
Cleveland Drops 4-3 Battle Against Lehigh Valley
January 20, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-3 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-11-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Brendan Gaunce grabbed the lone goal of the first period on the man advantage at 18:45 off feeds from Carson Meyer and David Jiricek putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Gaunce added his second tally of the night at 2:17 of the middle frame with helpers from Samuel Knazko and Jiricek. Lehigh Valley responded with goals from Rhett Gardner at 4:27 and Ronnie Attard at 8:58, but Meyer put home a power-play marker at 10:14 assisted by Gaunce and Jiricek sending Cleveland to the final intermission ahead 3-2. The Phantoms took control of the third period after goals from Olle Lycksell at 5:41 and Emil Andrae on the power play at 12:54 bringing the final score to 4-3.
Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley's Felix Sandstrom stopped 33 shots for the win.
The Monsters welcome the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m. at the 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 1 2 0 - - 3 LV 0 2 2 - - 4
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM CLE 36 2/8 6/7 19 min / 8 inf LV 26 1/7 6/8 21 min / 9 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 22 4 18-6-1 LV Sandstrom W 33 3 7-4-2 Cleveland Record: 24-11-1-1, 1st North Division Lehigh Valley Record: 17-15-5-1, 7th Atlantic Division
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