
Monsters Back-And-Forth Ends in 6-5 Overtime Loss to Amerks
March 19, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
ROCHESTER, NY - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 6-5 in overtime on Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 21-24-8-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Rochester's Jack Quinn opened the scoring at 4:10 of the first period, but Tristan Mullin responded with a tally at 13:27 off a feed from Justin Scott tying the game 1-1 after 20 minutes. Roman Ahcan scored his first professional goal at 1:35 of the second period assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Scott Harrington pushing Cleveland into the lead. Jake Gaudet added onto the lead with a shorthanded tally at 5:21 with helpers from Tyler Sikura and Jake Christiansen followed by a marker from Tyler Angle at 9:26 assisted by Thomas Schemitsch moving the score to 4-1. The Amerks tied the game with goals from Nick Boka at 12:36, Josh Teves at 13:09 and Arttu Ruotsalainen at 18:47 making the score 4-4 heading into the final intermission. Zach Jordan notched a marker at 6:15 of the third period with a helper from Gaudet, but Michael Mersch forced the game to overtime after a power-play tally at 10:07. Despite several scoring chances for the Monsters, Mark Jankowski grabbed the game winner at 4:44 of the extra frame bringing the final score to 6-5.
Cleveland's Jean-Francois Berube made 18 saves in defeat while Rochester's Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves for the victory.
The Monsters continue the road trip visiting the Utica Comets on Monday, March 21, for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Adirondack Bank Center. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
CLE 1 3 1 0 - 5
ROC 1 3 1 1 - 6
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM
CLE 39 0/1 3/4 10 min / 5 inf
ROC 24 1/4 1/1 4 min / 2 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record
CLE Berube OT 18 6 4-10-5
ROC Luukkonen W 34 5 10-11-2
Cleveland Record: 21-24-8-4, 7th North Division
Rochester Record: 30-23-4-2, 6th North Division
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