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Monsters Tripped Up in 3-1 loss to Phantoms

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Photo by Luigi Musto

Monsters Official Press Release

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3-1 on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 14-17-2-2 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Photo by Luigi Musto

Lehigh Valley’s Ronnie Attard scored a power-play goal at 18:55 of the opening period leaving Cleveland trailing 1-0 heading into the first intermission. The Phantoms notched a tally from Louie Belpedio at 11:29 of the middle frame extending the Monsters deficit to 2-0 after 40 minutes. Lehigh Valley’s Bobby Brink added an empty-net goal at 18:45 of the third period, but Owen Sillinger spoiled the shutout bid at 19:40 off assists from Jake Gaudetand Roman Ahcan bringing the final score to 3-1.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 28 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Felix Sandstrom stopped 28 shots for the win.

The Monsters host a rematch against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday, January 18, 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.

 

Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Be sure to follow the Monsters on TwitterFacebookInstagram and TikTok.

Scoring:

  1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
CLE 0 0 1 1
LV 1 1 1 3

 

Shots/Special Teams:

  Shots PP PK PIM
CLE 29 0/6 3/4 13 min / 5 inf
LV 31 1/4 6/6 17 min / 7 inf

 

Goaltenders:

  Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record
CLE Greaves L 28 2 6-7-2
LV Sandstrom W 28 1 3-1-2

Cleveland Record: 14-17-2-2, 7th North Division

Lehigh Valley Record: 17-14-3-2, 5th Atlantic Division

I attended Malone College to pursue a Journalism career in Politics...I have found that writing about Sports is a lot more fun! I am an avid NBA, MLB & NFL fan. Find me on Twitter @nats_sportschat

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