Monsters Stumble in 4-1 loss to Senators

Photo by David Chopcinski

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Belleville Senators 4-1 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 25-26-5-2 and currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Belleville’s Roby Jarventie converted on the power play at 19:39 of the opening frame sending Cleveland to the first intermission trailing 1-0. The Senators added another goal on the man advantage from Maxence Guenette at 12:37 of the second period extending the Monsters deficit to 2-0 after 40 minutes. Belleville added two goals in the final frame from Mitchell Heard at 4:34 and Matthew Wedman at 8:09, but Owen Sillinger spoiled the shutout bid with a power-play tally at 19:07 assisted by David Jiricek and Cole Clayton bringing the final score to 4-1.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 22 saves in defeat while Belleville’s Dylan Ferguson stopped 34 shots for the win.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Belleville Senators on Sunday, March 19, with a 3:00 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		0		1		–		–		1
BEL		1		1		2		–		–		4

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		35		1/6		4/6		21 min / 9 inf
BEL		26		2/6		5/6		19 min / 8 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Greaves		L		22		26		13-12-5
BEL		Ferguson		W		34		1		7-3-0

Cleveland Record: 25-26-5-2, 7th North Division

Belleville Record: 27-27-6-1, 6th North Division