Monsters come up short in 4-3 loss to Wolves

Jan 9, 2022

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 4-3 on Sunday night at Allstate Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 11-9-4-3 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Cole Fonstad wasted no time putting the Monsters in front with a deflection off assists from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Tyler Sikura just 35 seconds into the game. Chicago was quick to respond with a power play goal from Jack Drury at 12:48, followed shortly after by an even strength tally from Artyom Serikov at 15:25 that gave the Wolves a 2-1 lead after the opening period. The Monsters controlled the middle frame thanks to Jake Gaudet’s first professional goal at 2:33 with helpers from Billy Sweezey and Tim Berni, followed by a Josh Dunne marker at 9:44 with assists to Brendan Gaunce and Kevin Stenlund, which gave Cleveland a 3-2 advantage entering the final period. The Wolves used a goal from Andrew Poturalski to tie things up again 24 seconds into period three, before Stefan Noesen put Chicago up for good with a goal at 9:53 on the power play, giving Chicago a 4-3 victory.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 30 stops in defeat while Chicago’s Daniel Mannella made 25 saves in the victory.

 

The Monsters visit the Rockford IceHogs on Friday, January 14th for an 8:00 p.m. puck drop at BMO Harris Bank Center. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	1	2	0	-	-	3
CHI	2	0	2	-	-	4

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	28	1/5	4/6	26 min / 9 inf
CHI	34	2/6	4/5	14 min / 7 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	L	30	4	1-2-0
CHI	Mannella	W	25	3	1-0-0

 

Cleveland Record: 11-9-4-3, 4th North Division

Chicago Record: 22-5-1-1, 1st Central Division

 

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