The Cleveland Monsters took down the visiting first place Chicago Wolves with a thrilling 5-4 victory in overtime at home.
Sometimes things just come together at the right time. That right time just happened to be in overtime for the Cleveland Monsters. After seeing their two goal lead slip away in the 3rd period, it was Tyler Angle who came to rescue and was able to net the game winner in the extra period to hand the Wolves a heartbreaking loss.
This was a key game for the Monsters as they lost their two previous games prior to Saturday. This win over Chicago gives Cleveland a much needed win and their third straight over the Wolves overall.
As far as scoring goes, it was back and forth all game long. The Monsters and Wolves traded goals through the first two periods with Cleveland clinging onto slim 3-2 lead heading into the final period. It was Tyler Sikura who scored twice within three minutes of game time that gave the Monsters the 4-2 lead they would later let slip away. Chicago managed to score twice inside a span just over three minutes to tie the game and put the result in doubt, but Cleveland was able to rally at just the right time.
Cleveland is now back in second place in the AHL Central with Saturday’s win over Chicago with 25 points in 20 games played.
Scoring notes
Tyler Angle got things started in the 1st period with a goal just under five minutes in, assisting on the goal was Dillon Simpson and Liam Foudy. It was Angle’s seventh goal of the season, Simpson’s seventh assist and Foudy’s 10th.
Carson Meyer retook the lead for Cleveland with his seventh goal on the year at the 16:06 mark. Adam Helewka (8) and Jake Christiansen (9) were credited with assists on the goal.
As mentioned above it was goals from Tyler Sikura at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd. Those goals were Sikura’s 10th and 11 on the year. It was the second assist of the game for Helewka (9) and the first of the year for Will Lochead. Meyer would assist on the second goal along with Helewka making his 10th assist of the season.
The final goal echoed the first goal of the game. It was Tyler Angle scoring with assists from Liam Foudy and Dillon Simpson. It’s quite fitting that the game ended exactly just like it started, putting a nice little bow on the performance.
