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Monsters Fall to Rochester 5-1

February 24, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Sam Henley scored a power play goal for the Lake Erie Monsters (24-21-4-3) in his return to the lineup after missing eight games due to injury, but that was all the scoring the Monsters could muster on Tuesday, as they fell to the Rochester Americans (23-29-4-0) by a 5-1 score in the annual "Student Education Day" game at Quicken Loans Arena. Kenny Ryan and Markus Lauridsen each registered assists for the Monsters, giving them points in back-to-back games. Calvin Pickard took the loss in net, starting for the 11th time in the last 12 games for the Monsters. The Monsters continue their eight-game homestand Friday at 7:30 p.m. when they take on the Iowa Wild at The Q.

Rochester's Zac Dalpe, a former Ohio State Buckeye, opened the scoring at the 9:01 mark of the first period when he rang a puck off the post and in from the right circle. Rochester's Jerome Leduc netted a shot top-shelf off a two-on-one rush for a shorthanded tally at 14:59 of the first period, giving the Americans a 2-0 lead.

Henley scored on a rebound from in front of the net at 18:56 of the first period with the Monsters on a power play to cut the Rochester lead to 2-1. Henley's goal was assisted by Ryan and Lauridsen, and was his fourth tally of the season.

Phil Varone scored a power play goal at 9:21 of the second period to give Rochester a 3-1 lead, and the Americans added a pair of even-strength insurance goals in the third period. Evan Rankin scored at the 3:01 mark, and Dan Catenacci extended the Americans lead to 5-1 at 17:46 of the third period.

Pickard stopped 27 of 32 shots and is now 14-10-4. Rochester's Matt Hackett stopped 37 of 38 Monsters shots; he is 5-4-1.

The Monsters host Iowa Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Friday's game airs live on ESPN 850 WKNR, and Saturday's game can be heard live on AM 1420 "˜The Answer'.

NOTES: The Monsters are 13-11-0-2 at home on the season, and are now 0-3-0-0 against Rochester... The Monsters are 6-5-0-0 over their last 11 games... Pickard is 6-4-1 over his last 11 starts... Andrew Agozzino and Michael Schumacher led the way for the Monsters with five shots on goal each... The Monsters were 1-7 on the power play, and Rochester was 1-6 on the man-advantage... 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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