Sports stats



AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters Defeated in 4-1 Loss to Senators

February 29, 2020 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Cleveland Monsters center Justin Scott
Cleveland Monsters center Justin Scott
(Cleveland Monsters)

CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters fell to the Belleville Senators 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-28-4-2 and are currently in eighth place in the AHL's North Division standings with 54 points.

Belleville's Filip Chlapik scored the only goal of the opening frame with a shorthanded marker at 18:05 sending the Monsters to the first intermission trailing 1-0. The Senators doubled their lead after Darren Archibald notched a tally at 15:47 of the second period extending the Monsters deficit to 2-0 after 40 minutes. Parker Kelly scored the third goal for Belleville at 3:10 of the final frame, but Cleveland's Kole Sherwood responded with a marker at 13:24 off feeds from Derek Barach and Adam Clendening. Despite several chances for the Monsters, the Senators secured the 4-1 victory after a power-play goal from Alex Formenton at 18:05.

Cleveland's Veini Vehvilainen made 21 saves in defeat while Belleville's Filip Gustavsson stopped 19 shots in victory.

The Monsters host the Laval Rocket on Thursday evening with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on ALT 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.

Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final

CLE 0 0 1 - - 1

BEL 1 1 2 - - 4

Shots/Special Teams: Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 20 0/3 3/4 8 min / 4 inf

BEL 25 1/4 3/3 6 min / 3 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Vehvilainen L 21 4 10-16-4

BEL Gustavsson W 19 1 15-5-3

Cleveland Record: 24-28-4-2, 8th North Division

Belleville Record: 37-17-4-1, 1st North Division

Check out the Cleveland Monsters Statistics




Images from this story

Cleveland Monsters center Justin Scott
Cleveland Monsters center Justin Scott
   



American Hockey League Stories from February 29, 2020


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central