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Monsters Tripped up in 3-1 Loss to Phantoms

January 17, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3-1 on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 14-17-2-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Lehigh Valley's Ronnie Attard scored a power-play goal at 18:55 of the opening period leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 heading into the first intermission. The Phantoms notched a tally from Louie Belpedio at 11:29 of the middle frame extending the Monsters deficit to 2-0 after 40 minutes. Lehigh Valley's Bobby Brink added an empty-net goal at 18:45 of the third period, but Owen Sillinger spoiled the shutout bid at 19:40 off assists from Jake Gaudet and Roman Ahcan bringing the final score to 3-1.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 28 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley's Felix Sandstrom stopped 28 shots for the win.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday, January 18, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final CLE 0 0 1 - - 1 LV 1 1 1 - - 3

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM CLE 29 0/6 3/4 13 min / 5 inf LV 31 1/4 6/6 17 min / 7 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record CLE Greaves L 28 2 6-7-2 LV Sandstrom W 28 1 3-1-2 Cleveland Record: 14-17-2-2, 7th North Division Lehigh Valley Record: 17-14-3-2, 5th Atlantic Division

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