The Cleveland Monsters beat the the Rockford IceHogs 4-1 on Sunday evening at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 21-2
3-6-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Tyler Sikura notched a tally at 12:02 of the middle frame off assists from Cole Cassels and Tyler Angle giving the Monsters a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes. Rockford’s Josiah Slavin recorded a marker just 50 seconds into the third period, but Sikura scored his second goal of the night unassisted at 7:20 to regain the lead. Kevin Stenlund added a tally 11 seconds later off feeds from Jake Christiansen and Cole Clayton extending Cleveland’s lead followed by Tristan Mullin putting an end to the night with a empty-net goal at 16:22 assisted by Cassels and Billy Sweezey bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 24 saves for the victory while Rockford’s Collin Delia made 25 saves in defeat.
