Monsters come up short in 5-2 loss to Bears PHN's Best Shots of the Game

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The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 5-2 on Sunday evening at Giant Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 1-1-0-0 and are currently in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

The Bears started the game with a goal from Hardy Häman Aktell at 7:32 and a power-play tally from Ethen Frank at 11:59, but Brendan Gaunce grabbed his first marker of the year at 15:19 off helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Jake Christiansen to cut into Hershey’s lead.

The Bears added a goal from Mike Vecchione at 17:28 to send the Monsters into the first intermission trailing 3-1.

Marcus Bjork notched a tally at 8:54 of the second period with assists from Dmitri Voronkov and Mikael Pyyhtia, but Hershey’s Pierrick Dubé converted on the man advantage at 19:04 putting Cleveland behind 4-2 after 40 minutes.

The game was pushed out of reach for Cleveland after Hershey’s Mike Sgarbossa recorded a marker at 16:37 to bring the final score to 5-2.

Cleveland’s Pavel Cajan made 22 saves in defeat while Hershey’s Clay Stevenson made 19 saves for the victory.

With Cleveland match report

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.

Sunday, October 15, 2023, the Hershey Bears vs the Cleveland Monsters. The Bears beat the Monsters by a score of 5-2.