Monsters stumble in 7-4 loss to Rocket

Monsters stumble in 7-4 loss to Rocket

Jan 28, 2023

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 7-4 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 16-19-3-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

Laval recorded two power-play goals in the opening period from Anthony Richard at 12:01 and Joël Teasdale at 16:21 sending Cleveland to the first intermission trailing 2-0. The Rocket added another man-advantage tally from Lucas Condotta at 1:27 of the middle frame, but Roman Ahcan responded with a marker at 2:42 assisted by Owen Sillinger to get the Monsters on the board. Brandon Davidson brought the game within one after a goal at 4:21 off feeds from Robbie Payne and Josh Dunne, but Laval’s Condotta scored at 14:23 followed a tally from Riley McKay at 15:29 leaving Cleveland behind 5-2 after 40 minutes. Cole Fonstad added a marker at 5:16 of the third period off feeds from Erik Bradford and Luka Burzan, but Laval’s Richard grabbed his second goal of the night at 10:44. Justin Richards notched a tally at 15:09 with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and David Jiricek but Condotta completed his hat trick bid with an empty-net goal at 16:08 bringing the final score to 7-4.

 

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 3 stops in relief of Jet Greaves who made 12 saves in defeat while Laval’s Cayden Primeau stopped 29 shots for the win.

                                             

The Monsters will transform into the Cleveland Lumberjacks in honor of Lumberjacks Weekend starting when they host the Chicago Wolves on Friday, February 3, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop 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

2

-

-

4

LAV

2

3

2

-

-

7

 

Shots/Special Teams:

 

Shots

PP

PK

PIM

CLE

33

0/4

4/7

14 min / 7 inf

LAV

22

3/7

4/4

8 min / 4 inf

Goaltenders:

 

Goaltender

Outcome

Saves

GA

Record

CLE

Greaves

L

12

5

7-8-3

CLE

Cajan

ND

3

1

5-7-2

LAV

Primeau

W

29

4

5-7-4

Cleveland Record: 16-19-3-2, 6th North Division

Laval Record: 17-19-5-2, 5th North Division

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