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Monsters fall behind early, lose 6-2 to Belleville

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The Cleveland Monsters fell behind early and were not able to keep up with the visiting Belleville Senators.

15:52 into the 1st period one thing was clear, it was not the Cleveland Monster’s night. Belleville scored three goals during that span, including one shorthanded goal, to put the Monsters behind the eight ball.

Belleville would eventually take a 5-0 lead just past midway in the 3rd period with the fifth goal being an empty netter. Cleveland would score less than two minutes later, but it did not have an impact on the final result. The Monsters would score a power play goal with a little over 30 seconds left, but it was a pyrrhic goal in the end.

Daniil Tarasov stated in net for the Monsters and it was the second straight game allowing four goals or more. In four games the season Tarasov has a 3.92 GAA and 0.870 save percentage, both career-lows.

Game notes

Carson Meyer scored his third goal of the season and would tally his second assist later in the game. Jake Christiansen (5) and Tyler Sikura (4) assisted on Meyer’s goal.

Brendan Gaunce scored the power play goal with 33 seconds left, his second goal of the season. In addition to Meyer, Thomas Schemitsch (1) registered an assist on the goal.

The Monsters can avenge their loss Saturday as they take on the Senators at 7:00 P.M.

Monsters defeat Bears in shootout

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After losing their two previous games via shootout, the Cleveland Monsters changed their fortunes Saturday night in Hershey.

The previous two games did not end well for the Cleveland Monsters, losing back-to-back games to the Marlies and Crunch in shootouts. Luckily Saturday night provided Cleveland the opportunity to turn things around in that department and that is just what they did. It took eight rounds, but Kevin Stenlund scored the game-winning gaol giving the Monsters the shootout victory.

Before the lengthy shootout, the Monsters took a 1-0 lead in the 1st on a goal from Liam Foudy. It was the second goal of the season for Foudy, assisting on the gaol was Brendan Gaunce (2) and Tyler Angle (7). Hershey was able to level the score 15:00 into the 2nd. The Bears took advantage of a power-play opportunity to even the score.

Prior to heading to the shootout it was a low-scoring affair between the two teams. Hershey did hold a 35-30 advantage in the shots on goal department, the differential was closed by the Monsters thanks to a 5-0 shot advantage in overtime.

Jean-Francois Berube started in net for the Monsters, saving 34 of 35 shots on goal and all eight during the shootout. Berube has allowed three goals in the last three games after allowing four against Syracuse on October 16th.

The Monsters have one more game in Hershey against the Bears in the final game of their road trip. Cleveland will then return home to face Belleville next weekend.

 

 

Monsters lose to Crunch 3-2 in shootout

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For the second straight game, the Cleveland Monsters found themselves losing in a shootout on the road.

Shootouts have not kind to the Cleveland Monsters early in the 2021-22 season. Friday night was the second straight game which the Monsters lost in a shootout. It was a 3-2 loss in Toronto last weekend and Friday it was a 3-2 loss to the Syracuse Crunch.

The 3rd period began with Syracuse leading 1-0 with Cleveland being dominated in shot attempts (26-16). Both teams attempted 10 shots in the 3rd leading to both teams trading goals back and forth through the fir 6:33. The Monsters got goals from Kevin Stenlund and the recently assigned Justin Danforth while Syracuse’s lone 3rd period goal came from Gabriel Fortier.

After both teams failed to score in overtime, it was time for the shootout. Neither team was able to score through the first two rounds of the shootout but it was Gage Goncalves who got a puck past Daniil Tarasov to score the game-winning goal for Syracuse.

Penalties, penalties, penalties

There were plenty of penalties to around for the Cleveland Monsters Friday night. In all Cleveland had seven penalties totaling 23 minutes in the box. Penalties got started very early and pretty much did not stop at any point.

Tim Berti was called for slashing just 38 seconds into the game setting the tone. Cole Cassels received a five minute fighting penalty at 12:31 in the 1st.

Liam Foudy received two penalties for roughing and Billy Sweezey was sent to the box for fighting at 17:10 in the 2nd. Justin Danforth served Foudy’s second roughing penalty.

Tristan Mullin got a fighting penalty of his own 3:23 into the 3rd, Cleveland’s third fighting penalty of the game. Brendan Gaunce was called for cross-checking with less than five minutes to play in the 3rd period.

Game notes

Scoring goals for the Monsters were Kevin Stenlund and Justin Danforth, both were their first of the season.

Assisting on those goals were Jake Christiansen (4), Danforth (2), Stenlund (2), and Cole Clayton (1).

Daniil Tarasov started in net for the Monsters and saved 36 of 38 shots from Syracuse.

The Monsters road trip continues as they head to Hershey to face the Bears in back-to-back contests starting Saturday at 7:00 P.M. 

Monsters lose to Marlies in shootout 3-2

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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.

The Monsters will travel to Syracuse to take on the Crunch Friday as they begin the American portion of their road trip.

Blue Jackets assign seven players to Monsters

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned seven players to the Cleveland Monsters.

The regular season is fast approaching and with that the Columbus Blue Jackets had to make some final roster decisions. The team announced that seven players have been assigned to the Cleveland Monsters. Those players are Tyler Angle, Josh Dunne, Brendan Gaunce, Carson Meyer, and Tyler Sikura. Gaunce is the only player who was not on the Monsters roster last season as he spent time in Sweden with Vaxjo HC.