The Cleveland Monsters beat the Utica Comets 3-2 in a shootout on Monday night at Adirondack Bank Center. With the win, the Monsters are now 22-24-8-4 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Tristan Mullin notched a tally 38 seconds into the middle frame off feeds from Cole Cassels and Justin Scott giving a 1-0 lead to Cleveland. Zach Jordan doubled the score with a marker at 19:06 assisted by Scott Harrington and Jake Gaudet sending the Monsters to the final intermission ahead 2-0. Utica dramatically tied the game with two late goals from Frederik Gauthier at 19:11 and A.J. Greer at 19:36 forcing overtime. After a fast paced extra frame, the game went to a shootout where Robbie Payne notched the only goal and game-winning tally securing a 3-2 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 34 saves for the victory while Utica’s Mareks Mitens made 35 saves in defeat.
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