Monsters cap final road trip of season with 4-3 win over Amerks

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ROCHESTER, NY – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans 4-3 on Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 33-31-5-2 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Jake Christiansen opened the scoring at 5:17 of the first period with assists from Cole Fonstad and Stanislav Svozil followed by his second goal on the power play at 10:51 off feeds from Owen Sillinger and Fonstad to put Cleveland ahead 2-0. The Americans answered with a tally from Filip Cederqvist at 16:14 cutting the Monsters lead to 2-1 heading into the first intermission. Rochester had a quick start to the middle frame after Cederqvist completed his bid for a natural hat trick with goals at 0:50 and 0:59. Roman Ahcan responded with a marker at 19:08 assisted by Justin Richards tying the score 3-3 after 40 minutes. Cole Clayton notched a tally at 9:32 of the final frame off feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Svozil putting Cleveland ahead and securing the 4-3 win.

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 24 saves for the win while Rochester’s Michael Houser made 30 saves in defeat.

The Monsters finish the season against the Rochester Americans on Sunday, April 16, with a 3:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for Fan Salute. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

 

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Scoring:

		1st		2nd		3rd		OT		SO		Final
CLE		2		1		1		–		–		4
ROC		1		2		0		–		–		3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		34		1/6		4/4		13 min / 5 inf
ROC		27		0/4		5/6		17 min / 7 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Cajan		W		24		3		8-10-2
ROC		Houser		L		30		4		9-8-2

Cleveland Record: 33-31-5-2, 6th North Division

Rochester Record: 36-27-6-3, 3rd North Division

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