The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Toronto Marlies 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 34-22-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Marlies struck first with a goal from Nick Abruzzese on the power play at 13:23 of the opening frame leaving the Monsters trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes. Toronto added two more when William Villeneuve converted on the man advantage at 7:45 of the second period followed by a tally from Alex Nylander at 19:00 putting Cleveland down 3-0 heading into the final intermission.
The Marlies special teams added another power-play marker from Topi Niemelä at 7:40 of the final frame. Hunter McKown responded with a marker at 19:10 assisted by Madison Bowey and Samuel Knazko but the late push wasn’t enough with a final score to 4-1.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 27 saves in defeat while Toronto’s Dennis Hildeby stopped 24 shots for the win.
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