Monsters fight falls short in 5-4 loss to Admirals
Dec 4, 2021The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Milwaukee Admirals 5-4 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 9-5-2-3 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Admirals scored three goals to start the first period from Matt Luff at 10:52, Kole Sherwood at 12:23 and Mitch McLain at 14:54 grabbing an early 3-0 lead. Trey Fix-Wolansky notched an unassisted tally at 17:05 getting the Monsters on the board 3-1 after 20 minutes. Cleveland’s offensive push continued with a power-play goal from Emil Bemstrom at 0:24 with assists from Jake Christiansen and Fix-Wolansky. Justin Scott notched an equalizing tally at 2:28 off feeds from Cole Clayton and Jet Greaves, but Milwaukee’s Cole Smith scored a power-play goal at 12:24 leaving Cleveland trailing 4-3 after 40 minutes. The Admirals’ Joseph LaBate recorded a marker at 5:21, but Josh Dunne responded with a tally at 9:51 with an assist from Adam Helewka bringing it back to a one-goal game. Despite several chances, the Monsters could not finish the comeback and fell 5-4.
Cleveland’s Greaves made 33 stops in defeat while Milwaukee’s Connor Ingram made 37 saves for the victory.
The Monsters host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Monday, December 6, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games 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 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
MIL |
3 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
41 |
1/4 |
3/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
MIL |
38 |
1/4 |
3/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
33 |
5 |
1-1-0 |
|
MIL |
Ingram |
W |
37 |
4 |
6-7-1 |
Cleveland Record: 9-5-2-3, 4th North Division
Milwaukee Record: 7-12-1-0, 7th Central Division
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