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Lake Erie Monsters Bring A Championship To Cleveland

After 52 years, Cleveland, Ohio holds a professional sports trophy -- The Calder Cup. It came in an amazing 1 - 0 OT victory that capped off a sweep of the Calder Cup Final.

19,665 fans -- a franchise record -- jammed Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday night to see if the Lake Erie Monsters could do what the Indians, Browns, Cavaliers and Barons have failed to do since 1964 -- bring a professional sports championship to Cleveland. In fact, it was the second-largest crowd ever to witness an AHL game. What they saw was an amazing, tense and ultimately spectacular 1 - 0 overtime victory, with Oliver Bjorkstrand notching the clincher with just 1.