Monsters defeat Marlies in two overtimes, sweep series

Cleveland Monsters survive 2OT to win Calder Cup first-round series over Toronto

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Monsters forward James Malatesta scored the game winner with 55 seconds left in the second overtime to end the Toronto Marlies’ playoff run with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon in the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto. The Monsters advance in the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs with a 2-0 series victory to play the Laval Rockets in the North Division semifinals. The top-seeded Rockets await the Monsters in a best-of-five game s…

Monsters defeat Marlies in two overtimes, sweep series

James Malatesta scored with 55 seconds remaining in the second overtime, and the Monsters defeated host Toronto, 4-3, o April 26 to sweep their first-round series, 2-0. Cleveland advances to face Laval in the North Division semifinals. The series will be best of five, with Game 1 on April 30 or May 1 in Cleveland. If the Cavaliers defeat Miami on April 28, then the Monsters and Laval will start April 30. Toronto took a 2-0 lead shortly into the …

Cleveland Monsters advance to North Division Semifinals to face Laval Rocket

The Cleveland Monsters have advanced to the North Division Semifinals after beating the Toronto Marlies Saturday night. The Monsters will face the Laval Rocket in the best-of-five series that will begin with Game 1 in Cleveland on either Wednesday, April 30 or Thursday, May 1. The exact date will be finalized Monday evening based on the outcome of the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Miami Heat series in which a potential Game 5 may be played at Rocket Ar

Cleveland Monsters Update: Jet Greaves, Denton Mateychuk Lend Extra Hand In Playoff Series Win

They’re moving on. The Cleveland Monsters won the opening round of their best-of-three Calder Cup Playoff series with the Toronto Marlies, 4-3, in double overtime on Saturday from Coca-Cola Coliseum. Monsters Scoring, April 26 Period Time Goals Assists 2-1, Trailing Toronto 2 7:47 Hunter McKown Madison Bowey 2-2, Tied with Toronto 2 …

Sunday's FTB: Two days of rest

The Leafs next game is Tuesday, giving them two days off to rest up. The time has not been confirmed yet, but we'll likely know that soon. There will be no Game 3 in the Marlies series today. They were ousted in the first round by the Cleveland Monsters. We will likely see some of the Marlies called up to the Leafs, including Matt Murray, but the Leafs are playing a serious game aiming for the long term, so I don't think you're going to see over…