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Recap: Glass Stands Tall to Shut Out Monsters

Posted on by Elaine Shircliff

Cleveland Monsters (0) at Rockford IceHogs (2)

Attendance: 3,487

Starters

Monsters

Hannikainen Tynan Zaar
Heatherington Sifers
Forsberg

IceHogs

Motte Latta Hinostroza
Pokka Forsling
Glass

Goal Recap

After a first period of tight play between the two teams, Rockford managed to get on the board 1:05 into the second period. Kyle Baun shot the puck through traffic. Anton Forsberg knocked it away. However, Forsberg became out of place leaving the net open. Tyler Motte scooped up the rebound and popped the puck into the open net.

The nail in the coffin for the Monsters came with 90 seconds to play in the game when Martin Lundberg fired on the empty net.

But Wait! There’s More

Quick Thoughts

  • A short bench due to injuries and a suspension meant Blake Siebenaler played right wing for the second game in a row. He’s a quite forward who doesn’t make a lot of noise.  However, it was nice for the Monsters to have a little extra muscle on the fourth line.
  • The three new guys are already making their presence known. In the first period, Kyle Thomas had three shots on goal. Two of which I’m not sure how Glass stopped.  Both Akim Aliu and Alex Petan spent the game trying to create play after play. There were a few times they were out of sync with the rest of the squad but that is to be expected.
  • Paul Bittner stepped into Brett Gallant’s role today. He outmuscled some big guys to help create plays and was ready to go against Michael Latta. The ref stepped in to stop the two from fighting. In retrospect, this was probably best as Latta has eight fighting majors this season.
  • The incredible Joe Pendenza who played this past weekend was back again. He has really stepped up during the past few games by creating turnovers and consistently attacking the net.    /

3 Stars

1st – Jeff Glass (37 saves, 37 shots faced, TOI: 60:00)

2nd – Tyler Motte (1g, 0a)

3rd – Martin Lundberg (1g, 0a)

Milestones

Jeff Glass (IceHogs) has two shutouts this season. Both were against the Monsters.

With this win, the IceHogs extend their point streak to seven games.

What’s Next

The Cleveland Monsters and Rockford IceHogs meet again on Friday in Rockford at 8pm EST. This will be the last time the two teams face each other this season.

Then, the Monsters travel to Iowa to play back to back games against the Wild on Sunday (4pm est) and Moday (8pm est)

Talking Points