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Monsters Maul Griffins, 5-3

April 13, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


GRAND RAPIDS, MI - In the final game of the two teams' 12-game season series, Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI by a final score of 5-3. With the win, the Monsters improved to 41-22-6-5 overall this season and with a .628 points percentage, remain alone in second place in the AHL's Central Division standings with two games remaining in the regular season.

The Griffins claimed a 1-0 lead at 5:37 of the opening period when Eric Tangradi deflected home a Nick Jensen shot at even-strength. The Monsters rallied back, however, with a five-on-five John Ramage slapper at 13:28 on feeds from T.J. Tynan and Dean Kukan before Ryan Craig and Justin Falk combined to set up Lukas Sedlak at 19:07 for an even-strength goal that made it 2-1 Lake Erie heading into the middle stanza and extended Sedlak's goal streak to six games.

In the middle frame, Grand Rapids leveled the score with a Jeff Hoggan even-strength goal at 9:54 before the Monsters surged ahead by a score of 3-2 at 12:02 of the period when Sonny Milano re-directed a Ramage point shot, fed by Alex Broadhurst, on the power-play.

Then, Lake Erie's Michael Chaput notched an unassisted marker just 19 seconds later to make it 4-2 before Sedlak buried his second of the game at 6:59 of the final period on an even-strength deflection off the stick of Dean Kukan. A late goal from Grand Rapids right wing Mark Zengerle at 19:53 made things a bit more respectable for the Griffins, but the Monsters prevailed by a final score of 5-3 to cap their season series vs. Grand Rapids at 5-3-3-1.

Lake Erie's Joonas Korpisalo improved to 7-8-2 in net for the Monsters this season by virtue of a 20-save performance, while Griffins net-minder Tom McCollum made 20 saves on 25 shots faced in defeat.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Thursday home clash vs. the Charlotte Checkers with full coverage, live from The Q, underway at 7:00 pm on ESPN 850 WKNR 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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