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- Monsters
- Published: Jan. 03, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Monsters outlasted nan Charlotte Checkers successful a high-scoring matter Saturday night, securing a 6-3 triumph astatine Rocket Arena.
The crippled featured six lead changes earlier nan Monsters pulled distant successful nan 3rd period. Hunter McKown delivered nan decisive rustle pinch an unassisted shorthanded extremity astatine 4:22 of nan last frame, and James Malatesta sealed nan triumph pinch an empty-net extremity later successful nan period.
Riley Bezeau opened nan scoring pinch 3:38 remaining successful nan first period, assisted by McKown and Malatesta. But Charlotte’s Brian Pinho answered conscionable complete 3 minutes later, sending nan teams to nan first intermission tied 1-1.
The 2nd play continued nan back-and-forth pattern. Tate Singleton put Cleveland up early successful nan framework pinch thief from Hudson Fasching, only to spot Pinho people his 2nd extremity to necktie it again. Roman Ahcan and Luca Del Bel Belluz gave nan Monsters 2 much leads, but Charlotte’s Nate Smith responded to make it 3-3. Del Bel Belluz’s second-period goal, assisted by Singleton and Corson Ceulemans, gave Cleveland a 4-3 advantage heading into nan third.
Cleveland goaltender Ivan Fedotov made 22 saves for nan victory. Charlotte’s Kirill Gerasimyuk stopped 31 shots successful nan losing effort.
The triumph improved Cleveland’s grounds to 14-11-4-1, keeping them successful 5th spot successful nan AHL’s North Division standings. The Checkers fell to 18-10-2-0 pinch nan loss.
The 2 teams will meet again Monday astatine 7 p.m. astatine Rocket Arena.
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