Monsters claim fifth straight with 3-2 win over Comets

Photo via Cleveland Monsters

UTICA, NY – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Utica Comets 3-2 on Saturday night at Adirondack Bank Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 19-7-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Utica’s Graeme Clarke scored on the power play at 18:22 of the first period leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Roman Ahcan notched a tally just 1:53 into the middle frame off feeds from Cameron Butler and Owen Sillinger evening the score. Jake Gaudet recorded a marker at 10:09 assisted by Ahcan, but the Comets responded with power-play goal from Kyle Criscuolo at 18:17 tying the game 2-2 heading into the final intermission. Carson Meyer converted on the man advantage at 13:28 of the third period with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Marcus Bjork putting the Monsters ahead and bringing the final score to 3-2.

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 20 saves for the win while Utica’s Nico Daws stopped 32 shots in defeat.

After the holiday break, the Monsters return home to host the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday, December 27, 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.

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 X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		35		1/2		3/5		29 min / 9 inf
UTC		22		2/5		1/2		23 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Cajan		W		20		2		4-3-1
UTC		Daws		L		32		3		1-2-0

Cleveland Record: 19-7-1-0, 1st North Division

Utica Record: 10-11-3-0, 6th North Division

Cleveland Monsters Official Press Release