AHL Cleveland Monsters

Monsters' Late Push Not Enough in 3-2 Loss to Checkers

Published on December 29, 2022 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 12-12-1-2 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Trey Fix-Wolanksy scored the lone goal of the opening period at 7:52 off feeds from Justin Richards and Jake Christiansen sending the Monsters to the first intermission ahead 1-0. Charlotte's Justin Sourdif converted on the man advantage at 9:02 of the middle frame, but Christiansen notched a tally at 12:36 assisted by Tyler Angle and Cole Clayton pushing the score to 2-1. The Checkers added two goals from Grigori Denisenko at 17:17 and a penalty shot at 19:04 leaving the Monsters trailing 3-2 after 40 minutes. Despite a strong offensive push from Cleveland in the final minutes, both teams were held scoreless in the third period leaving the final score at 3-2.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Charlotte's Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots for the win.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday, December 31, with a 12:31 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 1 0 - - 2 CLT 0 3 0 - - 3

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM CLE 25 0/5 2/3 8 min / 4 inf CLT 25 1/3 5/5 12 min / 6 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 22 3 5-4-2 CLT Lyon W 23 2 8-7-1 Cleveland Record: 12-12-1-2, 5th North Division Charlotte Record: 15-11-2-1, 4th Atlantic Division

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