Monsters pick up point in 4-3 shootout loss to Wolves
Feb 17, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night at Allstate Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 28-15-2-2 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Chicago’s Rocco Grimaldi opened the scoring short-handed at 11:04 but was quickly answered by Hunter McKown’s power-play goal at 11:53 off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Corson Ceulemans bringing the score to 1-1 after the first period. After a scoreless middle frame, Chicago scored two goals in the third period from Cavan Fitzgerald at 11:39 and Grimaldi at 12:41. The Monsters responded quickly with a tally from Trey Fix-Wolansky at 12:48 off feeds from Stanislav Svozil and Luca Del Bel Belluz, followed by Ceulemans’ marker at 14:34 assisted by Jake Gaudet and Christiansen forcing a 3-3 tie ending regulation. Following a scoreless extra frame, Cleveland fell in the third round of a shootout by a final score of 4-3.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 39 saves in defeat while Chicago’s Adam Scheel stopped 29 shots for the win.
The Monsters face the Chicago Wolves on Sunday, February 18, at 4:00 p.m. at Allstate 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 |
0 |
3 |
|
CHI |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
32 |
1/3 |
4/4 |
10 min / 5 inf |
|
CHI |
43 |
0/4 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
SOG-S |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
OT |
39 |
3 |
1-3 |
5-5-2 |
|
CHI |
Scheel |
W |
29 |
4 |
0-3 |
11-12-3 |
Cleveland Record: 28-15-2-2, 1st North Division
Chicago Record: 17-23-3-2, 5th Central Division
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