CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the overtime loss, the Monsters are now 22-21-4-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Utica’s Brian Halonen opened the scoring at 5:03 of the first period, but Owen Sillinger converted on the power play at 13:20 with helpers from Robbie Payne and Marcus Bjork leaving the score tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Following a scoreless middle frame, Payne notched a tally just 13 seconds into the third period assisted by Roman Ahcan to push the Monsters ahead. The Comets recorded two goals from Andreas Johnsson on the man advantage at 8:52 and Samuel Laberge at 16:10 making it a 3-2 game in favor of the visitors. Justin Richards tied the game at 17:27 off feeds from Sillinger and Trey Fix-Wolansky forcing extra time, but Utica’s Graeme Clarke grabbed the game-winning goal 47 seconds into overtime bringing the final score to 4-3.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 31 saves in defeat while Utica’s Nico Daws stopped 20 shots for the win.
The Monsters host a rematch against the Utica Comets on Friday, February 24, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on Bally Sports Great Lakes, FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | SO | Final | ||||||||
| CLE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | |||||||
| UTC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 |
Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM | ||||||
| CLE | 23 | 1/6 | 4/5 | 13 min / 5 inf | |||||
| UTC | 35 | 1/5 | 5/6 | 16 min / 5 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record | |||||||
| CLE | Greaves | OT | 31 | 4 | 11-10-4 | ||||||
| UTC | Daws | W | 20 | 3 | 12-12-2 |
Cleveland Record: 22-21-4-2, 6th North Division
Utica Record: 24-20-5-2, 2nd North Division
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