Monsters Split Weekend With Griffins Following 3-1 Loss
The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins (43-9-3-1) 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 30-19-6-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Grand Rapids Griffins
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2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
|
Cleveland Monsters
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins (43-9-3-1) 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 30-19-6-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Grand Rapids’ Tyler Angle struck first with a goal at 0:54 and Gabriel Seger added another at 11:48 to give the Griffins a 2-0 lead heading into the second. Cleveland’s Roman Ahcan notched the only goal of the middle stanza at 3:02 assisted by Max McCue to make it 2-1 Griffins through 40 minutes. Griffins’ Carter Mazur added one more at 8:48 of the closing frame to make the final score 3-1 Grand Rapids.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 23 shots in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Michal Postava made 20 saves for the win.
The Monsters travel to Hartford, Connecticut where they will take on the Wolf Pack on Wednesday, March 11th, at 7:00 p.m. at PeoplesBank Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
21 |
0/2 |
2/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
|
GR |
26 |
0/2 |
2/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Fedotov |
L |
23 |
3 |
20-12-4 |
|
GR |
Postava |
W |
20 |
1 |
12-4-0 |
Cleveland Record: 30-19-6-1, 3rd North Division
Grand Rapids Record: 43-9-3-1, 1st Central Division
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