Monsters stumble late in 3-2 loss to IceHogs

Feb 23, 2021

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rockford IceHogs 3-2 on Tuesday night at BMO Harris Bank Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 1-3-1-0 and are currently in tied for fifth place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.

 

Following a scoreless first period, Tyler Sikura notched his first goal with the Monsters on a power-play opportunity at 6:26 of the middle frame off helpers from Nathan Gerbe and Dillon Simpson. Rockford’s Evan Barratt tied the game at 15:52 sending the teams to the final intermission searching for the win. Cleveland’s Evan Polei broke the tie at 12:27 with his first marker of the year assisted by Justin Scott, but Rockford put away a pair of goals to close out the third period at 16:37 from Andrei Altybarmakyan and 18:27 from Isaak Phillips to secure the 3-2 win.

 

Cleveland’s Veini Vehvilainen made 21 saves in defeat while Rockford’s Cale Morris stopped 35 shots in victory.

 

The Monsters welcome the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday, February 27, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	0	1	1	-	-	2
RFD	0	1	2	-	-	3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	37	1/3	1/1	7 min / 2 inf
RFD	24	0/1	2/3	11 min / 4 inf

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Vehvilainen	L	21	3	0-1-0
RFD	Morris	W	35	2	1-0-0

 

Cleveland Record: 1-3-1-0, T-5th Central Division

Rockford Record: 1-5-1-0, T-5th Central Division

 

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