Shine’s hat trick powers Grand Rapids past Cleveland
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Interstat) — Dominik Shine scored three goals to lead the Grand Rapids Griffins past the Cleveland Monsters 5-2 on Saturday at Van Andel Arena. Attendance was 5,853. Grand Rapids improved to 7-3, while Cleveland fell to 5-3. Sheldon Dries had a goal and two assists for Grand Rapids. Carter Bear added an assist and five shots on goal. Tate Singleton scored and had 10 penalty minutes for Cleveland. Boston Buckberger had an assist. Luke Tuch also scored for Cleveland. Alex Kannok Leipert and William Lagesson each had an assist for Grand Rapids. Théo Rochette added an assist, and Ondrej Becher scored. Shine opened the scoring 3:35 into the first period and struck again 1:13 into the second. Dries scored 7:11 into the second. Grand Rapids led 3-0 before Tuch scored. Becher restored a three-goal cushion in the third, and Singleton made it 4-2. Shine completed his hat trick at 16:55 of the third to finish the scoring.