CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-1 on Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 4-3-0-1 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Roman Ahcan opened the scoring at 4:09 of the first period off a helper from Hunter McKown, but the Griffins responded with a goal from Amadeus Lombardi at 10:18 to even the score. Ahcan recorded his second tally of the night at 18:54 assisted by Denton Mateychuk sending Cleveland to the first intermission ahead 2-1. Following a scoreless second period, Owen Sillinger notched an empty-net tally at 19:15 of the third frame off feeds from Dylan Gambrell and Ahcan bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 17 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters welcome the Rochester Americans on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Fox Sports Radio 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Scoring:
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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OT
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SO
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Final
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CLE
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2
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0
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1
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–
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–
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3
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GR
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1
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0
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0
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–
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–
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1
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Shots/Special Teams:
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Shots
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PP
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PK
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PIM
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|
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CLE
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26
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0/2
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2/2
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4 min / 2 inf
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GR
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18
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0/2
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2/2
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4 min / 2 inf
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Goaltenders:
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Goaltender
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Outcome
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Saves
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GA
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Record
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CLE
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Sawchenko
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W
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17
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1
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2-1-0
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GR
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Cossa
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L
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23
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2
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4-3-1
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Cleveland Record: 4-3-0-1, 6th North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 6-3-1-0, 2nd Central Division
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