The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Utica Comets 3-1 on Friday night at Adirondack Bank Center. With the loss, the Monsters are now 10-7-2-3 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Comets scored two goals in the opening frame from Fabian Zetterlund at 3:23 and Nate Schnarr at 18:56 to send the Monsters into the first intermission trailing 2-0. Utica’s Graeme Clarke notched a power-play marker at 11:13 of the second period pushing Cleveland’s deficit to 3-0 after 40 minutes. Liam Foudy spoiled the shutout bid with a tally at 18:26 of the final frame off assists from Justin Scott and Cole Clayton, but the Monsters fell by a final score of 3-1.
Cleveland’s Jean-Francois Berube made 29 stops in defeat while Utica’s Mareks Mitens stopped 23 shots for the victory.
