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Strong Third Period Paves the Way for 4-2 Monsters Win over Marlies

March 5, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 19-21-6-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL's North Division standings.

Toronto's Josh Ho-Sang scored the lone goal of the opening frame at 2:26 sending Cleveland to the first intermission trailing 1-0. Jake Christiansen notched a tally at 2:02 of the middle period off assists from Robbie Payne and Kevin Stenlund to tie the game, but Semyon Der-Arguchintsev recorded a marker at 15:30 giving the Marlies a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes. The Monsters made a third period comeback starting with a goal from Payne at 1:17 off feeds from Thomas Schemitsch and Tyler Sikura followed by a marker from Dillon Simpson at 5:39 assisted by Tyler Angle and Sikura. Payne added his second tally of the night at 16:18 with a helper from Christiansen securing a 4-2 win for Cleveland.

Cleveland's Jet Greaves made 25 saves for the victory while Toronto's Joseph Woll made 33 saves in defeat.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Toronto Marlies on Sunday, March 6, for a noon puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM 'The Gambler', AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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Scoring:

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final

CLE 0 1 3 - - 4

TOR 1 1 0 - - 2

Shots/Special Teams:

Shots PP PK PIM

CLE 37 0/2 3/3 6 min / 3 inf

TOR 27 0/3 2/2 4 min / 2 inf

Goaltenders:

Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record

CLE Greaves W 25 2 7-6-1

TOR Woll L 33 4 5-5-0

Cleveland Record: 19-21-6-4, 7th North Division

Toronto Record: 24-17-3-1, 2nd North Division

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