The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Charlotte Checkers (12-7-2-0) 4-0 on Wednesday night at Bojangles Coliseum. With the loss, the Monsters are now 9-8-3-1 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Charlotte’s Liam McLinskey opened the scoring at 11:49 of the first period to give the Checkers a 1-0 lead at the first break. Following a scoreless second frame, Charlotte added three goals in the final stanza from Sandis Vilmanis at 2:33, an empty netter from Jake Livingstone at 18:29 and Riese Gaber at 18:55 to take the 4-0 win over Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 26 saves in defeat while Charlotte’s Kirill Gerasimyuk made 13 saves for the win.