AHL Cleveland Monsters

CLEVELAND MONSTERS: Monsters Cap Lengthy Road Trip with 2-1 Win Over

Published on January 15, 2018 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Cleveland Monsters, proud American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI by a final score of 2-1. With the win, the Monsters improved to 11-19-3-3 overall this season and with a .389 points percentage, remain alone in seventh place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

After the first two periods slid by scoreless, Cleveland's Cameron Gaunce posted an even-strength goal at 1:01 of the third on feeds from Zac Dalpe and Alex Broadhurst, and Tyler Motte followed that with a power-play strike at 4:25, set up by assists from Carter Camper and Dean Kukan, to make it 2-0 Monsters. Grand Rapids drew within one with a Matt Puempel even-strength goal at 19:40 of the third, but the Monsters held on for a 2-1 victory.

Gaunce's Saturday appearance was the 226th of his Monsters career, moving him past former Cleveland forward Andrew Agozzino into first place on the franchise's all-time list. Cleveland's win snapped a five-game winless streak and came in the final game of the Monsters' season-long seven-game, 13-day road trip during which Cleveland posted a 2-4-0-1 record. Cleveland goaltender Joonas Korpisalo improved to 2-2-1 this season by virtue of a 35-save performance while Griffins backstop Tom McCollum fell to 5-8-3 despite stopping 23 of the 25 pucks he faced.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Wednesday home tilt vs. the Rockford IceHogs.

About the Cleveland Monsters: The Cleveland Monsters are part of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena organization and also owned by a group led by Cavaliers Chairman and Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert. The group also owns and operates the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League playing at Quicken Loans Arena and the Canton Charge of the NBA G League playing in nearby Canton, Ohio at the Canton Civic Center.

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