GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Interstat) — The Cleveland Monsters defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 in overtime Friday at Van Andel Arena. Attendance was 5,082. Cleveland improved to 5-2, while Grand Rapids fell to 6-3. Steven Lorentz opened scoring in the first period, and Sheldon Dries answered for Grand Rapids. Jesse Kiiskinen put Grand Rapids ahead in the second before Luca Marrelli tied it. Pheonix Copley, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound goaltender from North Pole, Alaska, made 10 saves on 12 shots for Cleveland. Dries, a 5-foot-9, 180-pound center, scored and had six shots. Boston Buckberger had an assist and seven shots, Kiiskinen scored and had one shot, Jack Williams had an assist, four shots and two penalty minutes, Lorentz scored, Luca Pinelli had an assist and five shots, Marrelli scored, and Shai Buium and John Leonard each had an assist. Leonard added three shots and two penalty minutes. The teams meet again Saturday at Grand Rapids.