Monsters shut out 5-0 by Crunch
Oct 20, 2023The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Syracuse Crunch 5-0 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 1-2-0-0 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Syracuse’s Gabriel Dumont opened the scoring on the power play at 1:36 followed by a marker from Felix Robert at 4:37 leaving Cleveland trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. The Crunch added two more goals in the middle frame from Daniel Walcott shorthanded at 8:21 and Cole Koepke at 10:39 extending the Monsters deficit to 4-0 heading into the final intermission. Syracuse’s Maxim Groshev converted on the power play at 4:46 if the third period bringing the final score to 5-0.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 15 saves in relief of Jet Greaves who had 13 stops in defeat while Syracuse’s Hugo Alnefelt completed the shutout bid with 35 saves.
The Monsters host the Syracuse Crunch in a rematch on Saturday, October 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. 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 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
|
SYR |
2 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
35 |
0/7 |
3/5 |
24 min / 9 inf |
|
SYR |
33 |
2/5 |
7/7 |
28 min / 11 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
13 |
4 |
1-1-0 |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
ND |
15 |
1 |
0-1-0 |
|
SYR |
Alnefelt |
W |
35 |
0 |
2-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 1-2-0-0, 5th North Division
Syracuse Record: 3-0-0-0, 1st North Division
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