Monsters soar over Crunch in 5-1 win on Top Gun Tribute Night
Nov 19, 2021The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 5-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 7-3-1-3 and are currently in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Brendan Gaunce struck first at 4:27 of the opening period with an assist from Adam Helewka grabbing an early lead 1-0 for the Monsters after 20 minutes. Trey Fix-Wolansky scored his first goal of the season at 1:12 of the middle frame with helpers from Gaunce and Thomas Schemitsch but Syracuse’s Gabriel Fortier cut the lead in half with a tally at 10:06. Cole Cassels responded with an unassisted goal at 15:51 to give the Monsters a 3-1 lead heading into the final intermission. The Monsters flew away with the third period starting with a goal from Justin Scott at 11:05 with an assist from Billy Sweezey followed by Gaunce’s second marker of the night at 14:50 off a helper from Tyler Angle pushing the final score to 5-1.
Cleveland’s Daniil Tarasov made 23 saves for the victory while Syracuse’s Max Lagace made 27 saves in defeat.
The Monsters travel to visit the Toronto Marlies on Sunday, November 21, for a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
CLE |
1 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
SYR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
1 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
CLE |
32 |
0/4 |
3/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
SYR |
24 |
0/3 |
4/4 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
CLE |
Tarasov |
W |
23 |
1 |
3-2-2 |
SYR |
Lagace |
L |
27 |
5 |
0-1-0 |
Cleveland Record: 7-3-1-3, 2nd North Division
Syracuse Record: 5-6-2-1, 6th North Division
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