Helewka grabs hat trick in Monsters 8-3 win over Crunch

Dec 8, 2021

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 8-3 on Wednesday night at Upstate Medical University Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 10-6-2-3 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Monsters offense came out strong for the first period starting with a goal from Trey Fix-Wolansky at 9:01 off assists from Tim Berni and Billy Sweezey. Cole Fonstad added to the lead at 11:59 on the man advantage with feeds from Liam Foudy and Kevin Stenlund followed by a tally from Adam Helewka at 13:46 assisted by Fix-Wolansky pushing Cleveland ahead. Sweezey grabbed a marker at 16:24 with helpers from Helewka and Fonstad giving the Monsters a 4-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Justin Scott added an unassisted goal at 4:39 of the middle frame, but the Crunch scored three power-play markers from Charles Hudon at 9:18 and 14:13 as well as Antoine Morand at 14:49 tightening the Monsters lead to 5-3 after 40 minutes. Cleveland secured the win in the final frame beginning with a power-play tally from Josh Dunne at 6:10 assisted by Fonstad and Stenlund followed by a marker from Helewka at 12:58 with helpers from Brendan Gaunce and Cole Clayton. Helewka completed his hat trick with a goal at 18:57 off feeds from Clayton and Berni securing the 8-3 win for the Monsters.

 

Cleveland’s Jean-Francois Berube made 32 stops for the victory while Syracuse’s Amir Miftajhov stopped 3 shots in relief of starting goaltender Max Lagace who made 5 saves in defeat.

 

The Monsters continue the road trip with a visit to take on the Utica Comets on Friday, December 10, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Adirondack Bank Center. Follow the games 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	4	1	3	-	-	8
SYR	0	3	0	-	-	3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	16	2/4	4/7	24 min / 8 inf
SYR	35	3/7	2/4	10 min / 5 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Berube	W	32	3	4-3-3
SYR	Lagace	L	5	5	1-3-0
SYR	Miftakhov	ND	3	3	3-3-2

Cleveland Record: 10-6-2-3, 3rd North Division

Syracuse Record: 6-9-2-1, 7th North Division

 

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