The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans (31-30-5-4) 2-1 on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 36-26-6-3 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
After a silent opening period, Cleveland’s Brendan Gaunce found the net at 6:35 of the second frame off feeds from Zach Aston-Reese and Dysin Mayo for the 1-0 Monsters lead through 40 minutes.
Rochester’s Olivier Nadeau tied the game 1-1 at 6:05 of the final stanza before Monsters’ forward Jack Williams buried the game-winner at 14:59 with an assist from Charlie Elick to capture a 2-1 win for Cleveland.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko stopped 32 shots for the win while Rochester’s Devon Levi made 28 saves in defeat.
