AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters Come up Short in Season Opener After 7-3 Loss to Bears

Published on October 12, 2024 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


HERSHEY, PA - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 7-3 on Saturday night at Giant Center.

The Bears struck first after a goal from Vincent Iorio at 5:00 of the opening frame leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Rocco Grimaldi scored his first goal as a Monster at 2:11 of the middle frame assisted by Chris Wilkie and Samuel Knazko to even the score. Roman Ahcan put Cleveland ahead with a marker at 11:50 off feeds from Denton Mateychuk and Joseph LaBate, but Hershey's Ethen Frank responded with a power-play tally at 13:07. The Bears added two more goals starting with Bogdan Trineyev at 16:55 followed by another from Frank on the man advantage at 17:42 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 4-2. Frank completed his bid for a hat trick at 5:40 of the third period and Ethan Bear followed it up with a goal for the Bears at 6:11. Denton Mateychuk scored his first professional goal at 12:18 on the power play with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Luca Del Bel Belluz, but Hershey's Luke Philip notched a tally at 19:03 bringing the final score to 7-3.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 24 saves in defeat while Hershey's Hunter Shepard made 28 saves for the win.

The Monsters have a rematch with the Hershey Bears on Sunday, October 13, at 5:00 p.m. at Giant Center. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final

CLE 0 2 1 - - 3

HER 1 3 3 - - 7

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 33 1/4 4/6 12 min / 6 inf

HER 35 2/6 3/4 8 min / 4 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Greaves L 28 7 0-1-0

HER Shepard W 30 3 1-0-0

Cleveland Record: 0-1-0-0, T-5th North Division

Hershey Record: 1-0-0-0, T-1st Atlantic Division

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