Monsters score four unanswered goals in 4-2 win over Griffins
Apr 3, 2021The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 8-5-1-0 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
The Griffins recorded the only two goals of the first period from Riley Barber at 10:37 on the power play and Mathias Brome at 19:17 leaving the Monsters fighting a 2-0 defecit after 20 minutes. Cleveland made quick work to regain the lead in the middle frame beginning with a power-play tally from Carson Meyer at 4:22 with assists from Tyler Sikura and Adam Helewka. The Monsters tied the game after Sikura tipped in a power-play goal at 7:41 off feeds from Helewka and Gavin Bayreuther. Kole Sherwood notched Cleveland’s third unanswered marker at 12:36 with helpers from Ole Bjorgvik-Holm and Luke Moncada bringing the score to 3-2 heading into the final period. Sherwood continued the offensive hot streak into the third period with his second goal at 4:44 assisted by Adam Clendening and Josh Dunne securing the Monsters 4-2 win.
Cleveland’s Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves for the victory in his North American professional debut while Grand Rapids’ Pat Nagle stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters host the Grand Rapids Griffins again on Friday, April 9, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
GR |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
27 |
2/5 |
5/6 |
44 min / 11 inf |
|
GR |
29 |
1/6 |
3/5 |
22 min / 8 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Tarasov |
W |
27 |
2 |
1-0-0 |
|
GR |
Nagle |
L |
23 |
4 |
4-4-0 |
Cleveland Record: 8-5-1-0, 2nd Central Division
Grand Rapids Record: 8-6-2-0, 3rd Central Division
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