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Monsters Trample Moose, 4-2

November 25, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


Lake Erie Monsters vs. the Manitoba Moose
Lake Erie Monsters vs. the Manitoba Moose
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CLEVELAND - In the third head-to-head meeting between the two teams this season, Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters defeated the Manitoba Moose on Wednesday at The Q by a final score of 4-2. With the win, the Monsters improved to 11-4-0-2 overall this season and with a .706 points percentage, remain alone in third place in the AHL's Central Division standings.

The Monsters leapt to an early 1-0 lead on Wednesday as Michael Paliotta and Sonny Milano combined to set up Markus Hannikainen for an even-strength goal at 2:00 of the opening period.

In the middle frame, Lake Erie registered two rapid-fire scores less than 40 seconds apart at 7:30 and 8:05 when Daniel Zaar and Dean Kukan tallied on feeds from Paliotta, Nick Moutrey, John Ramage and Michael Chaput to make it 3-0 Monsters. Manitoba's JC Lipon popped home a power-play goal at 13:12 of the second to make it 3-1 heading into the final frame of regulation.

Hannikainen quickly pushed the Lake Erie lead to 4-1 with his second score of the game less than one minute into the third on feeds from T.J. Tynan and Josh Anderson before a Chase De Leo power-play goal for the Moose came at 8:42 and pushed the score to 4-2, establishing the Monsters' final margin of victory.

Anton Forsberg's 23 saves for Lake Erie pushed the 22 year-old Swede's record to 7-2-0 overall this season and 4-0-0 at Quicken Loans Arena, while Eric Comrie took the loss in net for Manitoba despite a 39-save performance. The Monsters' 43 shots on goal on Wednesday were the team's second-most in a game this season and the most Lake Erie shots since the Monsters put 44 pucks on net in a 4-1 home win over Iowa on October 16th.

Next up for the Monsters, it's a Black Friday rematch vs. the Moose with full coverage underway from The Q at 7:00 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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