Monsters snap Griffins point streak with 5-3 win
Mar 4, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-3 on Monday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 33-16-3-3 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Griffins grabbed the only goal in the first period from Jonatan Berggren on the power play at 3:53 leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Mikael Pyyhtia recorded a tally at 8:39 of the middle frame with an assist from Owen Sillinger to tie the game. Brendan Gaunce pushed Cleveland ahead 2-1 with a marker at 14:41 off a feed from Carson Meyer. Roman Ahcan added a goal of his own at 17:58 with helpers from Cameron Butler and Stanislav Svozil, but Grand Rapids’ Matt Luff responded with a tally at 18:28 to send Cleveland to the final intermission leading 3-2. The Griffins started the final frame with a goal from Dominik Shine at 3:04, but Trey Fix-Wolansky answered with a tally at 8:38 assisted by Sillinger and Marcus Bjork to put the Monsters back in the lead. Gaunce added an insurance empty-net marker at 19:05 to secure the 5-3 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 40 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Michael Hutchinson stopped 24 shots in defeat.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
0 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
GR |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
29 |
0/1 |
2/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
|
GR |
43 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
4 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Cajan |
W |
40 |
3 |
6-6-3 |
|
GR |
Hutchinson |
L |
24 |
5 |
13-9-3 |
Cleveland Record: 33-16-3-3, 1st North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 27-16-6-3, 2nd Central Division
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