Cleveland stumbles in 4-2 loss to Hartford

Jan 26, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-2 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 25-12-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Following a scoreless first period, Hartford opened the scoring in the middle frame beginning with a goal from Anton Blidh at 5:26. Brendan Gaunce put the Monsters on the board after a marker at 9:44 assisted by Mikael Pyyhtia and Carson Meyer, but the Wolf Pack responded with a shorthanded tally from Adam Sykora at 12:44 bringing the score to 2-1 after 40 minutes. Meyer notched a power-play goal at 6:08 of the third period off feeds from Nick Blankenburg and Trey Fix-Wolansky, but Hartford’s Brett Berard recorded a marker on the man advantage at 14:26 and an empty-net tally at 19:23 bringing the final score to 4-2.  

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 26 saves in defeat while Hartford’s Dylan Garand stopped 23 shots for the win.

 

The Monsters host a rematch against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday, January 27, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	25	1/5	7/8	31 min / 10 inf
HFD	30	1/8	4/5	15 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	L	26	3	19-7-1
HFD	Garand	W	23	2	11-4-3

Cleveland Record: 25-12-1-1, 1st North Division

Hartford Record: 21-11-5-0, 4th Atlantic Division

 

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