Monsters defeat Stars at home 3-1
The Cleveland Monsters rebounded nicely from their previous loss as they defeated the visiting Texas Stars 3-1 at home.
It was not a good result last time out for the Cleveland Monsters as they found themselves on the wrong side of a 5-2 final score. Things went much better for Cleveland this time out as they came away with a 3-1 in their first of three matchups with the Texas Stars.
It was a scoreless 1st period for the two teams as neither was able to find the back of the net. The Monsters had 14 shots on goal and two power play opportunities, but were unable to convert. Cleveland would go on to finish 0-5 on the power play in the contest.
The 2nd period saw the Monsters draw first blood as Adam Clendending scored his first gaol of the season. Clendening was assisted by Carson Meyer and Justin Scott, their 4th and 3rd assists respectively.
Texas was able to tie the game midway through the 3rd period as Nick Baptiste scored a power play goal to get the Stars on the board.
Luckily for Cleveland they were able to recover nicely later in the period. With the Monsters shorthanded due to a Brandon Fortunato holding penalty, Tyler Angle scored a shorthanded goal to give Cleveland a 2-1 lead. It was the 3rd goal in just four games for Angle. Liam Foudy (2) and Jake Christiansen (2) assisted on the short handed goal.
Angle was not done as he scored an empty netter with less than 30 seconds left to play. The 20-year old forward now has 4 goals in 4 games for Cleveland. Assisting on the goal was Foudy for his second of the game (3) and Gavin Bayreuther (4).
Brat Thiessen got the start in net for the Monsters and things were much better this time around. Thiessen only allowed 1 goal on 32 shots from Texas, an improvement upon his last outing which saw Thiessen allow 5 goals against Grand Rapids.
