Monsters bark at the moon, blank Wolves

The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters shut out the Chicago Wolves 3-0 on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Monsters Sweep Wolves with 3-0 Win

With the win, the Monsters are now 10-7-1-1 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 22 points.

After a scoreless first period, Cleveland took a 2-0 lead in the middle frame courtesy of a power-play marker from Nathan Gerbe and a tally from Kevin Stenlund.

Jakob Lilja picked up his first North American goal in the third period to push the final score to 3-0 Cleveland.

Veini Vehvilainen made 16 saves in the shutout while Chicago’s Garret Sparks stopped 22 pucks in the loss.