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- Monsters
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Monsters overcame an early two-goal shortage to conclusion nan Toronto Marlies 5-4 successful a shootout Wednesday nighttime astatine Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Hunter McKown scored nan decisive shootout extremity aft a scoreless overtime play gave Cleveland its 16th triumph of nan season. The triumph improved nan Monsters’ grounds to 16-11-4-1, 5th spot successful nan AHL’s North Division standings.
Toronto jumped up quickly pinch goals from Benoit-Olivier Groulx astatine 1:18 and Ryan Tverberg conscionable 43 seconds later astatine 2:01. Cleveland responded earlier nan first intermission erstwhile Justin Pearson scored shorthanded astatine 6:55, cutting nan shortage to 2-1.
James Malatesta tied nan crippled 2-2 early successful nan 2nd play astatine 4:03 pinch assists from Corson Ceulemans and Luca Del Bel Belluz. Toronto regained nan lead erstwhile Travis Boyd scored astatine 18:45, sending nan Marlies into nan 2nd intermission up 3-2.
Cleveland dominated nan 3rd play pinch 3 goals. Roman Ahcan tied nan crippled conscionable 33 seconds into nan framework pinch thief from Luca Pinelli. Owen Sillinger gave nan Monsters their first lead of nan nighttime astatine 10:15, assisted by Pinelli and Will Butcher. Toronto’s Michael Pezzetta forced overtime pinch a extremity astatine 13:42, knotting nan people astatine 4-4.
Cleveland goaltender Ivan Fedotov stopped 28 shots to gain nan win, while Toronto’s Artur Akhtyamov made 29 saves successful nan loss. The Marlies dropped to 18-14-1-2 pinch nan defeat.
The Monsters proceed their roadworthy travel Saturday astatine 7 p.m. against nan Hershey Bears astatine nan Giant Center.
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