AHL Cleveland Monsters

Explosive First Period Leads Monsters to 6-2 Win Over Griffins

Published on February 17, 2023 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 2-1 on Friday night at Van Andel Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 21-20-3-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL's North Division standings.

The first period got off to a quick start with a back-and-forth of scoring beginning with a goal from Tyler Angle at 2:04 off a feed from Robbie Payne followed by Alex Chiasson's tally for the Griffins at 2:43. Joona Luoto responded with his first marker of the night at 3:07 assisted by Samuel Knazko and Cole Fonstad followed by his second tally at 8:27 with helpers from Owen Sillinger and Trey Fix-Wolansky. David Jiricek converted on the man advantage at 18:39 off feeds from Fix-Wolansky and Fonstad sending the Monsters to the first intermission leading 4-1. Payne extended Cleveland's lead at 4:48 of the middle frame with helpers from Sillinger and Fix-Wolansky, but Grand Rapids' Danny O'Regan scored a power-play goal at 18:53 cutting the score to 5-2 after 40 minutes. Josh Dunne added tally on the man advantage at 14:22 of the final frame with assists from Jiricek and Fix-Wolansky pushing the final score to 6-2 securing the Monsters win.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 17 saves for the win while Grand Rapid's Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 32 shots in defeat.

The Monsters travel to visit the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, February 18, with a 8:00 p.m. puck drop at All State Arena. 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 4 1 1 - - 6 GR 1 1 0 - - 2

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM CLE 38 2/6 4/5 25 min / 7 inf GR 19 1/5 4/6 14 min / 7 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves W 17 2 11-9-3 GR Nedelijkovic L 32 6 8-5-2 Cleveland Record: 21-20-3-2, 6th North Division Grand Rapids Record: 20-23-2-2, 6th Central Division

GAME SHEET - GAME PHOTOS - GAME HIGHLIGHTS* *Game highlights will appear as soon as possible following video processing.

The Monsters are part of Rock Entertainment Group. In addition to the Monsters, Rock Entertainment Group also includes the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League, Cavs Legion of the NBA 2K League, the operation of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Legion Lair Lit by TCP home of Cavs Legion in Cleveland, and Cleveland Clinic Courts - the Cavaliers' training and development center in Independence, Ohio.

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