CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 3-2 on Wednesday night in front of 15,095 fans at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 20-7-1-0 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Corson Ceulemans grabbed the lone goal of the opening frame unassisted at 17:45 sending the Monsters to the first intermission leading 1-0. Toronto’s Joseph Blandisi started the second period with a tally at 1:01, but Trey Fix-Wolansky responded at 1:39 off feeds from Marcus Bjork and Stanislav Svozil bringing the score to 2-1 after 40 minutes. Owen Sillinger recorded a tally at 2:16 of the final frame with helpers from Cole Clayton and Roman Ahcan extending Cleveland’s lead to 3-1. The Marlies fought back with a goal from Ryan Tverberg at 13:04, but the Monsters stood tall securing the 3-2 victory.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves for the win while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby stopped 30 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to face the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, December 30, at 8:00 p.m. at AllState Arena. 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | |||||||
| TOR | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM | ||||||
| CLE | 33 | 0/3 | 4/4 | 10 min / 5 inf | |||||
| TOR | 26 | 0/4 | 3/3 | 8 min / 4 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record | |||||||
| CLE | Greaves | W | 24 | 2 | 14-3-0 | ||||||
| TOR | Hildeby | L | 30 | 3 | 7-5-2 |
Cleveland Record: 20-7-1-0, 1st North Division
Toronto Record: 13-10-3-1, 3rd North Division
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