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Monsters Suffer Last Minute Defeat In Oklahoma City

February 14, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Anton Lander's power play goal with 19.8 seconds remaining handed the Lake Erie Monsters (20-24-0-4) a 2-1 loss in Oklahoma City to the Barons (22-22-1-5) Friday night at Cox Convention Center. Matt Hunwick scored the only goal for the Monsters, who have dropped three straight games. The Monsters and Barons hit the ice for a rematch Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern in Oklahoma City.

A scoreless first period saw Monsters goalie Sami Aittokallio stop all 11 Oklahoma City shots he saw, while Richard Bachman was perfect in the Barons net as well; he stopped 14 of 14 Monsters shots.

Each team struck with a goal in the second period. Oklahoma City's C.J. Stretch opened the scoring when he tapped in a rebound from the top of the goal crease at 4:41 of the middle frame, giving the Barons a 1-0 lead. Inside two minutes to go in the frame- at the 18:07 mark- Hunwick found a loose puck to the left of the Oklahoma City net, and snapped it past Bachman to tie the game at 1-1. Mark Olver and Andrew Agozzino assisted on Hunwick's ninth goal of the season.

The game remained tied at 1-1 until just 19.8 seconds remained in regulation time. With Oklahoma City on the power play, Brad Hunt sent a pass to the top of the right circle, where Lander blasted a one-timer past Aittokallio to give the Barons the eventual game-winning goal, leaving the score at 2-1.

Aittokallio is 9-11-1 after stopping 32 of 34 shots in the loss. Bachman stopped 39 of 40 Monsters shots, and is 14-12-2 on the campaign.

The Monsters and Barons meet again Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern; a game that can be heard live on AM 1220 WHKW.

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