The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins 2-1 in a shootout on Wednesday night at Van Andel Arena. With the shootout loss, the Monsters are now 24-28-8-5 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless opening period, Owen Sillinger recorded his first professional goal at 3:43 of the middle frame with helpers from Trey Fix-Wolansky and Cole Clayton. The Griffins’ Jonatan Berggren notched a marker at 16:56 sending the Monsters to the final intermission tied 1-1. Both goaltenders stood tall through the third period and an overtime frame forcing the shootout to go into 12 rounds with Grand Rapids’ game-winning goal coming from Josh Dickinson.
Cleveland’s Cam Johnson had 31 saves in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Victor Brattstrom made 35 saves for the win.
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