AHL Cleveland Monsters

Milano Tallies Three Points as Monsters Cruise Past Phantoms, 5-1

Published on December 5, 2018 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Cleveland Monsters center Zac Dalpe vs. the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Cleveland Monsters center Zac Dalpe vs. the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
(Cleveland Monsters)

ALLENTOWN, PA - The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday night at PPL Center in Allentown, PA by a final score of 5-1. With the win, the Monsters improve to 12-8-3-0 overall this season and with 27 points, currently sit alone in second place in the AHL's North Division standings.

After a scoreless first period it was the Monsters who got on the board first, getting an even-strength marker from Ryan MacInnis at 10:18 of the middle frame with an assist from Sonny Milano, to give Cleveland the lead, 1-0.

In the final period, the Monsters extended their lead to 2-0 when Dean Kukan, playing his first game of the year with Cleveland, scored on the power-play at 4:19 on feeds from Milano and Kevin Stenlund. Lehigh Valley cut into the Cleveland lead, 2-1, moments later thanks to an even-strength tally from Nicolas Aube-Kubel at 5:56. The Monsters answered with three straight goals to put the game out of reach for good, the first coming at 9:42 when Stenlund lit the lamp with an even-strength score, unassisted, pushing the Cleveland lead to 3-1. Then, Justin Scott poked home a five-on-five finish at 13:59 on feeds from Vitaly Abramov and Kukan to make the score 4-1. Milano capped the scoring for the evening with an empty-net goal unassisted at 16:30 of the third period to secure the Monsters 5-1 road win.

Monsters goaltender Jean-Francois Berube stopped 34 of the 35 shots he faced to improve to 8-6-2 on the season, while Phantoms net-minder Alex Lyon stopped 31 of the 35 pucks he faced to drop to 3-3-0 on the year.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Friday road matchup versus the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with full coverage, live from Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA, underway at 7:05 pm on Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Cleveland Monsters Holiday Packs are on sale now and include exclusive Monsters Holiday socks, a Monsters snow globe and equal number of Disney on Ice tickets at The Q! Holiday Packs start as low as $54 and can be purchased today by visiting www.clevelandmonsters.com/holiday or by calling the Monsters sales and service team at 216-420-0000. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.

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Cleveland Monsters center Zac Dalpe vs. the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Cleveland Monsters center Zac Dalpe vs. the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
   



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