Monsters Cap off Weekend with 3-1 Win over Griffins
November 3, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-1 on Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 4-3-0-1 and currently in sixth place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Roman Ahcan opened the scoring at 4:09 of the first period off a helper from Hunter McKown, but the Griffins responded with a goal from Amadeus Lombardi at 10:18 to even the score. Ahcan recorded his second tally of the night at 18:54 assisted by Denton Mateychuk sending Cleveland to the first intermission ahead 2-1. Following a scoreless second period, Owen Sillinger notched an empty-net tally at 19:15 of the third frame off feeds from Dylan Gambrell and Ahcan bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland's Zach Sawchenko made 17 saves for the win while Grand Rapids' Sebastian Cossa stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters welcome the Rochester Americans on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Fox Sports Radio 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
CLE 2 0 1 - - 3
GR 1 0 0 - - 1
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM
CLE 26 0/2 2/2 4 min / 2 inf
GR 18 0/2 2/2 4 min / 2 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record
CLE Sawchenko W 17 1 2-1-0
GR Cossa L 23 2 4-3-1
Cleveland Record: 4-3-0-1, 6th North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 6-3-1-0, 2nd Central Division
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