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Monsters Push Win Streak to Three with 3-2 Win over Belleville

December 22, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Teddu bears rain down at the Cleveland Monsters game
Teddu bears rain down at the Cleveland Monsters game
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CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Belleville Senators on Saturday night in front of 9,079 fans at The Q by a final score of 3-2. With the win, the Monsters improve to 16-10-4-0 overall this season and with 36 points, are currently tied for second place with the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL's North Division standings.

Cleveland jumped in front 1-0 when Sam Vigneault took advantage of a loose puck that caromed off the boards, potting home an even-strength goal with feeds from Nathan Gerbe and Gabriel Carlsson to send teddy bears flying onto the ice at 19:42 of the opening frame.

After a scoreless middle period, the Senators evened the score, 1-1, at 4:25 of the final frame thanks to a power-play tally from Jack Rodewald. Momentum was short-lived for Belleville, however, as Gerbe pushed the Monsters back in front, 2-1, courtesy of a five-on-three power-play goal at 6:22 with assists from Alex Broadhurst and Adam Clendening. Cleveland struck again at 12:21 when Vitaly Abramov netted a power-play goal on set-ups from Clendening and Mark Letestu, to give the Monsters a 3-1 lead. Belleville's Aaron Luchuk capped the scoring for the evening, netting an even-strength marker at 18:42 of the third period, to secure a 3-2 for the Monsters.

Monsters goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced to improve to 3-1-1 on the season, while Senators netminder Filip Gustavsson stopped 34 of 37 shots faced to drop to 7-10-1 on the year.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Wednesday home matchup versus the Rochester Americans with full coverage, live from The Q, underway at 7:00 pm on SportsTime Ohio, Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Cleveland Monsters Holiday Packs are on sale now and include exclusive Monsters Holiday socks, a Monsters snow globe and equal number of Disney on Ice tickets at The Q! Holiday Packs start as low as $54 and can be purchased today by visiting www.clevelandmonsters.com/holiday or by calling the Monsters sales and service team at 216-420-0000. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.

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