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Monsters Fall 4-0 in Chicago

October 17, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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Goaltender Roman Will made his first professional start in North America for the Lake Erie Monsters (1-2-0-0), but a 17-save shutout from opposing goalie Matt Climie preserved a 4-0 victory for the Chicago Wolves (2-0-1-0) Friday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Will stopped 27 of 31 shots for the Monsters, while veteran goalie Climie improved to 9-1-0-0 against the Monsters since becoming a member of the Wolves before the '11-12 season. The Monsters and Wolves will play tomorrow night at Allstate Arena at 8:00 p.m. in the second game of a five-game road swing for the Monsters.

Chicago netted the first period's only goal when Colin Fraser threaded a pass that sprung Yannick Veilleux into an open lane through the offensive end, and Veilleux scored on a top-shelf wrist shot to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead at 3:45 of the opening period.

The second period also yielded just a single goal, and again it went on the board for Chicago. With the Wolves on a power play, Dmitrij Jaskin found Ty Rattie in front of the net, and Rattie one-timed a low shot past Will to extend the Chicago lead to 2-0. The power play goal was scored at 9:37 of the middle frame.

The Wolves added two more in the third period: Rob Bordson made it 3-0 at 11:44 of the final frame, and with 1:11 left in the game Pat Cannone slipped one past Will to make the score 4-0 for the Wolves. Climie stopped all six shots he faced in the third period to preserve his first shutout of the season.

Will is 0-1-0 in net after the loss; he stopped 27 of 31 Chicago shots. Climie is 2-0-0 after the shutout victory, stopping 17 Monsters shots.

The Monsters and Wolves meet for the back half of their weekend back-to-back set in Chicago tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. All the action can be heard live on AM 1420 "˜The Answer'.

NOTES: The Monsters are 1-2-0-0 against the Midwest Division this season... In the last 17 meetings between the Wolves and Monsters, Chicago has won 14 games... The loss marks the first time on the young season that the Monsters have been held scoreless... Follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lakeeriemonsters, and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/monstershockey .

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