Monsters come up short in 4-1 loss to Rocket
Dec 18, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 12-9-1-2 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Rocket opened the scoring with a goal from Joël Teasdale at 15:35 of the first period, but Joona Luoto sent 12,476 teddy bears flying with his marker at 17:44 assisted by Emil Bemstrom and Brendan Gaunce leaving the teams tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Laval added two more goals in the middle frame from Teasdale at 8:10 and Lucas Condotta at 12:59 sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 3-1. The Rocket added a power-play goal from Nicholas Beaudin at 5:40 of the third period pushing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 35 saves in defeat while Laval’s Joseph Vrbetic stopped 26 shots for the win.
The Monsters host the Utica Comets on Tuesday, December 20, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
LAV |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
0/3 |
3/4 |
19 min / 8 inf |
|
LAV |
39 |
1/4 |
3/3 |
15 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
35 |
4 |
4-4-1 |
|
LAV |
Vrbetic |
W |
26 |
1 |
2-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 12-9-1-2, 4th North Division
Laval Record: 10-14-3-1, 7th North Division
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