Monsters tripped up in 7-3 loss to Americans
Feb 12, 2021The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 7-3 on Friday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 0-1-0-0 and are currently tied for fourth place in the AHL’s Central Division standings.
The Monsters took an early lead after Nathan Gerbe notched a tally at 1:02 of the first period off a feed from Ryan MacInnis. Zac Dalpe added a power-play goal at 13:23 with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Thomas Schemitsch sending Cleveland to the first intermission leading 2-0. Rochester started the middle frame with three goals from C.J. Smith at 0:41, Nicholas Welsh at 5:04 and Mattias Samuelsson at 7:18 pushing the score to 3-2. Dillon Simpson responded for Cleveland with a marker at 15:29 assisted by Cliff Pu, but Smith scored his second goal of the game for the Amerks at 18:07 leaving the Monsters down 4-3 after 40 minutes. Rochester solidified the lead in the final period following Jean-Sebastien Dea’s power-play tally at 2:23, Andrew Oglevie’s marker at 15:14 and an empty-net goal from Dea at 18:13 bringing the final score to 7-3.
Cleveland’s Brad Thiessen made 27 saves in defeat while Rochester’s Ukko-Pekka Luukkkonen stopped 43 shots in victory.
The Monsters host the Grand Rapids Griffins tomorrow evening with a 4:00 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 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
ROC |
0 |
4 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
46 |
1/6 |
1/3 |
11 min / 4 inf |
|
ROC |
34 |
2/3 |
5/6 |
17 min / 7 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Thiessen |
L |
27 |
6 |
0-1-0 |
|
ROC |
Luukkonen |
W |
43 |
3 |
1-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 0-1-0-0, T-4th Central Division
Rochester Record: 2-1-0-0, 5th North Division