Monsters come up short in 4-1 loss to Wolves
Mar 1, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 4-1 on Friday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 31-16-3-3 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Trey Fix-Wolansky converted on a power play at 6:07 of the middle frame off feeds from David Jiricek and Jake Christiansen. Chicago’s Cole Schneider responded with a tally on the man advantage at 9:39 sending Cleveland to the final intermission tied 1-1. The Wolves took control of the game in the third period with goals from Domenick Fensore at 8:47, Dominic Franco at 11:18 and Rocco Grimaldi at 16:27 bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 26 saves in defeat while Chicago’s Keith Kinkaid stopped 25 shots for the win.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, March 2, at 3:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
CHI |
0 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
26 |
1/6 |
3/4 |
13 min / 5 inf |
|
CHI |
30 |
1/4 |
5/6 |
19 min / 8 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
26 |
3 |
5-6-3 |
|
CHI |
Kinkaid |
W |
25 |
1 |
7-11-1 |
Cleveland Record: 31-16-3-3, 1st North Division
Chicago Record: 19-26-3-2, 5th Central Division
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