Monsters fall to Bears in 4-1 loss
Feb 4, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 4-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 13-18-4-3 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Hershey’s Mike Vecchione notched a power-play tally at 16:15 of the opening frame sending Cleveland to first intermission trailing 1-0. Following a scoreless second period, Scott Harrington grabbed his first marker of the season at 5:01 of the final frame off assists from Cole Clayton and Tyler Sikura. The Bears followed with three goals starting with Kody Clark at 8:15, Lucas Johansen on the power play at 15:58 and Vecchione in the empty net at 18:06 bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 19 saves in defeat while Hershey’s Zach Fucale made 29 saves for the victory.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Bears on Saturday, February 5, for an 3:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
CLE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
HER |
1 |
0 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
CLE |
30 |
0/1 |
1/3 |
18 min / 5 inf |
HER |
23 |
2/3 |
1/1 |
6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
19 |
3 |
3-6-0 |
HER |
Fucale |
W |
29 |
1 |
7-4-4 |
Cleveland Record: 13-18-4-3, 7th North Division
Hershey Record: 22-13-3-3, 3rd Atlantic Division
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