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Monsters Topple Marlies, 2-1

December 29, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


T.J. Tynan of the Lake Erie Monsters
T.J. Tynan of the Lake Erie Monsters
(Cleveland Monsters)

CLEVELAND - In front of 12,097 fans at The Q and clad in specialty Cavaliers-themed jerseys on Cavs Night, Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters outlasted the AHL's top team, the Toronto Marlies, on Tuesday by a final score of 2-1. With the win, the Monsters improved to 17-9-2-2 overall this season and with a .633 points percentage, remain alone in fourth place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

After a scoreless opening frame, T.J. Tynan made it 1-0 Monsters at 12:55 of the middle period when Lake Erie's leading scorer waited out Toronto goaltender Antoine Bibeau to the left post and buried his second of the season thanks to even-strength feeds from Kerby Rychel and Jan Hejda.

In the third, Lake Erie blue-liner Michael Paliotta wasted no time in rifling home his fourth tally of the year, a power-play snipe from the right point set up by Joe Devin and Josh Anderson, to make it 2-0 Monsters. The Marlies scrapped across their lone Tuesday goal at 15:34 of the final stanza thanks to rookie forward Nikita Soshnikov, but it wasn't enough as the Monsters held on for a 2-1 victory in the first of four meetings between Lake Erie and Toronto this season.

Monsters net-minder Anton Forsberg stopped 19 of the 20 pucks he faced on Tuesday to improve to 12-5-2 overall in net for Lake Erie this season while Bibeau allowed two goals on 30 shots for Toronto in defeat.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a New Year's Eve road rematch vs. the Marlies on Thursday with full coverage underway from Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto at 3:00 pm on AM 1420 The Answer and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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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T.J. Tynan of the Lake Erie Monsters
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