Monsters Fall 4-2 in Grand Rapids to Split the Weekend
January 18, 2025 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-2 on Saturday night at Van Andel Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 22-12-1-3 and in third place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Both squads had a tally through 20 minutes as Cleveland's Samuel Knazko opened the scoring at 5:18 of the first period with Rocco Grimaldi and Justin Pearson grabbing assists on the play. Grand Rapids answered at 10:58 of the period as Sheldon Dries snuck one in to make it 1-1 after 20 minutes. The Griffins added two more goals in the middle frame from Tim Gettinger at 2:09 and Dominik Shine at 11:45 to hand Grand Rapids a 3-1 lead that they carried into the second break. Hunter McKown made it a 3-2 game at 13:45 of the third period off feeds from Roman Ahcan and Max McCue, but was offset by Griffins' forward Elmer Söderblom scoring on an empty net at 19:16 to give Grand Rapids the 4-2 win.
Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 25 saves in defeat while Grand Rapids' Sebastian Cossa stopped 24 shots for the win.
The Monsters faceoff against the Chicago Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final CLE 1 0 1 0 0 2 GR 1 2 1 0 0 4
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM CLE 26 0/2 1/1 2 min / 1 inf GR 29 0/1 2/2 4 min / 2 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 25 3 12-6-3 GR Cossa W 24 2 12-7-4 Cleveland Record: 22-12-1-3, 3rd North Division Grand Rapids Record: 22-12-3-1, 1st Central Division
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