Monsters Late Scoring Leads to 3-2 Win over Wolves

Photo courtesy of Ross Dettman/Chicago Wolves

CHICAGO – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 22-21-3-2 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Chicago’s Malte Stromwall scored the lone goal of the first period at 13:35 making it 1-0 Chicago going into the first intermission. Joona Luoto scored late in the middle frame on a breakaway at 19:04 pushing the score to 1-1 after 40 minutes. Cleveland struck first in the final frame courtesy of Roman Ahcan’s goal at 5:29 off assists from Robbie Payne and Jake Christiansen and was followed by Josh Dunne’s empty net goal at 17:32 with helpers from Payne and Luoto. Chicago’s Jamieson Rees scored late in the period at 18:27 but fell short pushing the final score to 3-2 Monsters.

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 22 saves for the win while Chicago’s Zachary Sawchenko stopped 12 shots in defeat.

The Monsters face off against the Utica Comets on Wednesday, February 22, 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		2		–		–		3
CHI		1		0		1		–		–		2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		15		0/2		3/3		6 min / 3 inf
CHI		24		0/3		2/2		4 min / 2 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Cajan		W		22		2		8-7-2
CHI		Sawchenko		L		12		3		10-15-1-1

Cleveland Record: 22-21-3-2, 5th North Division

Chicago Record: 19-23-3-2, 7th Central Division

Official Cleveland Monsters Press Release