Monsters Postseason Comes to End with 4-1 Loss to Rocket

May 6, 2025 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release

CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 4-1 on Tuesday night at Place Bell. With the loss, the Monsters finished the North Division Semifinals 1-3.

The Rocket took control of the opening frame with a goal from Xavier Simoneau at 4:22 followed by tallies on the man advantage from Laurent Dauphin at 9:42 and Logan Mailloux at 12:21 leaving the Monsters trailing 3-0 after 20 minutes. Luca Del Bel Belluz got Cleveland on the board at 17:19 of the second period off a feed from Samuel Knazko cutting the team's deficit to 3-1 heading into the final intermission. Laval's Dauphin scored a power-play tally at 17:27 of the third period bringing the final score to 4-1 and ending Cleveland's postseason.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves stopped 32 shots in defeat while Laval's Jacob Fowler made 18 saves for the win.

Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT Final

CLE 0 1 0 - 1

LAV 3 0 1 - 4

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 19 0/1 5/8 42 min / 13 inf

LAV 36 3/8 1/1 8 min / 4 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Playoff Record

CLE Greaves L 32 4 3-3

LAV Fowler W 18 1 3-0

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