The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-2 on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 6-5-0-0 and are currently in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
The Griffins grabbed the lone goal of the opening frame at 18:10 from Donovan Sebrango leaving the Monsters down 1-0 after 20 minutes. Grand Rapids’ Steven Kampfer scored at 3:36 of the second period, but Cleveland responded with three goals in under five minutes to take the lead. Tyler Angle notched his first tally of the night at 8:07 assisted by Justin Richards and David Jiricek before adding a second marker at 12:46 off a feed from Richards. Carson Meyer picked up a quick goal just 11 seconds later with a helper from Josh Dunne pushing the Monsters ahead 3-2 heading into the final intermission. Cleveland added two more goals in the third frame starting with Owen Sillinger at 10:25 assisted by Cole Fonstad and Billy Sweezey followed by a shorthanded marker from Fonstad at 19:28 with a helper from Gavin Bayreuther securing the Monsters 5-2 win.
Cleveland’s Daniil Tarasov made 30 saves for the victory while Grand Rapids’ Victor Brattstrom made 17 saves in defeat.
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