

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