The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Grand Rapids Griffins (38-7-2-1) 3-2 on Wednesday night at Van Andel Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 25-16-6-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Grand Rapids struck first with a goal from Dominik Shine at the 1:02 mark of the opening frame followed by Cleveland tying the game 1-1 off an Owen Sillinger power-play goal with Mikael Pyyhtiä on the helper.
The Griffins led 2-1 after the first period as Sheldon Dries added another tally for Grand Rapids at 11:49 of the frame. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård scored the lone goal of the second frame at 16:52 to pull the Griffins ahead 3-1 through 40 minutes.
Cleveland’s Brendan Gaunce netted one at 4:07 of the final frame with help from Luca Pinelli and Stanislav Svozil, but Grand Rapids took the 3-2 win in regulation.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 22 shots in defeat while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa made 22 saves for the win.
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