The Cleveland Monsters beat the Chicago Wolves 3-1 on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 23-12-2-3 and in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Rocco Grimaldi recorded the lone goal of the opening frame at 3:30 assisted by Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm and Dylan Gambrell putting the Monsters ahead 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. Hunter McKown notched a tally at 12:51 of the second period off a feed from Roman Ahcan sending Cleveland to the final intermission leading 2-0. Chicago’s Scott Morrow scored on the power play at 13:19 of the final period, but Justin Pearson pushed the game out of reach after a marker at 18:51 with helpers from Ahcan and McKown bringing the final score to 3-1.
Cleveland’s Zach Sawchenko made 28 saves for the win while Chicago’s Ruslan Khazheyev stopped 23 shots in defeat.
The Monsters travel to face the Syracuse Crunch at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, at Upstate Medical University Arena. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.
