AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters Battle Back in 4-3 Loss to Rampage

Published on March 12, 2017 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


SAN ANTONIO, TX - The AHL's defending Calder Cup Champions, the Cleveland Monsters, proudly powered by Constellation, were defeated by the San Antonio Rampage on Sunday at AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX by a final score of 4-3. With the loss, the Monsters fell to 27-25-3-4 overall this season and with a .517 points percentage, remain alone in fifth place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

The Rampage claimed a 1-0 lead on Sunday when an even-strength Gabriel Bourque tally beat Monsters goaltender Anton Forsberg at 7:22. Then at 15:27, San Antonio's Rocco Grimaldi utilized a power-play to double the Rampage lead to 2-0 heading into the middle stanza.

Cleveland cut the Rampage lead in half with a Marc-Andre Bergeron power-play goal at 13:31 of the middle frame on feeds from Sonny Milano and Dean Kukan, but San Antonio's Alex Belzile tallied a shorthanded goal minutes later at 16:34 to push the Rampage edge back to two goals at 3-1. Cleveland rallied with a buzzer-beating score, however, from Joe Pendenza at 19:51 courtesy of a visionary right-wall assist from Milano and a secondary helper from John Ramage.

In the third, former Monster Colin Smith posted a power-play marker at 16:08 to push the Rampage lead to 4-2 and despite an even-strength Alex Petan goal at 18:08 from Akim Aliu and Pendenza, the Monsters fell short by a 4-3 final score. Forsberg made 29 saves in defeat to fall to 18-13-3 overall this season while Joe Cannata stopped 16 of the 19 pucks he faced in net for the Rampage to improve to 12-6-4 this year.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Tuesday rematch vs. San Antonio with full coverage, live from AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX, underway at 8:00 pm on 99X and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Tickets for every Monsters home game start at just $10 and are on sale now! Full and partial season ticket memberships are also available and provide you with the best seat locations, custom member benefits and the lowest ticket prices. Group outing and birthday bash packages for 10 or more people are also on sale now. All tickets can be purchased by visiting ClevelandMonsters.com, calling (216) 420-0000, visiting The Q Box Office or any Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/clevelandmonsters, and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/monstershockey.

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