Monsters defeat Crunch with 1-0 win

Monsters defeat Crunch with 1-0 win taking early lead in Division Finals series

May 16, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 1-0 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters lead the North Division Finals best-of-five series 1-0.

 

Following a battle of both team’s goaltenders resulting in a scoreless first and second period, Justin Pearson recorded an unassisted shorthanded goal at 4:46 of the final frame. Pearson’s tally secured the 1-0 win for the Monsters while Jet Greaves recorded his first AHL playoff shutout.

 

Cleveland’s Greaves stopped 28 shots for the win while Syracuse’s Brandon Halverson made 23 saves in defeat.
 

The Monsters and Crunch faceoff for Game 2 of the North Division Finals on Saturday, May 18, at 1:00 p.m. 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

Final

CLE

0

0

1

-

1

SYR

0

0

0

-

0

 

Shots/Special Teams:

 

Shots

PP

PK

PIM

CLE

24

0/2

4/4

10 min / 5 inf

SYR

28

0/4

2/2

6 min / 3 inf

 

Goaltenders:

 

Goaltender

Outcome

Saves

GA

Playoff Record

CLE

Greaves

W

28

0

4-1-0

SYR

Halverson

L

23

1

3-3-0

 

GAME SHEET GAME PHOTOSGAME HIGHLIGHTS*

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