Monsters season series against Admirals ends with 4-1 loss

The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Milwaukee Admirals 4-1 on Saturday night at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 24-29-8-5 and are currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.Monsters season series against Admirals ends with 4-1 loss

Milwaukee took an early lead with goals from Cole Smith at 2:27 and Cole Schneider at 5:38 of the opening frame, but Cole Cassels notched a power-play tally at 11:38 off feeds from Tyler Sikura and Cole Fonstad cutting the score to 2-1 after 20 minutes. The Admirals added two more markers in the second period from Jimmy Huntington at 15:34 and Mitch McLain at 18:28 leaving the Monsters trailing 4-1 heading into the final intermission. Despite several scoring chances for Cleveland in the third period, the Monsters fell by a final score of 4-1.

Cleveland’s Cam Johnson had 20 saves in defeat while Milwaukee’s Devin Cooley made 24 saves for the win.