Monsters snatch 5-2 win over Checkers

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CHARLOTTE, NC – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Charlotte Checkers 5-2 on Wednesday night at Bojangles Coliseum. With the win, the Monsters are now 10-4-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

After a scoreless first period, Monsters Mikael Pyyhtia struck early in the middle frame with a marker at 58 seconds assisted by Emil Bemstrom and Kent Johnson, followed by Johnson’s tally at 3:40 off feeds from Bemstrom and Pyyhtia. Alexander True notched a tally at 8:40 for the Checkers, but Bemstrom followed with a power-play goal at 11:31 assisted by Nick Blankenburg and Johnson keeping the Monsters ahead 3-1. Charlotte’s Gary Mayhew scored the final goal of the second period on a power play at 13:43 bringing the score to 3-2 going into the final intermission. Cleveland took lone control of the third period with goals from Carson Meyer at 17:37 off feeds from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Jake Christiansen and an empty-net goal from Bemstrom and his second of the night securing a 5-2 win for the Monsters.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves had 39 stops for the win while Charlotte’s Ludovic Waeber made 34 saves in defeat.

The Monsters head home to face the Toronto Marlies on Friday, November 24, 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.

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Scoring:

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

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		39		1/6		3/4		10 min / 5 inf
CLT		41		1/4		5/6		14 min / 7 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Greaves		W		39		2		8-3-0
CLT		Waeber		L		34		5		4-2-0

Cleveland Record: 10-4-1-0, 1st North Division

Charlotte Record: 9-6-0-0, 6th Atlantic Division

Official Cleveland Monsters Press Release