The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins 6-3 on Saturday evening at\u00a0the Rocket Arena. With the loss, the Monsters are now 4-2-0-0 and are currently in second place in the AHL\u2019s North Division standings.<\/p>\n
The Penguins scored two goals in the first period from Hugh McGing at 2:54 and Avery Hayes on the power play at 10:38, but Oiva Keskinen\u00a0converted on the man advantage at 19:53 assisted by Luca Marrelli\u00a0and Mikael Pyyhti\u00e4\u00a0cutting the score to 2-1 after 20 minutes. Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton added a pair of goals in the second period from Melvin Fernstr\u00f6m at 12:50 and Rutger McGroarty on the power play at 13:34 leaving Cleveland behind 4-1 heading into the final intermission. The Penguins score another marker on the man advantage from Mikhail Ilyin just 28 seconds into the third period. The Monsters mounted a comeback with power-play goals from Luca Pinelli\u00a0at 14:32 assisted by Marrelli and Keskinen, and Steven Lorentz\u00a0at 17:17 off feeds from Jack Williams\u00a0and Owen Sillinger. The comeback fell short after Penguins\u2019 McGroarty notched a man advantage tally at 19:48 bringing the final score to 6-3.<\/p>\n
Cleveland\u2019s Evan Gardner\u00a0made 26 saves in defeat while Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton\u2019s Taylor Gauthier\u00a0made 27 saves for the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Monsters hit the road to visit the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, October 23, at 7:00 p.m. at Van Andel Arena.\u00a0Follow the games with full coverage on SportsRadio 99.1 Powered by Rock Entertainment Group, AHLTV on FloHockey and the Monsters Hockey Network.<\/p>\n
Stay up to date on all Monsters news with the Monsters Mobile App presented by University Hospitals available to download at the\u00a0Apple Store<\/a> or\u00a0Google Play Store<\/a>. Be sure to follow the Monsters on\u00a0X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and\u00a0TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shots\/Special Teams:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Shots<\/p>\n PP<\/p>\n PK<\/p>\n PIM<\/p>\n CLE<\/p>\n 30<\/p>\n 3\/9<\/p>\n 5\/8<\/p>\n 22 min \/ 11 inf<\/p>\n WBS<\/p>\n 32<\/p>\n 3\/8<\/p>\n 6\/9<\/p>\n 34 min \/ 13 inf<\/p>\n Goaltenders:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Goaltender<\/p>\n Outcome<\/p>\n Saves<\/p>\n GA<\/p>\n Record<\/p>\n CLE<\/p>\n Gardner<\/p>\n L<\/p>\n 26<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 2-1-0<\/p>\n WBS<\/p>\n Gauthier<\/p>\n W<\/p>\n 27<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n 2-1-0<\/p>\n Cleveland Record:\u00a04-1-0-0, 2nd North Division\u00a0<\/p>\n Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Record:\u00a03-2-1-0, 1st Atlantic Division<\/p>\n GAME SHEET<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0GAME PHOTOS<\/a> \u2013\u00a0GAME HIGHLIGHTS<\/a>*<\/p>\n *Game highlights will appear as soon as possible following video processing for all Monsters home game.<\/p>\n