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Monsters Battle to the End in 5-4 Loss to Americans

March 18, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


ROCHESTER, NY - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 5-4 on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 21-24-7-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Jake Christiansen extended his point streak to seven games after a power-play goal at 16:36 of the opening period off feeds from Justin Scott and Kevin Stenlund putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Rochester started the middle frame with two goals eight seconds apart from Jack Quinn at 4:20 and Michael Mersch at 4:28. Carson Meyer tied the game with an unassisted tally at 5:07, but Arttu Ruotsalainen's marker at 7:00 gave the lead back to Rochester. Meyer added his second goal of the night at 13:34 with assists from Christiansen and Tyler Sikura, but the Amerks responded with a tally from JJ Peterka at 19:20 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 4-3. Rochester's Peterka scored his second marker of the night at 3:08 of the final frame before Tim Berni responded for Cleveland at 11:53 with helpers from Scott and Tristan Mullin bringing the game within one goal. Despite a strong offensive push, the Monsters fell by a final score of 5-4.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 17 saves in defeat while Rochester's Aaron Dell made 31 saves for the victory.

The Monsters have a rematch with the Rochester Americans on Saturday, March 19, for a 6:05 p.m. puck drop at Blue Cross Arena. 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 2 1 - - 4

ROC 0 4 1 - - 5

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 35 1/3 1/2 4 min / 2 inf

ROC 22 1/2 2/3 6 min / 3 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Greaves L 17 5 9-7-2

ROC Dell W 31 4 10-4-1

Cleveland Record: 21-24-7-4, 7th North Division

Rochester Record: 29-23-4-2, 6th Central Division

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