Monsters extend point streak after 5-4 shootout loss to Rocket
Nov 19, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday afternoon at Place Bell. With the shootout loss, the Monsters are now 8-5-0-2 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
David Jiricek opened the first period with a marker at 12:49 off feeds from Tim Berni and Justin Richards but Laval’s Xavier Simoneau converted on the man advantage at 15:23 leaving the score 1-1 after 20 minutes. Cleveland had a quick start in the middle frame beginning with a tally from Owen Sillinger at 1:30 assisted by Carson Meyer before Trey Fix-Wolansky added an unassisted marker at 4:07. The Rocket responded with goals from Brandon Gignac on the power play at 9:48 and Lucas Condotta at 10:29 to tie the game 3-3 heading into the final intermission. The back-and-forth continued into the third period beginning when Sillinger grabbed his second marker of the night at 6:59 with a helper from Tyler Angle but Danick Martel came back with a tally for the Rocket at 14:02 forcing overtime. Following an extra scoreless frame, the game went to eight rounds of the shootout when Laval’s goal from Gignac ended Cleveland’s night with a final score of 5-4.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 47 saves in defeat while Laval’s Kevin Poulin stopped 19 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
LAV |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
23 |
0/1 |
3/4 |
12 min / 6 inf |
|
LAV |
52 |
1/4 |
1/1 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
SOG-S |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
OT |
47 |
4 |
3-8 |
2-3-2 |
|
LAV |
Poulin |
W |
19 |
4 |
2-8 |
2-4-1 |
Cleveland Record: 8-5-0-2, 2nd North Division
Laval Record: 5-9-3-0, 5th North Division
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