AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters Fall to Wild, 4-2

December 3, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - In the seventh of eight meetings between the two teams this year, Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters were defeated by the Iowa Wild on Thursday at The Q by a final score of 4-2. With the loss, the Monsters' first regulation defeat at home this season, Lake Erie fell to 12-5-1-2 overall this season and with a .675 points percentage, currently sit tied with the Milwaukee Admirals for second place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

The Monsters started the scoring at 10:50 of the opening frame on Thursday when Josh Anderson netted his fourth goal of the season on the power-play with T.J. Tynan and Dean Kukan collecting assists on the play. Then, John Ramage pushed the Lake Erie lead to 2-0 at 15:32 of the middle frame with his first goal of the season, set up by a well-executed transition feed from Trent Vogelhuber.

Iowa stormed back late in the second period, posting back-to-back tallies from Jordan Schroeder at 15:46 and Zack Mitchell at 17:24 to knot the game at two apiece heading into the third. Two more Wild goals in the final stanza, from Christian Folin and Grayson Downing on the power-play at 5:39 and 7:09 respectively, established Iowa's final margin of victory at 4-2 and snapped the Wild's league-wide season-long 13-game winless streak.

Iowa's Leland Irving claimed victory in net thanks to a 31-save performance while Monsters backstop Joonas Korpisalo fell to 5-3-2 overall this season despite making 27 saves for Lake Erie.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Friday rematch vs. the Wild with full coverage from The Q underway at 7:00 pm on AM 1420 The Answer and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Tickets for every Monsters home game start at just $10 and are on sale now! Full and partial season ticket memberships are also available and provide you with the best seat locations, custom member benefits and the lowest ticket prices. Group outing and birthday bash packages for 10 or more people are also on sale now. All tickets can be purchased by visiting LakeErieMonsters.com, calling (216) 420-0000, visiting The Q Box Office or any Northern Ohio Discount Drug Mart. Be sure to 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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