Monsters fall to Rocket 5-1
Apr 13, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 5-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 37-24-5-3 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Rocket scored the lone goal of the first period from Lucas Condotta at 4:06 leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Laval added a power-play marker from Philippe Maillet at 2:25, but Owen Sillinger responded with a tally at 15:55 off feeds from Alex Whelan and Cole Clayton bringing the score to 2-1. Lias Andersson added a goal for the Rocket at 17:11 pushing the visitors ahead 3-1 heading into the final intermission. Laval put the game out of reach with goals from Andersson at 7:28 and Emil Heineman at 10:35 bringing the final score to 5-1.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan stopped 19 shots in defeat while Laval’s Jakub Dobeš made 21 saves for the win.
The Monsters travel to close out the season beginning with a visit to the Rochester Americans on Friday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Blue Cross 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 |
|
LAV |
1 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
22 |
0/0 |
3/4 |
27 min / 8 inf |
|
LAV |
24 |
1/4 |
0/0 |
9 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
19 |
5 |
8-8-4 |
|
LAV |
Dobeš |
W |
21 |
1 |
24-17-6 |
Cleveland Record: 37-24-5-3, 3rd North Division
Laval Record: 33-29-6-2, 6th North Division
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