Recap: Monsters Shutout that Team Up North

John Saraya/Cleveland MonstersCleveland Monsters (4) at Grand Rapids Griffins (0)

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Starters

Craig Dalpe Tynan Ramage Stanton Thiessen Callahan Criscuolo Ford Lashoff Hicketts Coreau The Monsters scored four unanswered goals against the first-place Griffins tonight.

The first came with a little under five minutes left in the first period. Markus Hannikainen won a battle along the boards behind Brad Thiessen and sped down the ice. Once he hit center ice, Hannikainen passed the puck to Kukan who spun around and passed it back to Hannikainen. Joe Pendenza was wide open at the top of the left faceoff circle. Hannikainen redirected Kukan's pass to Pendenza who fired the puck into…