Monsters Fall in Nail-Biting 4-3 Loss Against Wolves

CHICAGO – The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Chicago Wolves 4-3 on Saturday night at Allstate Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 21-21-3-2 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Cleveland’s Jake Christiansen broke the scoring at 7:51 in the first period unassisted but was followed by two Chicago goals from Vasily Ponomarev at 10:14 and Mackenzie MacEachern on a power-play at 14:11 which brought the score to 2-1 after the first. Chicago’s Ponomarev converted on a power-play in the middle frame at 9:20 but Cleveland’s Josh Dunne notched a tally off feeds from Robbie Payne and Trey Fix-Wolansky cutting the score to 3-2 Chicago going into the second intermission.  Alex Green recorded a marker at 10:05 in the final frame and was followed by Cleveland’s lone goal in the period from Brett Gallant at 14:33 off feeds from Erik Bradford pushing the final score to 4-3 Chicago.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 21 saves in defeat while Chicago’s Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 24 shots for the win.

The Monsters face off against the Chicago Wolves on Sunday, February 19, with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop 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
CHI		2		1		1		–		–		4

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		27		0/6		0/2		4 min / 2 inf
CHI		25		2/2		6/6		12 min / 6 inf

 

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Greaves		L		21		4		11-10-3
CHI		Kochetkov		W		24		3		8-4-2

Cleveland Record: 21-21-3-2, 6th North Division

Chicago Record: 19-22-3-2, 7th Central Division

Official Monsters Press Release