The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 5-4 on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 21-24-7-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Jake Christiansen extended his point streak to seven games after a power-play goal at 16:36 of the opening period off feeds from Justin Scott and Kevin Stenlund putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes. Rochester started the middle frame with two goals eight seconds apart from Jack Quinn at 4:20 and Michael Mersch at 4:28. Carson Meyer tied the game with an unassisted tally at 5:07, but Arttu Ruotsalainen’s marker at 7:00 gave the lead back to Rochester. Meyer added his second goal of the night at 13:34 with assists from Christiansen and Tyler Sikura, but the Amerks responded with a tally from JJ Peterka at 19:20 sending the Monsters to the final intermission trailing 4-3. Rochester’s Peterka scored his second marker of the night at 3:08 of the final frame before Tim Berni responded for Cleveland at 11:53 with helpers from Scott and Tristan Mullin bringing the game within one goal. Despite a strong offensive push, the Monsters fell by a final score of 5-4.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 17 saves in defeat while Rochester’s Aaron Dell made 31 saves for the victory.
The Monsters have a rematch with the Rochester Americans on Saturday, March 19, for a 6:05 p.m. puck drop at Blue Cross Arena. Follow the game with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 AM ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.
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