Behind the Battle Cleveland Monsters: North Division Finals, Game 1 😤
[Music] the Belleville series that’s ancient history Syracuse is here but headline news for Cleveland James Malatesta is in there for his playoff debut yeah huge addition for the monsters here tonight Jimmy Malatesta you think about his game its speed its physicality it’s it’s a you know a great shot of his someone that’s going to really add to this this lineup in the playoffs here the team that can get back to their game right the quickest it benefits them all right so let’s get to our game right away for us that’s sprinting to support being engaged physically and directness with that puck right we know what it is so let’s make sure we get a bump early everybody involved and roll fellas get back into it with a heavy heavy start and let’s have some fun black all right up front we got Del Bell’s line on the back we got Z and cowboy got gri and now oh yeah [Music] go it’s been quite some time uh since the monsters and crunch have met face to face the two teams have changed a ton over that span so it kind of feels uh you know like it’s the start of a new chapter here it’s still a five-game playoff series T that means what little margin for error for both teams so here we go the puck down at Center we’re quickly underway in game number one the North Division final there we go [Applause] is the hor sounds and the period ends with no goal scored in the first 20 minutes of the North Division fight the big thing like I said is just peace I think we can do everything a little bit quicker a little bit harder a little faster and we’re going to need that in the second period right and let’s start building and Tak it over here game one of the North Division final it’s the second period And as the players lean in at center it’s 0 KY comes up with the rebound turns fires and a glove save pucking to Malatesta find soral his shot stopped by halber city at the line liberg tried to get get it back to GIS now influenc ahead Cinder a breakway and it fires and halers in the [Music] save up slides it back to the point off the Stick of spil spil Hal down that could have been a penalty as he got the puck ahead to fix bansy who gains the line here a check barrels his way out to Center watched by Walcott it’s coughed up here’s alard left Circle fight safe by Greaves the rebound oh and shoved into Greaves was the [Applause] forward now it’s Mato centering oh and Del bl’s denied by hon what a chance to score and it goes by the wayside the horn has sounded the period is over we’re still without a goal [Applause] [Music] all right chances are 17 to4 right now for for them okay unacceptable we’ve left so much need on the bone right now and the only good thing is it’s 0 Z but we need all of you committed to it doing it the right way and we will take over this third period if there’s two guys that aren’t on the same page and are like that then we don’t have a chance everybody do it the right way like you know how let’s go win a game [Music] [Music] [Applause] it’s a shorthanded goal Aon Pearson breaks the ice and long last and in the third the monsters have a lead it’s one a here we [Music] go beautiful [Applause] [Music] Beau there we go approach her to hoot in one time Sav by Green stops the rebound Cleveland will clear it out one back and Sol his fires it rolls wide that’s it hard Zounds game one to Cleveland the monsters a one nothing win the monsters a one game to non lead in the North Division final and the opening salbo dealt by the home team in this five game series as the monsters Prevail thanks to Justin Pearson’s short-handed goal it’s game one and we got the job done that’s all that matters okay but you guys earn that especially in the third period coming out with a bunch of jump and playing the right way some huge penalty kills a big goal from this guy has been playing Amazing every [Applause] night hey wait a get it done great job great job [Applause] go [Music]
The Cleveland Monsters beat the Syracuse Crunch 1-0 on Thursday night behind Justin Pearson’s shorthanded goal and Jet Greaves’ first AHL playoff shutout.
From the locker room to the ice, take a front row seat into the Game 1 of the North Division Finals in Behind the Battle, presented by PNC Bank.
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let's go monsters!