The Cleveland Monsters were unable to win their third and final game in Canada, losing to the Toronto Marlies in a shootout.
After winning back-to-back games against the Belleville Senators, the Cleveland Monsters had a chance to sweep the Canadian portion of their road trip. Unfortunately the Toronto Marlies had other ideas, handing Cleveland their first loss since the season opener in a five round shootout.
The first two rounds saw the Monsters goalless and down 1-0. Justin Scott got Cleveland on the board, keeping their chances of coming away with a victory alive. After two more rounds of failing to score, Toronto’s Mikhail Abramov found the back of the net securing a win for the Marlies.
Jean-Francois Berube was in net for the Monsters, saving 38 of 40 shots on goal, not including the shootout. Berube was able to give Cleveland a chance during regulation, they were just not able to score enough.
Scoring for the Monsters in the 1st period was Cole Fonstad. It was the first goal of the season for Fonstad who was assisted by Josh Dunne, his second of the year. Dunne would also score his first goal in the 2nd period with Brendan Gaunce and Kevin Stenlund being credited with their first assists of the campaign.
