Monsters homestand begins with 4-2 win over Phantoms
Jan 19, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-2 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 24-10-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Lehigh Valley’s Samu Tuomaala scored at 17:31 of the opening period, but Luca Del Bel Belluz responded with an unassisted goal at 17:43 sending the Monsters to the first intermission tied 1-1. James Malatesta recorded back-to-back markers in the middle frame beginning on the power play at 1:33 with helpers from Stanislav Svozil and Hunter McKown followed by his second at 3:14 off feeds from Justin Pearson and Cole Clayton. Jake Christiansen added a tally on the man advantage at 18:11 assisted by Del Bel Belluz and Malatesta putting Cleveland ahead 4-1 after 40 minutes. The Phantoms pushed back with a goal from Jacob Gaucher at 7:14 of the final frame, but the Monsters stood tall to secure a 4-2 win.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves for the win while Lehigh Valley’s Cal Petersen stopped 18 shots in defeat.
The Monsters host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms for a rematch on Saturday, January 20, at 7:00 p.m. at the 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 |
3 |
0 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
LV |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
22 |
2/4 |
4/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
LV |
26 |
0/4 |
2/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
24 |
2 |
18-5-1 |
|
LV |
Petersen |
L |
18 |
4 |
6-6-3 |
Cleveland Record: 24-10-1-1, 1st North Division
Lehigh Valley Record: 16-15-5-1, 7th Atlantic Division
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