Monsters grab 3-2 overtime win against Griffins

Mar 12, 2024

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 34-18-3-3 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Griffins struck first with a goal from Cross Hanas at 6:49, but Marcus Bjork evened the score at 14:38 with helpers from Hunter McKown and Mikael Pyyhtia sending the teams to the first intermission tied 1-1. Grand Rapids added a marker from Elmer Soderblom at 7:46 of the middle frame, but Tyler Angle responded with a tally at 19:29 off a feed from McKown to tie the game 2-2 after 40 minutes. Following a scoreless third period, McKown converted on the man advantage at 3:25 of overtime with assists from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Jake Christiansen to secure to 3-2 win.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 32 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa stopped 27 shots in defeat.

 

The Monsters welcome the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Sunday, March 17, at 3:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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	1	1	0	1	-	3
GR	1	1	0	0	-	2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	30	1/4	2/2	4 min / 2 inf
GR	34	0/2	3/4	8 min / 4 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	W	32	2	26-10-3
GR	Cossa	OT	27	3	13-7-8

Cleveland Record: 34-18-3-3, 1st North Division

Grand Rapids Record: 27-17-7-4, 2nd Central Division

 

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