The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Belleville Senators 8-7 in a shootout on Wednesday night at CAA Arena. With the shootout loss, the Monsters are now 7-5-0-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Cole Fonstad scored a quick goal to start the game at 1:12 off feeds from Billy Sweezey and Jake Gaudet followed by Joona Luoto notching his first tally as a Monster at 5:00 assisted by Josh Dunne and Owen Sillinger. Belleville responded with a power-play marker from Rourke Chartier at 5:18 and a goal from Egor Sokolov at 9:46 leaving the score tied 2-2 after 20 minutes. Trey Fix-Wolansky began the middle frame with a tally at 5:09 with helpers from Justin Richards and Carson Meyer. Samuel Knazko followed with his first professional goal at 7:03 assisted by Dunne and Sillinger. The Senators scored three unanswered goals to close out the second period from Viktor Lodin on the man advantage at 11:53, Ridly Greig at 15:05 and Cole Cassels at 15:34 leaving the Monsters trailing 5-4 heading into the final intermission. Fix-Wolansky notched his second marker of the night at 1:31 of the third period with assists from Richards and Cole Clayton. Richards added a tally at 4:24 off feeds from Fix-Wolanksy and Meyer to regain the lead. Belleville’s Phillippe Daoust converted on the power play at 5:50 to tie the game, but Meyer responded with a man-advantage goal at 13:41 with helpers from Dunne and Fix-Wolansky to put Cleveland ahead 7-6. The Senators tied the score once again after a shorthanded marker from Dillon Heatherington at 15:37 forcing the game into overtime. Following a scoreless extra frame, Belleville won in the third round of a shootout bringing the final score to 8-7.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 23 saves in defeat while Belleville’s Logan Flodell made 11 stops for the victory in relief of Antoine Bibeau who stopped 11 shots.
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