Monsters drop first North Division Semifinal game 2-1 to Senators
May 1, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Belleville Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night at CAA Arena. With the loss, the Monsters trail the North Division Semifinals best-of-five series 1-0.
Following a scoreless first period, the Senators notched two goals in the middle frame from Egor Sokolov on the power play at 4:01 and Angus Crookshank at 10:13. Josh Dunne cut the score in half with a tally on the man advantage at 11:27 assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Stanislav Svozil leaving Cleveland trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes. Despite several scoring chances for the Monsters in the third period, both teams were held scoreless leaving the final score at 2-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 24 shots in defeat while Belleville’s Mads Sogaard made 31 saves for the win.
The Monsters and Senators meet for Game 2 of the North Division Semifinals on Friday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. at CAA Arena. 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 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
BEL |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
32 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
|
BEL |
26 |
1/2 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Playoff Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
24 |
2 |
0-1-0 |
|
BEL |
Sogaard |
W |
31 |
1 |
3-1-0 |
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