AHL Cleveland Monsters

MONSTERS GAME SUMMARY: Monsters Trampled by Wolves, 7-3

Published on March 5, 2017 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


ROSEMONT, IL - The AHL's defending Calder Cup Champions, the Cleveland Monsters, proudly powered by Constellation, were defeated by the Chicago Wolves on Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL by a final score of 7-3. With the loss, the Monsters fell to 25-24-3-4 overall this season and with a .509 points percentage, currently remain alone in fifth place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

Monsters forward Markus Hannikainen staked Cleveland to a 1-0 lead at 2:40 of the opening frame with a power-play goal, set up by Daniel Zaar and John Ramage. Chicago strung together back-to-back even-strength goals, however, from Samuel Blais at 10:24 of the first and Brad Malone at 16:25, to take a 2-1 advantage into the middle stanza.

Chicago pushed their edge to 4-2 with another five-on-five Malone tally at 5:27 of the middle frame before an unassisted even-strength Akim Aliu wraparound pulled the Monsters within a goal at 3-2 at 6:04 of the period. Chicago went on to pot three more unanswered even-strength goals prior to the second intermission though, from Samuel Blais at 11:39, Scooter Vaughan at 18:44 and Kenny Agostino at 19:27, to extend the Wolves' lead to 6-2 entering the final frame of regulation.

Agostino struck again at five-on-five at 7:43 of the third to make it 7-2 before Alex Petan and Aliu combined to set up Ryan Stanton at 9:58 of the final period to establish the game's final score at 7-3 in favor of Chicago. Brad Thiessen gave up six goals on 32 shots faced through 40 minutes of action between the pipes for Cleveland to fall to 2-6-1 this season while Jordan Binnington improved to 11-6-4 in net for the Wolves by virtue of a 25-save performance. ECHL call-up Michael Houser additionally stopped three of the four pucks he faced for Cleveland in relief of Thiessen in the final period of regulation.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Wednesday road clash vs. the Milwaukee Admirals with full coverage, live from UW Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI, underway at 11:30 am on 99X 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 ClevelandMonsters.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/clevelandmonsters, and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/monstershockey.

The Cleveland Monsters are part of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena organization and also owned by a group led by Cavaliers Majority Owner and Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert. The group also owns and operates the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League playing at Quicken Loans Arena and the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League playing in nearby Canton, Ohio at the Canton Civic Center.

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