Monsters comeback to top Griffins 4-3

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Monsters fought back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-3.

The Griffins shot out to a 2-0 lead in the first period off of goals from Sheldon Dries at 5:10 and Tim Gettinger at 7:28.

Cleveland got on the board in the second, Rocco Grimaldi scored at 10:21 off assists from Jordan Dumais and Hunter McKown bringing the score to 2-1 Griffins.

McKown had the equalizer at 16:31 assisted by Grimaldi and Daemon Hunt sending Cleveland to the final intermission tied 2-2. 

Madison Bowey scored the Monsters go ahead goal at 1:23 of the third period with a helper from Grimaldi to make it 3-2 Cleveland.

Then Luca Del Bel Belluz scored on the power play at 13:38 off feeds from Drew Bavaro and Mikael Pyyhtia, bringing Cleveland’s lead to 4-2.

The Griffins added a tally from Ondřej Becher at 15:14, but the Monsters held on for a 4-3 win.

Cleveland’s Jet Greaves made 19 saves for the win while Grand Rapids’ Sebastian Cossa stopped 13 shots in defeat.

The Monsters conclude home portion of their regular season schedule on Saturday, April 12, at noon when they host the Toronto Marlies at Rocket Arena. 

With the win, the Monsters are now 34-21-5-6 and in fourth place in the AHL’s North Division standings.