The Cleveland Monsters managed to win their fifth consecutive game with their victory in Rochester over the Americans.
Things were not looking great for the Cleveland Monsters with 4 minutes left to play in the 1st period. Rochester held a 2-0 lead and Cleveland seemed to be scrambling for answers, that is when everything changed. The Monsters rattled off four straight goals into the 3rd period en route to their fifth straight win.
Dillon Simpson got things started with a power play goal for the Monsters with just two minutes left in the 1st period. Simpson was assisted by Thomas Schemitsch (8) and Liam Foudy (7).
It was a scoreless 2nd period for both teams, but the 3rd period provided the jolt the Monsters needed.
Tyler Sikura was assisted by Carosn Meyer less than a minute into the 3rd period to tie the game. Ole Bjorgvik-Holm gave Cleveland the lead at the 6:35 mark for his first goal of the season. Matthew Struthers and Zach Jordan were both credited with their first assists of the season on the Bjorgvik-Holm goal. Tristan Mullin also scored his first goal of the season to increase the Monsters lead to two. To keep with a running theme, Brandon Crawley also had his first assist of the season.
After Rochester drew within one, Dillon Simpson gave Cleveland the insurance goal they needed as he scored an empty net goal with just over a minute left to play to secure the 5-3 victory in Rochester. Goaltender Daniil Tarasov managed to get his first assist of the season on the goal in addition to saving 17 of 20 shots on goal.
