Monsters homecoming spoiled by 5-2 loss to Wolves
Nov 4, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 5-2 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 4-5-0-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Chicago’s Brendan Perlini struck first with a goal at 4:38 of the opening frame, but Tim Berni evened the score with a marker at 12:34 assisted by Kirill Marchenko and Brendan Gaunce. Perlini added a power-play tally for the Wolves at 19:34 leaving the Monsters trailing 2-1 after 20 minutes. The second period started with an unassisted goal from Tyler Angle at 1:42, but Chicago took control after a marker from David Farrance at 2:00 and Perlini’s hat trick tally at 3:36 pushing the score to 4-2 heading into the final intermission. The Wolves ended the game with a empty-net tally from Joseph LaBate at 17:40 bringing the final score to 5-2.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 21 saves in defeat while Chicago’s Pyotr Kochetkov made 39 saves for the victory.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, November 5, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, 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 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
CHI |
2 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
41 |
0/3 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
CHI |
26 |
1/3 |
3/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
L |
21 |
4 |
1-2-0 |
|
CHI |
Kochetkov |
W |
39 |
2 |
2-2-1 |
Cleveland Record: 4-5-0-0, 4th North Division
Chicago Record: 3-3-1-0, 5th Central Division
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