Monsters come up short in 3-1 loss to Griffins
Feb 13, 2021The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-1 on Saturday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 0-2-0-0 and are currently tied for fifth place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Trey Fix-Wolansky capitalized on a power-play opportunity at 11:28 of the middle frame with assists from Zac Dalpe and Nathan Gerbe. Evegeny Svechnikov responded for the Griffins with a man-advantage tally at 15:08 sending both teams to the final intermission locked up 1-1. Grand Rapids secured the win in the third period after Riley Barber’s goal at 1:53 and Dominic Turgeon’s empty-net tally at 18:11 bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Brad Thiessen made 28 saves in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Pat Nagle stopped 26 shots in victory.
The Monsters travel to rematch the Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday, February 20th, for a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Van Andel Arena. 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 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
GR |
0 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
CLE |
27 |
1/1 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
GR |
31 |
1/3 |
0/1 |
2 min / 1 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
CLE |
Thiessen |
L |
28 |
2 |
0-2-0 |
GR |
Nagle |
W |
26 |
1 |
1-1-0 |
Cleveland Record: 0-2-0-0, T-5th Central Division
Grand Rapids Record: 1-2-0-0, 4th Central Division
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