Monsters tripped up in 3-2 loss to Wolf Pack
Jan 27, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hartford Wolf Pack 3-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 25-13-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Hartford jumped out to an early start with two goals in the first period from Matt Rempe at 7:30 and Blake Hillman at 8:29. Brendan Gaunce recorded a power-play tally at 14:23 off feeds from Carson Meyer and Mikael Pyyhtia cutting Cleveland’s deficit to 2-1 after 20 minutes. Jake Christiansen evened the game at 7:48 of the second period with an assist from Gaunce sending the Monsters to the final intermission knotted 2-2. The Wolf Pack had the last say with a goal from Rempe at 14:14 of the third period bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Hartford’s Louis Domingue stopped 24 shots for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
SO |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
HFD |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
26 |
1/5 |
2/2 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
HFD |
25 |
0/2 |
4/5 |
12 min / 6 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
22 |
3 |
19-8-1 |
|
HFD |
Domingue |
W |
24 |
2 |
11-5-2 |
Cleveland Record: 25-13-1-1, 1st North Division
Hartford Record: 22-11-5-0, 4th Atlantic Division
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