The Cleveland Monsters beat the Charlotte Checkers (18-11-2-0) 3-1 on Monday night at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 15-11-4-1 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Charlotte’s Nolan Foote recorded a power-play tally just 51 seconds into the middle frame. Mikael Pyyhtiä answered with an unassisted goal at 4:42 sending Cleveland to the final intermission tied 1-1. The Monsters pulled ahead in the third period starting with a goal from Guillaume Richard at 14:09 off feeds from Pyyhtiä and Luca Del Bel Belluz. Justin Pearson put an end to the night with an empty-net tally at 19:06 assisted by Jack Williams and Pyyhtiä bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 30 saves for the win while Charlotte’s Cooper Black made 20 saves in defeat.
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