Monsters offense shines in 4-0 shutout of Senators

Oct 22, 2021

The Cleveland Monsters shutout the Belleville Senators 4-0 on Friday night at CAA Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 2-1-0-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Brendan Gaunce tipped in a shot from Gavin Bayreuther at 7:47 of the opening frame with a secondary assist from Tyler Angle to give the Monsters a 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission. The Monsters continued to produce offensively in the middle period with a goal from Billy Sweezey at 4:04 off feeds from Angle and Liam Foudy followed by an unassisted tally from Brett Gallant at 9:59 bringing the score to 3-0 after 40 minutes. Tyler Sikura notched the lone goal of the final frame at 2:23 with a helper from Adam Helewka to secure a 4-0 victory for Cleveland.

 

Cleveland’s Jean-Francois Berube made 31 saves for the victory while Belleville’s Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves in defeat.

 

The Monsters complete their road series against the Belleville Senators on Saturday, October 23, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at CAA Arena. 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
BEL	0	0	0	-	-	0

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	32	0/3	4/4	10 min / 5 inf
BEL	31	0/4	3/3	6 min / 3 inf

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Berube	W	31	0	2-0-0
BEL	Gustavsson	L	28	4	0-1-0

Cleveland Record: 2-1-0-0, 4th North Division

Belleville Record: 1-2-0-0, 5th North Division

 

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