Monsters postseason comes to end after 4-1 loss to Rocket

May 6, 2025

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 4-1 on Tuesday night at Place Bell. With the loss, the Monsters finished the North Division Semifinals 1-3.

 

The Rocket took control of the opening frame with a goal from Xavier Simoneau at 4:22 followed by tallies on the man advantage from Laurent Dauphin at 9:42 and Logan Mailloux at 12:21 leaving the Monsters trailing 3-0 after 20 minutes. Luca Del Bel Belluz got Cleveland on the board at 17:19 of the second period off a feed from Samuel Knazko cutting the team’s deficit to 3-1 heading into the final intermission. Laval’s Dauphin scored a power-play tally at 17:27 of the third period bringing the final score to 4-1 and ending Cleveland’s postseason.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 32 shots in defeat while Laval’s Jacob Fowler made 18 saves for the win.

 

Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
CLE	0	1	0	-	1
LAV	3	0	1	-	4

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	19	0/1	5/8	42 min / 13 inf
LAV	36	3/8	1/1	8 min / 4 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Playoff Record
CLE	Greaves	L	32	4	3-3
LAV	Fowler	W	18	1	3-0

 

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