Monsters power play shines in 7-3 win over Rocket
Nov 18, 2022The Cleveland Monsters beat the Laval Rocket 7-3 on Friday night at Place Bell. With the win, the Monsters are now 8-5-0-1 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
David Jiricek recorded his first professional goal on the power play at 13:50 of the opening frame assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Samuel Knazko to give Cleveland a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Laval’s Rem Pitlick converted on the man advantage at 2:21 of the second period, but Justin Richards responded with a marker at 15:22 off helpers from Carson Meyer and Fix-Wolansky sending the Monsters to the final intermission ahead 2-1. The third period got off to a quick start after Fix-Wolansky picked up a power-play tally 15 seconds in assisted by Knazko and Meyer. Mitchell Stephens answered with a goal for the Rocket 35 seconds later, but Jiricek grabbed his second man-advantage marker at 2:05 off feeds from Fix-Wolanksy and Knazko pushing the score to 4-2. Laval’s Peter Abbandonato notched a tally at 5:54, but Fix-Wolansky scored his second goal of the night on the man advantage with an assist from Meyer at 6:42 keeping Cleveland ahead. Meyer followed up with a man-advantage marker at 11:14 off helpers from Josh Dunne and Knazko before Roman Ahcan added an insurance goal at 15:10 assisted by Knazko and Joona Luoto securing the Monsters 7-3 win.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 32 saves for victory while Laval’s Cayden Primeau stopped 29 stops in defeat.
The Monsters conclude the road trip with a rematch against the Laval Rocket on Saturday, November 19, with a 3:00 p.m. puck drop at Place Bell. 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 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
7 |
|
LAV |
0 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
36 |
5/6 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
LAV |
35 |
1/3 |
1/6 |
12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
W |
32 |
3 |
3-2-0 |
|
LAV |
Primeau |
L |
29 |
7 |
3-5-2 |
Cleveland Record: 8-5-0-1, 2nd North Division
Laval Record: 4-9-3-0, 6th North Division
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