Monsters fall to Griffins 5-2
Mar 27, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-2 on Wednesday night at the Van Andel Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 35-22-3-3 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Griffins started the first period with a power-play goal from Taro Hirose at 2:02 followed by markers from Zach Aston-Resse at 12:42 and Jonatan Berggren at 14:03. Cole Clayton put Cleveland on the board at 18:13 off feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Luca Del Bel Belluz placing the score at 3-1 after 20 minutes. Mitchell Lewandowski recorded his first tally as a Monster at 8:32 of the middle frame assisted by Jakub Zboril and Fix-Wolansky sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 3-2. The Griffins extended their lead with goals from Elmer Söderblom at 16:42 and Matt Luff into the empty net at 17:50 bringing the final score to 5-2.
Cleveland’s Malcolm Subban made 22 saves in relief of starting goaltender Jet Greaves who stopped 7 shots in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa made 17 saves for the win.
The Monsters welcome the Rochester Americans on Saturday, March 30, at 3:15 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on CW 43 WUAB, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
GR |
3 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
19 |
0/4 |
3/4 |
13 min / 5 inf |
|
GR |
34 |
1/4 |
4/4 |
13 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
7 |
3 |
27-11-3 |
|
CLE |
Subban |
ND |
22 |
1 |
11-17-4 |
|
GR |
Cossa |
W |
17 |
2 |
17-7-8 |
Cleveland Record: 35-22-3-3, 2nd North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 32-18-7-4, 2nd Central Division
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