“Once we got through the first 15 minutes of the game, it was a good, structured effort where everyone was buying into what we needed to do to win a hockey game,” said Greg Moore after his team’s 4-3 overtime victory on Saturday.
First Period
Cleveland controlled much of the first frame and registered the first nine shots without reply. The Monsters were unable to connect on the game’s first power play and debutant Keith Petruzzelli held firm between the pipes, albeit with one slice of luck in the form of a crossbar.
It took until almost the 15 minute for the Marlies to test Jean-Francois Berube, who comfortably turned aside Joey Anderson’s effort.