Monsters Come Up Short In 5-2 Loss to Griffins
The Griffins grabbed the first two goals of the night from William Lagesson at 9:21 and Sheldon Dries at 14:32 of the opening frame, but Guillaume Richard responded with a tally at 14:50 assisted by Luca Marrelli and Luca Pinelli bringing the score to 2-1 after 20 minutes.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Grand Rapids Griffins
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2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
|
Cleveland Monsters
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-2 on Friday night at Rocket Arena.
The Griffins grabbed the first two goals of the night from William Lagesson at 9:21 and Sheldon Dries at 14:32 of the opening frame, but Guillaume Richard responded with a tally at 14:50 assisted by Luca Marrelli and Luca Pinelli bringing the score to 2-1 after 20 minutes. Sutter Muzzatti converted on the power play for Grand Rapids at 8:57 of the second period, but Cleveland answered quickly courtesy of Luke Tuch at 9:18 with helpers from Jordan Dumais and Oiva Keskinen cutting the visitor’s lead to 3-2 heading into the final intermission. The Griffins’ added two goals from Dries at 3:56 and Théo Rochette at 19:35 of the third period pushing the final score to 5-2.
Cleveland’s Pheonix Copley made 21 saves in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Michael Postava made 18 saves for the win.
The Monsters have a rematch with the Griffins on Sunday, October 4, at 3:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
20 |
0/5 |
5/6 |
19 min / 8 inf |
|
GR |
26 |
1/6 |
5/5 |
17 min / 7 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Record |
|
CLE |
Copley |
L |
21 |
4 |
0-1-0 |
|
GR |
Postava |
W |
18 |
2 |
1-0-0 |
Cleveland Record: 0-1-0-0
Grand Rapids Record: 1-0-0-0
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