The Cleveland Monsters beat the Belleville Senators (19-19-7-0) 6-5 on Friday night at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 21-14-5-1 and are currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Corson Ceulemans started the game with a goal at 2:54 assisted by Zach Aston-Reese and Hunter McKown, but Belleville’s Jorian Donovan responded at 11:52 to tie the game.
Jack Williams got on the board with a marker at 12:14 off feeds from Hudson Fasching and Luca Marrelli putting the Monsters ahead. Caleb MacDonald added a tally at 13:49 with helpers from James Malatesta and Mikael Pyyhtiä sending Cleveland to the first intermission leading 3-1.
Arthur Kaliyev scored for the Senators at 4:27 of the middle frame, but Justin Pearson notched a tally at 7:28 assisted by Ceulemans and Pyyhtiä. Owen Sillinger quickly added a marker at 8:29 assisted by Williams and Luca Del Bel Belluz, but the period came to an end with a goal from Belleville’s Oskar Pettersson at 16:57 leaving Cleveland ahead 5-3.
The third frame stayed busy with goals from Belleville’s Olle Lycksell at 1:02, Brendan Gaunce at 9:59 with helpers from Luca Pinelli and Sillinger, and then Tyler Boucher at 13:11 for the Senators, but the Monsters held on for a final 6-5 win.
Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov stopped 23 shots for the win while Belleville’s Leevi Meriläinenmade 29 saves in defeat.
