The Cleveland Monsters beat the Toronto Marlies (22-15-4-3) 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday night at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 23-14-5-1 and are currently in secondplace in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Toronto’s Jacob Quillan notched the only tally of the opening frame at 18:55 to make it 1-0 Marlies to end the first.
After a scoreless second period, Toronto’s Luke Haymes added a goal at 3:18 in the third to put the Marlies up 2-0.
Luca Del Bel Belluz capitalized on the power play at 7:58 with helpers from Luca Pinelli and Luca Marrelli to put Cleveland on the board. Zach Aston-Reese scored the equalizer at 13:58 with assists from Jordan Dumais and Caleb MacDonald to send the game to overtime with a score of 2-2.
Following a scoreless overtime, Jack Williams grabbed the game-winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout, making the final score 3-2.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 22 shots for the win while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby made 31 saves in defeat.
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