LAVAL, QC – The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters defeated the Laval Rocket in a shootout on Saturday at Laval’s Place Bell by a final score of 5-4. With the win, the Monsters are now 19-16-4-1 overall this season and with 43 points, now reside in fifth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.
Cleveland’s Kole Sherwood delivered the Monsters a 1-0 lead with an even-strength tally at 1:37 of the opening period withEric Robinson and Zac Dalpe collecting assists on the play. The Rocket responded, however, to tie the game at one at 6:12of the first, courtesy of a five-on-five finish from Alex Belzile, before Cleveland’s Mark Letestu placed the Monsters back in front at 16:45 with a power-play goal set up by Justin Scott and Alex Broadhurst.