Cleveland Monsters goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks

Monsters Fall Short in 5-1 Loss to Checkers

CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters fell to the Charlotte Checkers 5-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in front of 12,117 fans, the Monsters' largest home crowd of the season. With the loss, the Monsters are now 14-14-1-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings with 31 points. Charlotte's Spencer Smallman scored the first goal of the game at 2:07 in the opening perio... Full Story