Monsters beat Wolves 5-2 after scoring five unanswered goals
Jan 6, 2023The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 5-2 on Friday night at Allstate Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 13-14-1-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Wolves controlled the opening frame with goals from Jack Drury at 12:10 and Nathan Sucese at 13:46 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 2-0. Brett Gallant got the offense rolling with a marker at 9:14 off feeds from Tyler Angle and Owen Sillinger followed quickly by Erik Bradford’s first goal as a Monster at 9:28 assisted by Robbie Payne to tie the game. Cole Fonstad converted on the power play at 12:05 with helpers from Josh Dunne and Justin Richards giving Cleveland a 3-2 lead heading into the final intermission. Payne scored a tally on the man advantage at 6:39 of the third period with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Jake Christiansen pushing the Monsters lead to 4-2. Fix-Wolansky added an empty-net insurance goal at 18:09 assisted by Cole Clayton securing the 5-2 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 28 saves for the win while Chicago’s Zachary Sawchenko stopped 25 shots in defeat.
The Monsters have a rematch against the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, January 7, with an 8:00 p.m. puck drop at Allstate Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
CHI |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
30 |
2/5 |
4/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
CHI |
30 |
0/4 |
3/5 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
28 |
2 |
6-6-2 |
|
CHI |
Sawchenko |
L |
25 |
4 |
8-10-1 |
Cleveland Record: 13-14-1-2, 7th North Division
Chicago Record: 11-16-3-1, 7th Central Division
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