Monsters score three on third to upend Rocket, 5-2 | Pro Hockey News

The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Laval Rocket (17-9-0-1) 5-2 on Thursday night at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 11-9-3-1 and currently in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

Laval’s Joe Dunlap opened the scoring at 7:21 of the first period, but Hudson Mardi Gras balanced the game with a market at 2:55 pm with feeds from Jack Williams And Justin Pearson making the match 1-1 after 20 minutes. Owen Sillinger pushed the Monsters ahead with a count at 7:18, assisted by Guillaume Richard sending the Monsters to the final break with a 2-1 lead. The Rocket tied the game on a goal from Tyler Thorpe at 6:06 of the third period, but Roman Ahcan responded with a goal at 7:48 with helpers from Luca Pinelli and Richard put the Monsters back in the lead. Cleveland kept the offensive attack going with a power play marker of Will Butcher at 10:36 assisted by Pinelli and Luca Del Bel Belluz and a tally from Williams at 5:09 pm via feeds from Pearson and Fasching, making the final score 5-2.

Clevelands Ivan Fedotov made 15 saves for the win while Laval’s Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves in the loss.

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