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Monsters Secure 4-3 Overtime Win Against Wolf Pack

December 6, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


HARTFORD - The Cleveland Monsters beat the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday night at the XL Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 14-5-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Monsters Cameron Butler opened the scoring in the first period with his first professional goal at 3:05 off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Owen Sillinger, answered by two Wolf Pack goals from Brennan Othmann on a power play at 7:42 and Brett Bedard at 9:54 bringing the score to 2-1 Wolf Pack after the first. Cleveland's Carson Meyer took lone control of the second period with his first tally of the night at 8:56 assisted by Sillinger and Marcus Bjork followed by his second goal of the game unassisted at 12:47 putting the Monsters ahead 3-2 after 40 minutes. Hartford's Brandon Scanlon scored the only goal during the third period at 10:36 forcing a 3-3 tie, sending the game into overtime. Luca Del Bel Belluz secured the win for Cleveland in the extra frame with a tally at 2:28 assisted by Sillinger and Stanislav Svozil bringing the final score to 4-3 Monsters.

Cleveland's Tarasov had 36 stops for the win while Hartford's Louis Domingue made 23 saves in defeat.

The Monsters continue their road trip and travel to face the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday, December 8, at 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final

CLE 1 2 0 1 - 4

HFD 2 0 0 0 - 3

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 27 0/4 3/4 13 min / 5 inf

HFD 39 1/4 4/4 13 min / 5 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Tarasov W 36 3 2-0-0

HFD Domingue L 23 4 7-1-1

Cleveland Record: 14-5-1-0, 1st North Division

Hartford Record: 14-4-3-0, 2nd Atlantic Division

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The Monsters are part of Rock Entertainment Group. In addition to the Monsters, Rock Entertainment Group also includes the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League, Cavs Legion of the NBA 2K League, the operation of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Legion Lair Lit by TCP home of Cavs Legion in Cleveland, and Cleveland Clinic Courts - the Cavaliers' training and development center in Independence, Ohio.

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