Monsters grab exciting 5-3 win over Senators

Mar 19, 2023

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Belleville Senators 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With the win, the Monsters are now 26-26-5-2 and currently in seventh place in the AHL’s North Division standings.

The Monsters and Senators battled back-and-forth in the opening frame beginning with Cole Fonstad’s goal on the power play at 5:43 assisted by Carson Meyer and Josh Dunne followed by a response by Roby Jarventie on the man advantage at 8:52. Meyer’s power-play tally at 14:46 off feeds from David Jiricek and Trey Fix-Wolanksy pushed Cleveland ahead, but Cole Reinhardt’s marker for Belleville at 17:04 once again evened the score. Jake Christiansen recorded a goal at 18:09 with helpers from Fix-Wolansky and Robbie Payne sending the Monsters to the first intermission ahead 3-2. The Monsters added two goals in the middle frame starting with Payne at 9:10 assisted by Justin Richards and Joona Luoto followed by Luoto grabbing his own tally at 14:45 with a helper from Meyer bringing the score to 5-2 after 40 minutes. Belleville’s Jacob Larsson scored a goal at 18:18 of the third period, but Cleveland stood tall securing the 5-3 victory.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 33 saves for the win while Belleville’s Antoine Bibeau stopped 31 shots in defeat.

The Monsters homestand concludes against the Toronto Marlies on Friday, March 24, with a 7:00 p.m. puck drop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Follow the games with full coverage on FOX Sports 1350 ‘The Gambler’, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

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