Monsters late push not enough in 3-2 loss to Checkers
Dec 29, 2022The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 12-12-1-2 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Trey Fix-Wolanksy scored the lone goal of the opening period at 7:52 off feeds from Justin Richards and Jake Christiansen sending the Monsters to the first intermission ahead 1-0. Charlotte’s Justin Sourdif converted on the man advantage at 9:02 of the middle frame, but Christiansen notched a tally at 12:36 assisted by Tyler Angle and Cole Clayton pushing the score to 2-1. The Checkers added two goals from Grigori Denisenko at 17:17 and a penalty shot at 19:04 leaving the Monsters trailing 3-2 after 40 minutes. Despite a strong offensive push from Cleveland in the final minutes, both teams were held scoreless in the third period leaving the final score at 3-2.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Charlotte’s Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots for the win.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday, December 31, with a 12:31 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 |
|
CLT |
0 |
3 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
25 |
0/5 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
CLT |
25 |
1/3 |
5/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
22 |
3 |
5-4-2 |
|
CLT |
Lyon |
W |
23 |
2 |
8-7-1 |
Cleveland Record: 12-12-1-2, 5th North Division
Charlotte Record: 15-11-2-1, 4th Atlantic Division
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