A much needed win for the Cleveland Monsters, snapping a four-game losing streak. Cleveland came out on top in Rochester 3-2 in overtime.
Cleveland got on the board first thanks to a goal from Trey Fix-Wolansky, his ninth of the season. Ryan MacInnis assisted on the goal, which was his 21st assist on the year.
Markus Hannikainen extended the Monsters lead to two just a few minutes later, with Fox-Wolansky assisting on the goal. This was Hannikainen’s seventh goal and Fix-Wolansky’s 12th assist.
Rochester was not going to let things get out of hand in their own barn. The Americans scored with nearly 16 minutes gone in the 1st period to draw within one.
The Americans would later tie the game about midway through the 2nd period.
With neither team scoring in the 3rd period, the game went to overtime. It was a relatively short affair as Cleveland was able to get the overtime victory. Sam Vigneault scores the game-winner with just 1:35 into the period. This was the 13th assist of the season for both Dillon Simpson and Trey Fix-Wolansky.
Joonas Korpisalo got the start in net for the Monsters as he is working his way back to Columbus. A change in goaltender was expected after Veini Vehvilainen struggled against Syracuse the night before. Korpisalo saved 32 of 34 shots on goal in what could be a short AHL stint for the goaltender. At some point we will return to the Blue Jackets with Matiss Kivlenieks coming back to the Monsters.
