Host Laval took care of the Monsters, 4-1, on March 8. Cleveland (33-17-3-3) had won two games in a row entering the contest. The Monsters maintain a two-point lead over Syracuse in the AHL North. David Jiricek scored the Monsters’ goal, his sixth for the season. It came on a power play with 4:13 remaining in the first period. He was assisted by Marcus Bjork and Luca Del Bel Belluz. The Monsters were 1-for-4 on power plays. Jiricek’s goal tied the game at 1-1. Laval retook the lead just under two minutes later, then added two goals in the second […]
Carson Meyer and James Malatesta scored the game-tying and go-ahead goals in the third period to lift the Monsters past host Chicago, 6-3, on Feb. 18. Cleveland went 2-1 on its three-game weekend trip and improved to 29-15-2-2. Hunter McKown and Roman Ahcan scored empty-net goals late in the third period for the final margin. […]
After winning in the last second of overtime in their previous game, there was no such drama in the Monsters’ contest at Grand Rapids on Dec. 31. The Griffins dominated, 5-1, ending the Monsters’ seven-game winning streak. The Griffins scored the first five goals of the game. They kept the Monsters off the scoreboard until 7:15 remaining in the third period, when Mikael Pyyhtia scored on a power play. Trey Fix-Wolansky and Marcus Bjork assisted on Pyyhtia’s goal. Fix-Wolansky has 19 assists for the season and 98 in his Cleveland career, tying the franchise record. Pavel Cajan made 33 saves […]
After winning in the last second of overtime in their previous game, there was no such drama in the Monsters’ contest at Grand Rapids on Dec. 31. The Griffins dominated, 5-1, ending the Monsters’ seven-game winning streak. The Griffins scored the first five goals of the game. They kept the Monsters off the scoreboard until […]
Owen Sillinger scored a power-play goal with one second remaining in overtime, lifting the visiting Monsters past Chicago, 4-3, on Dec. 30. Sillinger was assisted by Mikael Pyyhtia and Marcus Bjork. Sillinger had two goals for the game and now has five for the season. Mikael Pyyhtia and Billy Sweezey also tallied for Cleveland (21-7-1-0). […]