Monsters battle back for 4-3 overtime win against Phantoms
Oct 22, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night at PPL Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 3-1-0-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Lehigh Valley’s Hayden Hodgson opened the scoring at 7:13 of the first period but Brendan Gaunce responded with a tally at 10:23 off feeds from Kirill Marchenko and Carson Meyer pushing the score to 1-1 after 20 minutes. The Phantoms took the lead after a power-play marker from Elliot Desnoyers at 11:57 of the middle frame sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 2-1. Justin Richards tied the game with his first goal as a Monster at 1:41 of the third frame with helpers from Marcus Bjork and Emil Bemstrom. Bemstrom added a power-play tally at 11:34 assisted by David Jiricek grabbing a 3-2 lead for Cleveland. Lehigh Valley tied the game after Cal O’Reilly notched a marker at 18:58 to force overtime. Just 42 seconds into the extra frame, Bemstrom scored his second goal of the night off feeds from Gavin Bayreuther and Gaunce giving the Monsters a 4-3 win.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 27 saves for the victory while Lehigh Valley’s Samuel Errson made 27 saves in defeat.
The Monsters have a rematch against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday, October 23, for a 3:05 p.m. puck drop at PPL Center. 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 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
LV |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
31 |
1/3 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
LV |
30 |
1/3 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
W |
27 |
3 |
1-0-0 |
|
LV |
Errson |
L |
27 |
4 |
0-2-0 |
Cleveland Record: 3-1-0-0, 1st North Division
Lehigh Valley Record: 1-1-0-0, 7th Atlantic Division
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