CLEVELAND – The Grand Rapids Griffins saw their 2-1 third period lead vanish as the Cleveland Monsters scored a late goal before the Griffins responded with two goals in the final minute of play to win the contest 4-2 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Tuesday night.
The Monsters (8-6-0-1) tied the game with just 1:02 remaining after Zac Dalpe took a close-range shot that beat the glove of Calvin Pickard, who recorded a season-high 40 saves on the night. Just 20 seconds later, Joe Veleno scored the game-winner with a shot from the right circle and Matt Puempel tacked on an empty netter to seal the victory and extend his point streak to a career-high ten games.