Monsters Held off by IceHogs in 4-1 Loss

February 15, 2020 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release

CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rockford IceHogs 4-1 on Saturday night at BMO Harris Bank Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 23-25-2-2 and are currently in eighth place in the AHL's North Division standings with 50 points.

Rockford scored two goals in the opening frame with a power-play tally from Dylan Sikura at 3:31 and a marker from Brandon Hagel at 16:27 to leave Cleveland trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. The Monsters cut the score to 2-1 following Maxime Fortier's goal at 18:09 of the second period with helpers from Doyle Somerby and Anton Karlsson. Despite several scoring chances for the Monsters, Ian McCoshen notched a tally for the IceHogs at 7:18 of the third period in addition to Dmitry Osipov's empty-net marker at 18:57 bringing the final score to 4-1 in favor of Rockford.

Cleveland's Brad Thiessen made 22 saves in defeat while Rockford's Collin Delia stopped 27 shots in victory.

The Monsters end their road trip against the Chicago Wolves on Sunday afternoon with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Allstate Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on ALT 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final

CLE 0 1 0 - - 1

RFD 2 0 2 - - 4

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 28 0/2 3/4 10 min / 5 inf

RFD 26 1/4 2/2 6 min / 3 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Thiessen L 22 4 3-2-0

RFD Delia W 27 1 12-10-1

Cleveland Record: 23-25-2-2, 8th North Division

Rockford Record: 25-25-1-2, 5th Central Division

Cleveland Monsters goaltender Brad Thiessen vs. the Rockford IceHogs

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