Monsters snag 5-1 victory over Senators
Dec 14, 2023The Cleveland Monsters beat the Belleville Senators 5-1 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 15-7-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, James Malatesta opened the scoring at 17:30 of the middle frame off a feed from Hunter McKown. Marcus Bjork doubled the score on the power play at 18:53 assisted by Carson Meyer and Brendan Gaunce sending the Monsters to the final intermission leading 2-0. Malatesta recorded his second tally of the night at 2:52 of the third period with a helper from McKown followed by a marker from Roman Ahcan at 6:32 assisted by Justin Pearson and McKown pushing the score to 4-0. Cleveland added another after Corson Ceulemans notched a tally at 9:35 off feeds from McKown and Trey Fix-Wolansky. Belleville’s Garrett Pilon scored a goal at 16:29, but the Monsters held on for a 5-1 win.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 33 saves for the win while Belleville’s Mads Sogaard stopped 30 shots in defeat.
The Monsters host the Belleville Senators on Friday, December 15, for Teddy Bear Toss at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
BEL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
35 |
1/3 |
3/3 |
32 min / 9 inf |
|
BEL |
34 |
0/3 |
2/3 |
32 min / 9 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
33 |
1 |
10-3-0 |
|
BEL |
Sogaard |
L |
30 |
5 |
5-4-2 |
Cleveland Record: 15-7-1-0, 1st North Division
Belleville Record: 10-9-2-2, 5th North Division
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