Monsters secure 4-3 victory against Wolf Pack in five-round shooutout
Feb 22, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday night at the XL Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 30-15-2-2 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Brendan Gaunce converted on the power play at 4:37 in the first period off feeds from Marcus Bjork and David Jiricek followed by a power-play goal from Jake Christiansen assisted by Mikael Pyyhtia and Luca Del Bel Belluz sending the Monsters into the first intermission leading 2-0. Roman Ahcan opened the scoring in the middle frame with a short-handed goal at 5:21 with a helper from Tyler Angle, quickly answered by Hartford’s Tyler Pitlick on the power play at 6:05, but the Monsters hold onto a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes. Hartford took lone control of the third period with a short handed tally from Brett Berard at 9:35 and a power-play goal from Ryder Korczak forcing a 3-3 tie sending the game into overtime. After a scoreless extra frame, Trey Fix-Wolansky and Hunter McKown both secured goals in a five-round shootout bringing the final score to 4-3 Monsters.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 34 saves for the win while Hartford’s Louis Domingue stopped 30 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to visit the Providence Bruins on Friday, February 23, at 7:05 p.m. at Amica Mutual Pavilion. 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 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
HFD |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
34 |
2/4 |
1/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
HFD |
37 |
2/3 |
2/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
SOG-S |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
34 |
3 |
1-5 |
23-9-2 |
|
HFD |
Domingue |
OT |
30 |
4 |
2-5 |
13-7-3 |
Cleveland Record: 30-15-2-2, 1st North Division
Hartford Record: 26-16-5-1, 4th Atlantic Division
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