Syracuse Gets Crunch'd By Cleveland, Takes A 2-0 Series Lead Which Now Shifts To Upstate Medical Arena
Billy Sweezey, Hunter McKown, Jakub Zboril, and Alex Whelan scored the goals, and Jet Greaves made 17 saves to lead the Monsters to an afternoon win in the North Division Finals on Saturday.
Devante Stephens put the Crunch up early in the first, but the Monsters would answer twice in the first on Sweezey and McKown's goals.
Cleveland would hold the 2-1 lead until Zboril's goal 4:37 into the third to make it 3-1. Syracuse would pull Brandon Halverson with just under five minutes to go in the game, and Alex Whelan would immediately sink an empty netter to essentially seal the game. The Monsters win 4-1.
The series will now to go Syracuse as the Crunch will need to try to beat the Monsters in three straight games.
Final Stats
Player Stats
- Bill Sweezey scored his 1st goal of the playoffs.
- Hunter McKown scored his 1st of the playoffs. He also had an assist.
- Jakub Zboril scored his 1st goal as a Monster and first of the playoffs.
- Alex Whelan scored his 1st of the playoffs as well.
- Jet Greaves made 17 saves against Syracuse.
Team Stats
- The Cleveland power play went 1 for 2.
- The Monsters PK stopped 2 of 3 Crunch power plays
- Attendance was 10,570 for Saturday's game.
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