The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Rochester Americans 4-1 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 35-23-5-6 and in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Amerks opened the scoring with a power-play tally from Mason Jobst at 13:01 in the first period, but Luca Del Bel Belluz responded with a goal at 13:40 assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Guillaume Richard leaving the teams tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Rochester’s Zachary Metsa recorded the only marker of the middle frame at 12:37 sending Cleveland to the final intermission trailing 2-1. The Amerks closed out the game with goals from Riley Fiddler-Schultz at 18:25 and Brett Murray at 19:33 bringing the final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 30 saves in defeat while Toronto’s Devon Levi stopped 24 shots for the win.
