The Cleveland Monsters beat the Rochester Americans (11-8-0-0) 3-1 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 6-4-3-1 and are currently in sixth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Following a scoreless first period, Tate Singleton notched his first as a Monster at 8:39 of the middle frame with helpers from Corson Ceulemans and Will Butcher. Rochester’s Jake Leschyshyn recorded a power-play marker at 14:27, but Ceulemans responded with a tally at 18:28 off feeds from Luca Del Bel Belluz and Jordan Dumais giving Cleveland a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes. Mikael Pyyhtiä secured the game for the Monsters with an empty-net marker at 19:41 of the third period assisted by Del Bel Belluz bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves for the win while Rochester’s Devon Levi made 37 saves in defeat.
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