Monsters hold off Griffins, 4-3

Monsters hold off Griffins, 4-3

The Monsters rallied after spotting longtime rival Grand Rapids the first two goals of the game in a 4-3 victory April 9 at Rocket Arena. The Griffins took a 2-0 lead in the first 7 1/2 minutes. Cleveland scored the next four goals, by Rocco Grimaldi, Hunter McKown, Madison Bowey and Luca Del Bel Belluz to take a 4-2 lead. Grand Rapids pulled within one goal with 4 minutes, 46 seconds remaining, but Cleveland held on. Grimaldi also had two assis…

Monsters battle back for 4-3 midweek win over Griffins

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-3 on Wednesday night 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. The Griffins had control of the first period with goals from Sheldon Dries at 5:10 and Tim Gettinger at 7:28 leaving the Monsters trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. Rocco Grimaldi responded first with a marker at 10:21 off feeds from Jordan Du…