The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Laval Rocket 4-2 on Saturday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-33-8-5 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Laval’s Alex Belizle notched a tally at 1:59 but Tyler Angle responded with a marker at 3:05 off feeds from Tim Berni and Owen Sillinger tying the game 1-1 after 40 minutes. The Rocket added three more goals in the final period from Jesse Ylönen at 7:55, Nate Schnarr at 8:50 and Gabriel Bourque at 18:01 bringing the score to 4-1. Angle recorded his second marker of the night at 19:24 with an assist from Thomas Schemitsch, but Cleveland fell by a final score of 4-2.
Cleveland’s Cam Johnson had 26 saves in defeat while Laval’s Kevin Poulin made 30 saves for the win.
