Monsters historic series comeback ends in 3-2 overtime loss to Bears
Jun 12, 2024The Cleveland Monsters fell to the Hershey Bears 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday night at Giant Center. With the loss, the Monsters finished the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-4 record marking only the fifth time in American Hockey League history that a team have overcame a 0-3 series deficit to force a Game 7.
Trey Fix-Wolansky converted on the power play at 19:02 of the first period off helpers from Denton Mateychuk and David Jiricek, but Hershey’s Logan Day quickly responded at 19:41 leaving the teams tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. Pierre Dube scored a power-play goal at 4:14 of the middle frame sending Cleveland to the final intermission traililng 2-1. James Malatesta notched a marker to tie the game at 14:08 of the third period assisted by Fix-Wolansky forcing the teams into an extra frame. Hershey’s Garrett Roe scored the game-winning goal at 7:38 of overtime bringing the final score to 3-2.
Cleveland’s Jet Greaves stopped 27 shots in defeat while Hershey’s Hunter Shepard made 42 saves for the win.
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Scoring:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
Final |
|
CLE |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
HER |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Shots/Special Teams:
|
|
Shots |
PP |
PK |
PIM |
|
CLE |
44 |
1/2 |
2/3 |
6 min / 3 inf |
|
HER |
30 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
4 min / 2 inf |
Goaltenders:
|
|
Goaltender |
Outcome |
Saves |
GA |
Playoff Record |
|
CLE |
Greaves |
L |
27 |
3 |
8-5-0 |
|
HER |
Shepard |
W |
42 |
2 |
10-4-0 |
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