Monsters power past Crunch with 5-2 win

SYRACUSE, NY – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 5-2 on Saturday night at Upstate Medical University Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 6-4-0-1 and currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Rocco Grimaldi converted on the man advantage at 6:17 of the first period with helpers from Denton Mateychuk and Dylan Gambrell giving the Monsters an early lead. Luca Del Bel Belluz scored a power-play goal with two seconds left in the frame assisted by Stanislav Svozil and Owen Sillinger doubling Cleveland’s lead to 2-0 after 20 minutes. Trey Fix-Wolansky added a marker at 6:35 of the second period off feeds from James Malatesta and Del Bel Belluz pushing the score to 3-0. Justin Pearson extended the lead further with an unassisted shorthanded tally at 15:22 sending the Monsters to the final intermission up 4-0. The Crunch responded with goals from Conor Sheary at 1:29 of the third period and Gabriel Fortier at 9:21, but Grimaldi scored an empty-net tally at 17:19 assisted by Sillinger and Gambrell bringing the final score to 5-2.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 34 saves for the win while Syracuse’s Matt Tomkins stopped 16 shots in defeat.

The Monsters return to visit the Utica Comets on Monday, November 11, at 5:00 p.m. at Adirondack Bank Center. 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:

1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	Final
CLE	2	2	1	–	–	5
SYR	0	0	2	–	–	2

	Shots	PP	PK	PIM
CLE	21	2/3	2/2	11 min / 4 inf
SYR	36	0/2	1/3	13 min / 5 inf

	Goaltender	Outcome	Saves	GA	Record
CLE	Greaves	W	34	2	2-3-1
SYR	Tomkins	L	16	4	2-4-0