NFL, MLB, CFL stats



Monsters Upend Marlies 5-2 in Front of 12,255 Fans

January 24, 2020 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Cleveland Monsters News Release


Cleveland Monsters right wing Kole Sherwood (right) vs. the Toronto Marlies
Cleveland Monsters right wing Kole Sherwood (right) vs. the Toronto Marlies
(Cleveland Monsters)

CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 5-2 on Friday night in front of 12,255 fans at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 19-20-2-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings with 43 points.

Dillon Simpson scored his first goal of the night at 1:28 thanks to assists from Calvin Thurkauf and Trey Fix-Wolansky before adding a second tally at 3:37 to give the Monsters an early 2-0 lead. Toronto's Trevor Moore responded for the visitors at 3:54 to cut Cleveland's lead in half going into the first intermission. The Monsters scored the lone goal of the second period, taking a 3-1 lead after Fix-Wolansky notched a power-play strike on Kevin Stenlund's lone assist. Toronto's Jeremy Bracco notched a power-play goal at 18:16 of the third period to draw the Marlies within one before Cleveland posted two empty-net goals, the first from Paul Bittner assisted by Simpson and Ryan MacInnis at 19:14, followed by a marker from Derek Barach courtesy of Stefan Matteau to push the final score to 5-2.

Cleveland's Matiss Kivlenieks made 35 saves in victory while Toronto's Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 28 pucks in defeat.

The Monsters host the Toronto Marlies for a rematch on Saturday afternoon with a 1:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on ALT 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Be sure to follow the Monsters on Twitter @monstershockey, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/monstershockey, and on Instagram @monstershockey.

Cleveland Record: 19-20-2-2, 7th North Division

Toronto Record: 21-17-2-2, 5th North Division




Images from this story

Cleveland Monsters right wing Kole Sherwood (right) vs. the Toronto Marlies
Cleveland Monsters right wing Kole Sherwood (right) vs. the Toronto Marlies
   

• Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board...

American Hockey League Stories from January 24, 2020


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central