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Monsters Grab Point in 4-3 Overtime Loss to Comets

February 22, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 22-21-4-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Utica's Brian Halonen opened the scoring at 5:03 of the first period, but Owen Sillinger converted on the power play at 13:20 with helpers from Robbie Payne and Marcus Bjork leaving the score tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Following a scoreless middle frame, Payne notched a tally just 13 seconds into the third period assisted by Roman Ahcan to push the Monsters ahead. The Comets recorded two goals from Andreas Johnsson on the man advantage at 8:52 and Samuel Laberge at 16:10 making it a 3-2 game in favor of the visitors. Justin Richards tied the game at 17:27 off feeds from Sillinger and Trey Fix-Wolansky forcing extra time, but Utica's Graeme Clarke grabbed the game-winning goal 47 seconds into overtime bringing the final score to 4-3.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 31 saves in defeat while Utica's Nico Daws stopped 20 shots for the win.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Utica Comets on Friday, February 24, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final CLE 1 0 2 0 - 3 UTC 1 0 2 1 - 4

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM CLE 23 1/6 4/5 13 min / 5 inf UTC 35 1/5 5/6 16 min / 5 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves OT 31 4 11-10-4 UTC Daws W 20 3 12-12-2 Cleveland Record: 22-21-4-2, 6th North Division Utica Record: 24-20-5-2, 2nd North Division

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