Monsters tie North Division Semifinals with 4-3 overtime win against Senators
May 3, 2024The Cleveland Monsters beat the Belleville Senators 4-3 on Friday night at CAA Arena. With the win, the Monsters evened the North Division Semifinals best-of-five series 1-1.
The Senators struck first in the opening frame with a goal from Wyatt Bongiovanni at 2:05, but Tyler Angle responded with a tally at 7:52 off assists from Jake Gaudet and Stefan Matteau to tie the game. Belleville’s Cole Reinhardt notched a marker at 15:20, but Gaudet recorded an unassisted goal at 16:39 sending the teams to the first intermission tied 2-2. Josh Dunne scored the lone tally of the middle frame at 3:38 off feeds from David Jiricek and Justin Pearson putting the Monsters ahead 3-2 after 40 minutes. The Senators evened the score after a power-play goal from Stephen Halliday at 9:05 forcing the game into extra time. Cole Clayton was the overtime hero for the Monsters scoring at 4:06 off a feed from Angle securing the 4-3 win and tying the series 1-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 36 shots for the win while Belleville’s Mads Sogaard made 31 saves in defeat.
The Monsters and Senators return to Cleveland for Game 3 of the North Division Semifinals on Wednesday, May 8, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
BEL |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
35 |
0/3 |
4/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
|
BEL |
39 |
1/5 |
3/3 |
8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Playoff Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
W |
36 |
3 |
1-1-0 |
|
BEL |
Sogaard |
L |
31 |
4 |
3-2-0 |
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