Strong second period delivers Monsters 2-1 win over Griffins

Apr 10, 2023

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 2-1 on Monday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 32-30-5-2 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

 

The Griffins’ Wyatt Newpower scored a goal just 59 seconds into the first period leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Cleveland’s offense took control in the middle frame beginning with a marker from Trey Fix-Wolansky at 9:48 assisted by Justin Richards followed by a power-play tally from Mikael Pyyhtia at 19:03 off feeds from Marcus Bjork and Owen Sillinger pushing the lead to 2-1 heading into the final intermission. The Monsters stood tall in the third period holding the Griffins scoreless securing the 2-1 win.

 

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 26 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Ryan Bednard made 32 saves in defeat.

 

The Monsters close out the season with three games in three nights starting against the Utica Comets on Friday, April 14, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Adirondack Bank Center. 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	0	2	0	-	-	2
GR	1	0	0	-	-	1

 

Shots/Special Teams:

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	34	1/2	3/3	6 min / 3 inf
GR	27	0/3	1/2	4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	W	26	1	19-14-5
GR	Bednard	L	32	2	1-1-1

Cleveland Record: 32-30-5-2, 6th North Division

Grand Rapids Record: 28-34-4-4, 7th Central Division

 

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