Monsters Secure High-Energy 3-2 Overtime Win Against Marlies

Photo by Luigi Musto

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 3-2 in overtime on Friday night in front of 10,688 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 27-26-5-2 and currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

After a quick back-and-forth pace for most of the first period, Joona Luoto notched a shorthanded tally at 19:47 assisted by Roman Ahcan putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. The Marlies responded in the middle frame with a power-play marker from Kyle Clifford at 6:46 and Max Ellis’ goal at 11:49, but Tyler Angle scored at 14:08 off a feed from Ahcan tying the game 2-2 heading into the final intermission. Following a scoreless third period, the high energy continued into the extra frame where Daniil Tarasov stopped a penalty shot followed by Trey Fix-Wolansky grabbing the game winner with helpers from Jake Christiansen and Cole Sillinger bringing the final score to 3-2.

Cleveland’s Tarasov made 37 saves for the win while Toronto’s Keith Petruzzelli stopped 31 shots in defeat.

The Monsters have a quick turnaround to face the Toronto Marlies on Saturday, March 25, with a 4:00 p.m. puck drop at Coca Cola Coliseum. 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		0		1		–		3
TOR		0		2		0		0		–		2

 

Shots/Special Teams:

		Shots		PP		PK		PIM
CLE		34		0/5		3/4		8 min / 4 inf
TOR		39		1/4		5/5		10 min / 5 inf

Goaltenders:

		Goaltender		Outcome		Saves		GA		Record
CLE		Tarasov		W		39		2		5-5-0
TOR		Petruzzelli		OT		31		3		12-7-1

Cleveland Record: 27-26-5-2, 6th North Division

Toronto Record: 40-18-3-2, 1st North Division