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Monsters Come up Short in 5-3 Loss to Penguins
December 8, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
WILKES-BARRE, PA - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5-3 on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. With the loss, the Monsters are now 14-6-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Roman Ahcan scored the Monsters first shorthanded goal of the season at 2:09 of the opening period assisted by Corson Ceulemans to put Cleveland ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. The Pengiuins added two markers in the middle frame from Ty Smith at 6:16 and Raivis Ansons 9:31 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 2-1. The third period brough a frenzy of goals starting with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Alex Nylander at 11:39 and Corey Andonovski into an empty net at 17:30. James Malatesta responded with a tally at 17:44 off a feed from Billy Sweezey, but Nylander added an empty-net marker on the power play at 19:09. Ahcan recorded his second goal of the night at 19:29 with helpers from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Ceulemans but the Monsters fell by a final score of 5-3.
Cleveland's Daniil Tarasov had 23 stops in defeat while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Magnus Hellberg made 34 saves for the win.
The Monsters finish the road trip against the Hershey Bears on Saturday, December 9, at 7:00 p.m. at Giant Center. 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 1 0 2 - - 3 WBS 0 2 3 - - 5
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM CLE 37 1/3 3/3 6 min / 3 inf WBS 28 0/3 2/3 6 min / 3 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Tarasov L 23 3 2-1-0 WBS Hellberg W 34 3 3-3-0 Cleveland Record: 14-6-1-0, 1st North Division Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Record: 11-8-3-0, 4th Atlantic Division
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