
Monsters Fall In Nail-Biting 4-3 Loss Against Wolves
February 18, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release
CHICAGO - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 4-3 on Saturday night at Allstate Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 21-21-3-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL's North Division standings.
Cleveland's Jake Christiansen broke the scoring at 7:51 in the first period unassisted but was followed by two Chicago goals from Vasily Ponomarev at 10:14 and Mackenzie MacEachern on a power-play at 14:11 which brought the score to 2-1 after the first. Chicago's Ponomarev converted on a power-play in the middle frame at 9:20 but Cleveland's Josh Dunne notched a tally off feeds from Robbie Payne and Trey Fix-Wolansky cutting the score to 3-2 Chicago going into the second intermission. Alex Green recorded a marker at 10:05 in the final frame and was followed by Cleveland's lone goal in the period from Brett Gallant at 14:33 off feeds from Erik Bradford pushing the final score to 4-3 Chicago.
Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 21 saves in defeat while Chicago's Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 24 shots for the win.
The Monsters face off against the Chicago Wolves on Sunday, February 19, with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Allstate Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final CLE 1 1 1 - - 3 CHI 2 1 1 - - 4
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM CLE 27 0/6 0/2 4 min / 2 inf CHI 25 2/2 6/6 12 min / 6 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 21 4 11-10-3 CHI Kochetkov W 24 3 8-4-2 Cleveland Record: 21-21-3-2, 6th North Division Chicago Record: 19-22-3-2, 7th Central Division
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