Monsters Stumble in 2-1 Loss to Rocket

Nov 8, 2019

The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 2-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 8-4-0-1 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 17 points.

 

Following a scoreless first period, both teams recorded a goal in the middle frame starting with Laval’s Alexandre Alain followed by Cleveland’s Paul Bittner’s response to tie the game. Josh Brook went on to score the game-winning goal for the Rocket in the third period. Cleveland backstop Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots in the loss while Laval’s Cayden Primeau had 24 saves for the win.

Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	0	1	0	-	-	1
LAV	0	1	1	-	-	2

 

SHOTS/SPECIAL TEAMS:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	25	0/4	2/2	4 min / 2 inf
LAV	30	0/2	4/4	8 min / 4 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Merzlikins	L	28	2	0-1-0
LAV	Primeau	W	24	1	5-2-0

Cleveland Record: 8-4-0-1, 2nd North Division

Laval Record: 8-5-1-0, 3rd North Division

GAME SHEET – GAME PHOTOS – GAME HIGHLIGHTS*

 

Next Game:

The Monsters host a rematch against the Laval Rocket on Saturday with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on ALT 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

Social Media:

Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.

 

*Game highlights will appear as soon as possible following video processing.