Monsters drop first game of home-and-home series 4-1 to Marlies
Nov 25, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Toronto Marlies 4-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 8-6-0-2 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Toronto’s Adam Gaudette notched a power-play tally at 11:03 of the opening frame leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Following a scoreless second period, Emil Bemstrom converted on the man advantage at 1:30 off feeds from Josh Dunne and Kirill Marchenko to tie the game 1-1. The Marlies responded with three unanswered goals starting with Nick Abruzzese on the power play at 7:55 followed by empty-net tallies from Alex Steeves at 18:44 and Joseph Blandisi at 19:43 bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 24 saves in defeat while Toronto’s Joseph Woll stopped 20 shots for the win.
The Monsters make a quick trip to visit the Toronto Marlies on Saturday, November 26, with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Coca-Cola Coliseum. 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 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
TOR |
1 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
21 |
1/4 |
2/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
TOR |
28 |
2/4 |
3/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
24 |
2 |
3-3-0 |
|
TOR |
Woll |
W |
20 |
1 |
1-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 8-6-0-2, 3rd North Division
Toronto Record: 11-5-1-0, 1st North Division
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