Monsters Back-And-Forth with Phantoms Ends in 5-4 Loss
October 23, 2022 – American Hockey League (AHL) – Cleveland Monsters News Release
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at PPL Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 3-2-0-0 and are currently tied for first place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Trey Fix-Wolansky jump-started the scoring with a power-play marker at 8:24 of the opening frame off assists from Gavin Bayreuther and Jake Christiansen, but Lehigh Valley’s Ronnie Attard responded with a goal at 11:30 and another tally on the man advantage at 16:57 leaving Cleveland trailing 2-1 after 20 minutes. Brendan Gaunce converted on a power play at 4:38 of the second period with helpers from Carson Meyer and Emil Bemstrom to tie the game. The Phantoms added a man-advantage marker from Garrett Wilson at 6:07, but Meyer was successful on the power play with a goal at 19:52 off feeds from Kirill Marchenko and David Jiricek, sending the Monsters to the final intermission tied 3-3. Lehigh Valley took control after a goal from Tyson Foerster just 29 seconds into the third period, followed by a shorthanded marker from Max Willman at 5:22. Fix-Wolansky added his second tally of the night at 13:04 with assists from Justin Richards and Bemstrom, but Cleveland came up short by a final score of 5-4.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves in defeat while Lehigh Valley’s Troy Grosenick made 39 saves for the victory.
The Monsters continue the road trip with a matchup against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Wednesday, October 26, with a 7:05 p.m. puck drop at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. 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 2 1 – – 4
LV 2 1 2 – – 5
Shots/Special Teams:
Shots PP PK PIM
CLE 43 3/6 4/6 18 min / 9 inf
LV 29 2/6 3/6 16 min / 8 inf
Goaltenders:
Goaltender Outcome Saves GA Record
CLE Greaves L 24 5 2-2-0
LV Grosenick W 39 4 2-0-0
Cleveland Record: 3-2-0-0, T-1st North Division
Lehigh Valley Record: 2-1-1-0, T-5th Atlantic Division
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