CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies 7-5 on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 25-11-1-1 and are currently in first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Monsters took control of the opening frame starting with a goal from Jake Christiansen at 10:57 with helpers from Cole Clayton and Mikael Pyyhtia followed by a marker from Tyler Angle at 14:13 assisted by Justin Pearson and Cameron Butler setting the score at 2-0 after 20 minutes. Toronto responded with a pair of goals in the second period from Alex Steeves on the power play at 4:41 and Kyle Clifford at 9:32 to tie the game. Angle scored his second tally of the night at 15:32 unassisted sending Cleveland to the final intermission ahead 3-2. The back-and-forth continued into the third period beginning with a Marlies shorthanded goal by Joseph Blandisi at 5:10 that was answered with a marker from Clayton at 6:51 off feeds from Christiansen and Trey Fix-Wolansky. Clifford grabbed his second goal of the night for Toronto at 7:31, but Owen Sillinger responded with a tally at 11:03 assisted by Luca Del Bel Belluz and Fix-Wolansky pushing the score to 5-4. The Marlies added a marker from Max Lajoie at 15:59, but Sillinger snagged his second goal of the evening at 17:17 with helpers from Hunter McKown and Fix-Wolansky once again putting the Monsters ahead. Christiansen put the game away with an empty-net tally at 19:37 assisted by Pyyhtia and Carson Meyer bringing the final score to 7-5.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 33 saves for the win while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby stopped 12 shots in defeat.
The Monsters welcome the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday, January 26, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 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 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 7 | |||||||
| TOR | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 5 |
Shots/Special Teams:
| Shots | PP | PK | PIM | ||||||
| CLE | 19 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 8 min / 4 inf | |||||
| TOR | 38 | 1/4 | 3/3 | 6 min / 3 inf |
Goaltenders:
| Goaltender | Outcome | Saves | GA | Record | |||||||
| CLE | Greaves | W | 33 | 5 | 19-6-1 | ||||||
| TOR | Hildeby | L | 12 | 6 | 9-7-3 |
Cleveland Record: 25-11-1-1, 1st North Division
Toronto Record: 16-14-5-1, 6th North Division
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