Monsters Fight for 3-2 Shootout Win against Griffins

Photo courtesy of Griffins Hockey

GRAND RAPIDS – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 on Saturday night in a shootout at Van Andel Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 25-25-4-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

After a scoreless first period, Grand Rapids’ Matt Luff converted on the man advantage at 14:06 and was answered by Yegor Chinakhov on a power play at 16:15 off feeds from David Jiricek and Trey Fix-Wolansky pushing the score to 1-1 going into the final period. The Griffins’ Joel L’esperance opened the scoring in the third period on a power play at 3:56 followed by Jake Christiansen’s marker at 8:05 off feeds from Chinakhov and Fix-Wolansky forcing overtime. Following a scoreless extra frame, Fix-Wolansky and Chinakhov both found the back of the net in the shootout making the final score 3-2 in favor of the Monsters.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 36 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Victor Brattstrom stopped 34 shots in defeat.

The Monsters head home to face the Grand Rapids Griffins on Thursday, March 16, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop 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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Scoring:

		1st		2nd		3rd		OT		SO		Final
CLE		0		1		1		0		1		3
GR		0		1		1		0		0		2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		37		1/4		4/6		12 min / 6 inf
GR		38		2/6		3/4		8 min / 4 inf

 

Goaltenders:

Goaltender

Outcome

Saves

GA

SOG-S

Record

CLE

Greaves

W

36

2

0-2

13-11-4

GR

Brattstrom

ND

34

2

–

4-9-3

GR

Nedeljkovic

OT

–

–

2-2

10-8-3

Cleveland Record: 25-25-4-2, 6th North Division

Grand Rapids Record: 23-27-4-3, 7th Central Division

Official Cleveland Monsters Press Release