Monsters Buzz into 2-1 Victory over Wolves

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 2-1 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in front of 11,712 fans. With the win, the Monsters are now 17-19-3-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Following a scoreless first period, Cole Clayton notched the lone tally of the middle frame at 18:51, assisted by Jake Christiansen, putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 40 minutes. Chicago’s Tuukka Tieksola scored at 9:22 of the third period, but Roman Ahcan grabbed the game-winning goal at 19:43 off feeds from Marcus Bjork and Joona Luoto to secure a 2-1 victory for Cleveland.

the goal that brought you breadsticks 🤲

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— Cleveland Lumberjacks (@monstershockey) February 4, 2023

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 23 saves for the win while Chicago’s Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 27 shots in defeat.

The Monsters’ final game of Lumberjacks Weekend takes place on Saturday, February 4, when the team hosts the Chicago Wolves at 7:00 p.m. 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		1		1		–		–		2
CHI		0		0		1		–		–		1

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		29		0/4		3/3		13 min / 5 inf
CHI		24		0/3		4/4		15 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Greaves		W		23		1		8-8-3
CHI		Kochetkov		L		27		2		5-4-1

Cleveland Record: 17-19-3-2, 6th North Division

Chicago Record: 15-22-3-1, 7th Central Division

Cleveland Monsters Official Press Release