
Monsters Come Up Short in 4-1 Loss to Bears
April 1, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 4-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 29-28-5-2 and currently in sixth place in the AHL's North Division standings.
The Bears scored two goals in the opening frame from Joe Snively on the power play at 5:59 and Aaron Ness at 11:52 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 2-0. Hershey's Riley Sutter added a tally at 14:05 of the second period extending Cleveland's deficit to 3-0 after 40 minutes. The Bears pushed ahead with a marker from Snively at 3:32, but Tyler Angle responded with a goal at 14:50 assisted by Samuel Knazko and David Jiricek bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 21 saves in defeat while Hershey's Hunter Shepard made 24 saves for the win.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Hershey Bears on Sunday, April 2, with a 12:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final CLE 0 0 1 - - 1 HER 2 1 1 - - 4
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM CLE 25 0/5 2/3 8 min / 4 inf HER 25 1/3 5/5 12 min / 6 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 21 4 16-13-5 HER Shepard W 24 1 18-6-5 Cleveland Record: 29-28-5-2, 6th North Division Hershey Record: 40-16-5-4, 2nd Atlantic Division
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