Left winger James Malatesta scored two goals, and the Monsters had no problem with visiting Belleville, 5-1, on Dec. 14. Malatesta, a 2021 fifth-round pick, has seven goals this season. Marcus Bjork added a power-play goal, and Roman Ahcan and Corson Ceulemans each tallied once. Hunter McKown had four assists. Jet Greaves made 33 saves. The Monsters held Belleve to 0 of 3 on power plays. Cleveland (15-7-1-0) was playing its first home game in 11 days. The victory ended a two-game skid. The teams meet again Dec. 15 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The Monsters rallied back from a two-goal deficit entering the third period to take the lead, but visiting Rochester had the final say with three goals in the final 10 minutes for a wild 7-5 victory Nov. 18.
The Hershey Bears dominated the Cleveland Monsters 5-2 on Sunday after sputtering a night before. Hershey scored its first goals of the season after getting shut out by the Belleville Senators 4-0 on their banner-raising night, commemorating their 2023 Calder Cup Championship. Ethen Frank was named the First Star of the Night after notching three…
The Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Thursday, improving their preseason record to 3-1-1. The Capitals got dirty goals from Beck Malenstyn and Aliaksei Protas in the first period and a put-in by Riley Sutter in the third that'd stand as the game-winner. Sutter had a multi-point game. Beck Malenstyn started the…