{"id":127017,"date":"2026-03-01T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:40:11","slug":"cleveland-monsters-monsters-fall-to-penguins-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127017\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Monsters | MONSTERS FALL TO PENGUINS 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Cleveland Monsters\u00a0fell to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton\u00a0Penguins (36-13-3-2)\u00a03-2 on Friday night at\u00a0Rocket Arena. With the\u00a0loss, the Monsters are now\u00a028-17-6-1 and are currently in third place in the AHL\u2019s North Division standings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Penguins\u2019 Atley Calvert opened the scoring at 6:44 and Ville Koivunen added another at 7:29 giving Wilkes-Barre a 2-0 lead to end the first. Cleveland\u2019s Luca Del Bel Belluz capitalized on the power play to give the Monsters their first tally at 11:15 in the second period with helpers from Luca Marrelli and Brendan Gaunce but Wilkes-Barre\u2019s Aidan McDonough tacked on another to make it 3-1 through two. The Monsters\u2019 Guillaume Richard added a tally at 1:15 of the third assisted by Dysin Mayo and Zach Aston-Reese\u00a0to make the final score 3-2 Penguins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Cleveland\u2019s\u00a0Zach Sawchenko\u00a0stopped 23 shots in the loss while Wilkes-Barre Scranton\u2019s Joel Blomqvist made 22 saves for the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Monsters finish the homestand with a rematch against the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, February 28th, at 4:00 p.m. at Rocket Arena.\u00a0Follow\u00a0the game with full coverage on Rock Entertainment Sports Network, SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group,\u00a0AHLTV on FloHockey\u00a0and the\u00a0Monsters Hockey Network.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/cleveland-monsters\/id1484726236?ls=1\">Apple Store<\/a> or\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.yinzcam.ahl.monsters\">Google Play Store<\/a>. Be sure to follow the Monsters on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monstershockey\">X<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monstershockey\">Facebook<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monstershockey\/\">Instagram<\/a> and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@monstershockey?lang=en\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shots\/Special Teams:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Shots<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">PP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">PK<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">PIM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">CLE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">1\/4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">3\/3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">6 min \/ 3 inf<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">WBS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">0\/3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">3\/4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">8 min \/ 4 inf<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Goaltender<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Outcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Saves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">GA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Record<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">CLE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Sawchenko<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">L<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">23<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">9-7-3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">WBS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Blomqvist<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">W<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">10-4-3<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Record:\u00a028-17-6-1,\u00a03rd\u00a0North Division<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre Record:\u00a036-13-3-2, 2nd Atlantic Division<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.25in;text-align:center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/lscluster.hockeytech.com\/game_reports\/official-game-report.php?lang_id=1&amp;client_code=ahl&amp;game_id=1028587\">GAME SHEET<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/clevelandmonsters\/albums\/72177720332123017\/\">GAME PHOTOS<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/monstershockeyahl\">GAME HIGHLIGHTS<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>*Game highlights will appear as soon as possible following video processing.<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Monsters\u00a0fell to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton\u00a0Penguins (36-13-3-2)\u00a03-2 on Friday night at\u00a0Rocket Arena. 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