CEDAR PARK, Texas – In a tightly contested goaltending duel that needed overtime, it was Alex Broadhurst who provided the winning goal in the shootout to lift the Cleveland Monsters to a 2-1 win over the Texas Stars on Saturday in front of 6,267 fan in attendance at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
Broadhurst scored the shootout-winner for the Monsters (17-13-1-2) in the fourth round to beat Maxime Lagace of the Stars. Caleb Herbert tallied the Stars’ only goal in regulation and again in the shootout. Anton Forsberg earned the win in net stopping 38 of 39 shots. Lagace suffered the loss going 27 of 29. Texas (16-13-1-2) took three out of four points in their two-game weekend set against the American Hockey League’s defending Calder Cup Champions.
Herbert opened up the scoring with a backhand goal in front of the net just 3:48 into the hockey game. Ethan Werek tallied the assist as Herbert tallied his fifth point in the last six games to give Texas the early lead.
Cleveland answered back midway through period two when Nick Moutrey snapped a shot in the right circle past Lagace for his fifth of the season. After that, the goaltenders took over. Forsberg made 20 of his saves through the second and third periods. He also denied Brendan Ranford, Brandon DeFazio and Travis Morin in the shootout. Lagace negated a third-period penalty shot chance for Cleveland’s Sonny Milano at 11:39, and also stopped the four shots he faced in overtime.
After Herbert gave Texas the lead in round three of the shootout, Jordan Maletta scored for Cleveland to extend things and open the door for Broadhurst’s winner.
The power play units for both teams continued to struggle as Texas finished 0-for-7 and the Monsters went 0-for-4. In the two-game set overall, both teams combined to go scoreless in 21 man-advantage chances.
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