Monsters battle but fall short in 3-2 loss to Rocket for Game 1
Apr 30, 2025The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 3-2 on Wednesday night at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters trail the North Division Semifinals best-of-five series 0-1.
Following a scoreless first period, Joseph LaBate tipped in a power-play goal at 12:07 of the middle frame with helpers from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Trey Fix-Wolansky putting the Monsters ahead. Laval’s Sean Farrell scored two goals at 16:09 and 19:24 on the man advantage sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 2-1. The Rocket’s Owen Beck notched a tally at 5:11 of the third period, but the Monsters battled back with a power-play marker from Denton Mateychuk at 17:36 assisted by Fix-Wolansky and LaBate. Despite a strong final push, Cleveland fell with a final score of 3-2.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 29 shots in defeat while Laval’s Jacob Fowler made 23 saves for the win.
The Monsters and Rocket meet for Game 2 of the North Division Semifinals on Friday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, Cleveland’s 43, FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
LAV |
0 |
2 |
1 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
25 |
2/5 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
LAV |
32 |
1/4 |
3/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Playoff Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
29 |
3 |
2-1 |
|
LAV |
Fowler |
W |
23 |
2 |
1-0 |
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