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Monsters win final home game of season 6-4

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The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

The home crowd went home happy as the Cleveland Monsters came away with a win in their final home game of the season. It was a 6-4 victory for Cleveland over the visiting Grand Rapids Griffins.

It was a goal fest from the start as both teams combined for six goals in the first period, two of which were of the power play variety, one for each team. Cleveland would proceed to outscore Grand Rapids 3-1 over the next periods to secure the win.

As far as shots on goal go, the Monsters held a slight advantage in that area (30-29). Both teams went 2-3 on the power play in the contest as the special teams units held the advantage on the offensive side of the ice.

Daniil Tarasov started in net for the Monsters as he saved 25 of 29 shots on goal. This was the third straight game in which Tarasov allowed four goals in a game.

Scoring notes

Tristan Mullin scored the first goal for the Monsters 6:07 into the game. Mullin’s third goal of the year came on Luke Moncada’s second assist.

Carson Meyer would follow up with a goal of his own (9) just over two minutes later. Tyler Sikura (10) and Cole Fonstad (1) assisted on the play.

After Grand Rapids scored about midway through the 1st it was Cliff Pu who brought the Monsters lead back to 2. Tyler Angle was credited with his 12th assist on Pu’s third goal of the season.

It was the second goal of the campaign for Gavin Bayreuther and the only goal in the 2nd period. Angle assisted yet again (13) and Dillon Simpson (10) on the lone goal of the period.

Josh Dunne extedned the Monsters lead to two again early in the 3rd period. It was Dunne’s seventh goal with assists from Pu (7) and Wyatt Newpower (7).

With just over a minute left in the game it was Dunne who scored an empty netter to bring the Monsters lead back to two and seal the victory.

Monsters lose to Americans in shootout 4-3

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The Cleveland Monsters were not able to come away with a win against the Rochester Americans losing 4-3 in a shootout.

There is one thing for a certain that can be taken away from Saturday’s contest, it was not for a lack of shots on goal. The Monsters finished with more than two times the amount of shots on goal than Rochester 41-20. Even with the high shot total it did not stop Cleveland from coming up short against the Americans, losing in a shootout 3-2.

Rochester got on the scoreboard 1:38 into the 1st period after Cliff Pu was called for high sticking. It took only eight seconds for the Americans to take advantage of their power play opportunity.

The 2nd period is where a lot of the action took place. Cliff Pu made up for his early penalty by tying things up at 1 6:24 into the period. Tyler Angle (10) and Thomas Schemitsch (15) assisted on the first Monsters goal. Josh Dunne would give Cleveland the lead just a few minutes later as he netted his sixth goal of the season. It was Angle again assisting on the Cleveland goal. Rochester would respond just a few minutes later to tie the score at 2. With a little more than two minutes left to play the Monsters regained the lead thanks to a goal from Jake Christiansen. It was the second assist of the game for Schemitsch this time around, joining Angle in the two assist club for the game.

The only goal scored in the 3rd period belonged to Rochester and the game remained tied for the remainder of regulation and overtime. This brings things to the shootout where things did not end up well for the Monsters. Angle, Pu, and Tyler Sikura took the shots in the shootout for Cleveland with none scoring. It was a goal from Rochester’s Jean-Sebastian Dea that got past Justin Kapelmaster to decide the game.

Monsters top Griffins in Grand Rapids 3-2

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The Cleveland Monsters traveled to Grand Rapids and came away with a 3-2 win over the Griffins.

The last time the Cleveland Monsters traveled to Grand Rapids things did not go their way as they lost 2-1 to the Griffins. This time around things were different as Cleveland made their way up to the Van Andel Arena and came away with a 3-2 victory.

The Monsters got on the board first thanks to a goal from Tyler Angle 9:44 into the 1st period. It was the Tyler connection as Tyler Sikura was one of two Cleveland players to be credited with an assist on the goal, the other being Carson Meyer.

The 2nd period started off with a bang as Cleveland’s lead grew to two. It was Justin Scott scoring this time and was assisted by Josh Dunne and Thomas Schemitsch. The Monsters two goal lead did not last long as Grand Rapids drew within one about midway through the 2nd period.

Grand Rapids was not willing to go down easy as they tied the game 4:12 into the 3rd period. The once comfortable two goal lead for the Monsters was now gone and the team had to compose themselves if they wanted to come away with a win. Luckily Josh Dunne decided to get in on the goal scoring action after assisting on a goal earlier in the game. With 2:44 left to play it was Dunne who scored what ended up being the game winner for Cleveland. Cifff Pu and Dillon Simpson assisted on the game winner and the Monsters were able to come out victorious this time.

Justin Kapelmaster started the second consecutive game for Cleveland in net and was able to get the job done. Kapelmaster managed to stop 26 of Grand Rapids 28 shot on goal in the contest.

Cleveland will face off with the Griffins three more times before the season comes to a close, so there will be plenty of chances for some mayhem to ensue between the two clubs.

Monsters lose to Stars in shootout 2-1

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The Cleveland Monsters found themselves on the wrong side of a 2-1 shootout loss to the Texas Stars.

At some point the goal scoring frequency for the Cleveland Monsters was going to see a correction. That correction occurred Thursday night as they only managed one goal in a 2-1 shootout loss in Texas to the Stars. The loss comes after winning their previous two games at home against the Chicago Wolves.

The only goal of the game for the Monsters came late in the 3rd period. Cliff Pu tied the game at 1 wit his first goal of the year. Tyler Angle (8) and Wyatt Newpower (6) were credited with assists on the goal.

Brad Thiessen started the game in goal and saved 25 of 26 shots on goal, not counting the shootout goal. This was the second straight game and third overall that Thiessen allowed 1 goal on the year.

Cleveland dominated in the shots on goal department (40-27), but were unable to convert those shots into goals. The Monsters held a slight advantage in power play opportunities, going 0-5 compared to Texas’ 0-4 effort. Given their ample opportunities to score it is a bit disappointing to see the Monsters unable to put more than one goal on the board.

Cleveland has two more games in Texas to complete their three game series on Saturday and Sunday,

Monsters take down Americans 6-3

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The Cleveland Monsters were victorious again, coming away with a 6-3 win over the visiting Rochester Americans at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

There was a five-game winning streak on the line, including three in a row over Rochester for the Cleveland Monsters. Cleveland was more than up to challenge as they won their sixth straight game with a 6-3 win over the visiting Americans.

The Monsters held a slim 3-2 lead last the game headed into the 3rd and final period. Cleveland was being dominated in the shots on goal department (21-13), but still managed to be ahead. Ensuring that they would not let this game slip away, the Monsters were able to add three more goals in the period en route to their three-goal victory.

There are two key statistics that stick out from this game. The fact that Cleveland was better on the power play and only having two penalties in the entire game. Cleveland was able to capitalize on 1 of 2 chances while Rochester failed to score on their lone opportunity. As far as penalties go, Tristan Mullin was called for roughing in the 1st and Tyler Sikura got hit with a high-sticking call in the 3rd.

Matiss Kivlenieks got the start in goal and was able to save 28 0f 31 shots on goal. Rochester fired shot after shot at Kivlenieks and he was able to do just enough to put the Monsters in position to win.

Scoring notes

Luke Moncada scored his first goal of the season with assists from Dillon Simpson (5) and Liam Foudy (8) in the 1st period.

Cleveland took the lead in the 2nd on a goal from Tyler Angle, his sixth of the season. Wyatt Newpower and Cliff Pu each got their fourth assist of the season.

Zach Jordan made it a 3-1 Monsters lead 14:02 into the second. It was Jordan’s fourth goal on the year with Trsitan Mullin registering his first assist.

Early in the 3rd Tyler Sikura netted a power play goal, his ninth of the campaign to make it 4-1. It was assists from Carson Meyer (8) and Adam Helewka (7) on the goal.

Thomas Schemitsch scored his second goal of the season with 13:28 into the final period. It was the second assist of the game for Foudy and the fifth on the year for Tyler Angle.

With less than a minute to play Wyatt Newpower scored an empty netter to seal the game. It was the second goal of the year for Newpower.

The Monsters begin a road trip to Grand Rapids to take on the Griffins Tuesday.

Monsters destroy Americans 9-2

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The Cleveland Monsters continued their hot streak as they absolutely demolished the Rochester Americans by a score of 9-2.

Normality was not the word that can be used to describe the past few days for the Cleveland Monsters. Cleveland came into this weekend winners of 7 of 9, but a postponed game provided a bit more difficulty. Add in the subtractions of Kole Sherwood, Gavin Bayreuther, and Andrew Peeke, and things could have gone awry. Luckily for the Monsters nothing that happened over the past few days impacted them at all.

There are not many times that a team scores 9 goals, a new Monsters franchise record, but is just what happened for the Monsters Saturday night in Rochester. The 1st period was back and forth, but after that it was all Cleveland. The Monsters controlled the overwhelming majority of the game and the final score showed that.

Cleveland scored four times on the power play and it appears their woes in this are gone for the time being. This could be big moving forward as the Monsters currently reside in second place in the AHL Central.

Goal scorers

Tyler Angle (5), Josh Dunne (2), Matthew Struthers (1), Carson Meyer (5), Nathan Gerbe (4), Jake Christiansen (2) , Tyler Sikura (7), Thomas Schemitsch (1), and Liam Foudy (2).

Assists

Thomas Schemitsch (5,6,7), Jake Christiansen (5,6), Adam Clendening (2,3), Cliff Pu (3), Tyler Sikura (7), Liam Foudy (4,5), Adam Helewka (6).

What shots on goal?

Matiss Kivelenieks was the Monsters goaltender on the evening and only faced 14 shots on goal, saving 12 of them. Compared to the 36 faced by the Americans goaltenders this was a walk in the park.

The Monsters have a chance to win two straight against Rochester on Wednesday at 6:05 P.M.

Monsters complete weekend sweep of Wolves

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The Cleveland Monsters won their second straight game against the Chicago Wolves by a score of 3-1, completing the weekend sweep.

There was an opportunity to sweep an opponent and the Cleveland Monsters took it. Fresh off a 4-3 shootout win Friday, Cleveland managed to win in regulation Saturday with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Wolves.

It was about midway through the 1st period before the scoring got started, but Adam Helewka got the Monsters on the board first with Andrew Peeke and Trey Fix-Wolansky assisting on the play. Dillon Simpson would double the Monsters lead less than two minutes later. Tyler Angle and Gavin Bayreuther were credited with assists on Simpson’s second goal of the season.

The Wolves would not go down easy as they got within one goal in the 2nd period. Unlike Friday’s game, Cleveland was able to score again and win with a higher goal differential than one Tyler Angle scored his second goal of the year to make it a 3-1 lead, a lead that this Cleveland team would hold on to. Cliff Pu’s assist on Angle’s goal was his second of the campaign.

Matiss Kivlenieks got the start in goal for the second straight night and was better this time around. Kivlenieks saved 42 of 43 shots, the lone goal from Chicago’s Dominik Bokk being his only blemish. With this much better performance Kivlenieks sees his GAA drop more than half a goal down to 2.27 from 2.89.

With this win Cleveland now has 9 points on the year and sit at 4-3-1. Their two wins against the Central Division leading Chicago Wolves this weekend give them some hope for the season. Their sweep of Chicago proves that they can hang with the better teams in their division.

The Monsters have the weekdays off this week before heading to Rochester to take on the Americans Friday March 12.