Monsters pick up exciting 4-3 overtime win against Crunch
Dec 22, 2023The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 4-3 in overtime on Friday night at Upstate Medical University Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 18-7-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Trey Fix-Wolansky set a new record for the most goals in Monsters franchise history at 12:49 of the middle frame with an assist from Josh Dunne. Syracuse added back-to-back markers from Philippe Myers at 17:35 and Jack Finley at 19:00 sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 2-1. Jake Gaudet scored a tally at 2:56 of the third period off a feed from Cole Clayton, but the Crunch responded with a goal from Declan Carlile at 4:08. Alex Whelan grabbed a marker at 5:13 with helpers from James Malatesta and Jake Christiansen once again tying the game and forcing extra time. In overtime, Jet Greaves made a save and sent a feed to Fix-Wolansky who recorded the game-winning tally at 3:21 and tied another franchise record for most points by a Monster player.
Cleveland’s Greaves made 22 saves for the win while Syracuse’s Hugo Alnefelt stopped 29 shots in defeat.
The Monsters finish their road trip with a visit to the Utica Comets on Saturday, December 23, at 7:00 p.m. at Adirondack Bank Center. 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 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
SYR |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
33 |
0/1 |
2/2 |
9 min / 3 inf |
|
SYR |
25 |
0/2 |
1/1 |
7 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
22 |
3 |
13-3-0 |
|
SYR |
Alnefelt |
OT |
29 |
4 |
4-4-3 |
Cleveland Record: 18-7-1-0, 1st North Division
Syracuse Record: 15-9-1-2, 2nd North Division
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