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Monsters Silence Wolves, 4-3

December 11, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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CLEVELAND - In the first of eight head-to-head meetings between the two teams this season, Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters held on for a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Wolves at The Q on Friday. With the win, the Monsters improved to 14-6-1-2 overall this season and with a .674 points percentage, are currently tied with the Milwaukee Admirals for 2nd place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

In his first game in a Monsters uniform in nearly a month, recent Columbus Blue Jackets assignee Kerby Rychel staked the Monsters to a 1-0 lead just 37 seconds into the game on a crisp transition play from Alex Broadhurst and Josh Anderson. Then, just over six minutes later, Daniel Zaar made it 2-0 Lake Erie when he rifled home his sixth of the season on feeds from T.J. Tynan and John Ramage.

In the middle frame, Anderson extended the Monsters advantage to 3-0 when he buried a drop pass from Dean Kukan at 7:01 with Lake Erie goaltender Anton Forsberg collecting a secondary assist on the play. Chicago hung around down the stretch, creeping within a goal after back-to-back scores from Eriah Hayes at 12:14 of the second and Danny Kristo at 16:57 of the third, before Anderson tipped home his second marker of the game at 18:45 of the final frame with Michael Paliotta and Tynan combining to set up the Monsters' fourth goal. A late Jeremy Welsh tally at 19:43 capped the Wolves' scoring and established Lake Erie's final margin of victory at 4-3.

Forsberg's 32 Saturday saves helped push the 22 year-old Swede's record to 9-2-1 in net for the Monsters this season, while Jordan Binnington made 26 saves in defeat for Chicago.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Saturday rematch vs. the Wolves with full coverage underway from The Q at 7:30 pm on 99X and simulcast on SportsTime Ohio.

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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