Monsters point streak snapped in 6-2 loss to Senators

Monsters point streak snapped in 6-2 loss to Senators

Nov 5, 2021

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Belleville Senators 6-2 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 4-2-1-2 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Senators took control of the opening frame starting with a shorthanded tally from Jake Lucchini at 4:36, a marker from Erik Brannstrom at 14:29 and Kole Sherwood’s goal at 15:52 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 3-0. Following a scoreless second period, Belleville’s Cole Reinhardt scored a power-play tally at 8:43 followed by an empty-net goal from Scott Sabourin at 13:03 to push the score to 5-0. Carson Meyer broke the Senators shutout bid at 14:42 off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Tyler Sikura, but Belleville’s Parker Kelly responded with a marker at 17:57. Brendan Gaunce converted on the man advantage at 19:27 with helpers from Meyer and Thomas Schemitsch, but the Monsters late effort fell short with the final score landing at 6-2.

 

Cleveland’s Daniil Tarasov made 21 saves in defeat while Belleville’s Mads Sogaard made 23 saves for the victory.

 

The Monsters host the Belleville Senators for the final rematch of the season on Saturday, November 6, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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

0

0

2

-

-

2

BEL

3

0

3

-

-

6

 

Shots/Special Teams:

 

Shots

PP

PK

PIM

CLE

25

1/7

3/4

10 min / 5 inf

BEL

27

1/4

6/7

26 min / 9 inf

 

Goaltenders:

 

Goaltender

Outcome

Saves

GA

Record

CLE

Tarasov

L

21

5

0-2-2

BEL

Sogaard

W

23

2

2-2-0

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

Belleville Record: 3-6-0-0, 7th North Division

 

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