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Monsters Downed by Rocket, 5-1

November 9, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Cleveland Monsters News Release


Cleveland Monsters C Zac Dalpe against the Laval Rocket
Cleveland Monsters C Zac Dalpe against the Laval Rocket
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CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, were defeated by the Laval Rocket on Friday at The Q by a final score of 5-1. With the loss, the Monsters fell to 7-6-1-0 overall this season and with 15 points, remain alone in second place in the AHL's North Division standings.

The Rocket claimed a 1-0 lead at 2:41 of the opening period when Alexandre Alain potted an even-strength goal and just under three minutes later, Laval doubled their edge with a five-on-five finish from Jake Evans at 5:24 of the frame. The Rocket capped the scoring in the first with a Nikita Scherbak even-strength tally at 15:57 that made it 3-0 for the visitors heading into the middle stanza.

In the second, a hard-fought frame finally gave way to the Monsters' first goal, a buzzer-beating power-play strike from Sonny Milano at 19:58 that came courtesy of assists from Kevin Stenlund and Paul Bittner and left Cleveland trailing by a score of 3-1 through 40 minutes of competition.

Laval claimed their largest lead of the game early in the third at 5-1 following back-to-back even-strength goals from Evans and Lukas Vejdemo at 3:03 and 3:50 respectively, before emerging victorious when all was said and done by an identical final score. Monsters net-minder Matiss Kivlenieks fell to 2-1-0 on the season despite stopping 19 of the 24 pucks he faced on Friday while Laval's Charlie Lindgren delivered a 31-save performance to improve to 5-5-1 in net for the Rocket this year.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Saturday rematch vs. Laval with full coverage, live from The Q, underway at 7:00 pm on Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

2018-19 Monsters Hockey Club Memberships, providing fans the ability to lock in the lowest ticket prices, the best seat locations to each game, custom member benefits and an exclusive Monsters jersey, are now available! Group outing and birthday bash packages for 10 or more people are also on sale now. All tickets can be purchased by visiting ClevelandMonsters.com, calling (216) 420-0000 or any Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.





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