Monsters Felled by Phantoms Late, 2-0

Jan 12, 2020

The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters were defeated by the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday at PPL Center by a final score of 2-0. With the loss, the Monsters fell to 17-18-1-2 and with 37 points, currently occupy seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

After the first two periods slid by scoreless, Lehigh Valley’s Cal O’Reilly provided the eventual game-winning score at 17:46 of the third before a Maksim Sushko empty-netter at 18:59 of the final frame established the Phantoms’ 2-0 margin of victory.

 

Cleveland goaltender Brad Thiessen stopped 14 pucks in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Jean-Francois Berube, a former Monster, made 35 saves in victory to register his first shutout of the season.

 

Next up for the Monsters, it’s a Wednesday road clash vs. the Binghamton Devils with full coverage, live from Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, NY at 7:00 pm on Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	35	0/3	2/2	6 min / 3 inf
LV	16	0/2	3/3	8 min / 4 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Thiessen	L	14	1	1-1-0
LV	Berube	W, SO	35	0	6-8-3

 

 

Cleveland Record: 17-18-1-2, 7th North Division

Lehigh Valley Record: 15-19-1-4, 7th Atlantic Division

 

GAME SHEET – GAME PHOTOS – GAME HIGHLIGHTS*

 

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