Monsters 3-1 win over Stars sets tone for three game homestand
Mar 25, 2021The Cleveland Monsters beat the Texas Stars 3-1 on Thursday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in the franchise’s 1,000th AHL regular season game. With the win, the Monsters are now 5-4-1-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
Following a scoreless opening period, Cleveland’s Adam Clendening scored the lone marker of the middle frame at 7:35 with assists from Carson Meyer and Justin Scott. The Stars tied the game after Nick Baptiste converted a power-play opportunity at 10:19 of the final period, but Tyler Angle responded with a shorthanded tally at 14:00 off feeds from Liam Foudy and Jake Christiansen to regain the lead. The Monsters secured the win following an empty-net goal from Angle assisted by Foudy and Gavin Bayreuther bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Brad Thiessen made 31 saves in victory while Texas’ Tomas Sholl stopped 32 shots in defeat.
The Monsters faceoff against the Texas Stars again on Saturday, March 27, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
TEX |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
35 |
0/5 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
TEX |
32 |
1/4 |
5/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Thiessen |
W |
31 |
1 |
2-3-1 |
|
TEX |
Sholl |
L |
32 |
2 |
4-2-1 |
Cleveland Record: 5-4-1-0, 4th Central Division
Texas Record: 8-5-2-0, 3rd Central Division
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