Monsters pick up point in 4-3 overtime loss to Amerks
Mar 30, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 4-3 in overtime on Saturday evening at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 35-22-4-3 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rochester’s Linus Weissbach started the game with a goal at 1:27 of the opening period, but Luca Del Bel Belluz converted on the power play at 16:32 off feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Nick Blankenburg to tie the score 1-1 heading into the first intermission. Following a scoreless middle frame, Justin Pearson score just 40 seconds into the third period with a helper from Josh Dunne to put the Monsters ahead. Fix-Wolansky added an unassisted tally at 3:52, but the Amerks responded with goals from Weissbach at 4:31 and Jiri Kulich on the man advantage at 8:13 to force the game to extra time. Rochester’s Jeremy Davies scored just 21 seconds into overtime to bring the final score to 4-3.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 32 shots in defeat while Rochester’s Dustin Tokarski made 15 saves for the win.
The Monsters travel to visit the Rochester Americans on Wednesday, April 3, at 7:05 p.m. at Blue Cross Arena. 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 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
3 |
|
ROC |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
18 |
1/3 |
3/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
ROC |
36 |
1/4 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
OT |
32 |
4 |
27-11-4 |
|
ROC |
Tokarski |
W |
15 |
3 |
10-9-3 |
Cleveland Record: 35-22-4-3, 2nd North Division
Rochester Record: 33-22-6-3, 3rd North Division
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