COMETS LOOK FOR TWO POINTS TUESDAY
Jan 25, 2022The Last Time Out: The Comets locked up against their division rival, the Syracuse Crunch inside the Adirondack Bank Center and once again skated away victorious. This time, by a score of 6-3. Utica head coach left the game with his 400th win of his head coaching career.
In the first period, the Crunch struck first on a goal by Gage Concalves as he shot the puck off the post and in behind Comets goalie Nico Daws at 1:59 Later, the Comets power-play tied the contest when Alex Holtz blasted a one-timer off the faceoff at 3:13 Holtz goal was his 10th of the season. Holtz added another goal and it was again on the man-advantage. Holtz wrister sailed past Syracuse netminder Max Legace on the short side and off the bar at 4:29 putting the home team up 2-1. The Comets power-play was red hot and continued to score and this time it was on a five-on-three advantage. A one-timer blast by defenseman Reilly Walsh for his fifth of the year was tallied at 5:53. The goal by Walsh put Utica up 3-1 after hotly contested first twenty minutes.
In the second period, the veteran Brian Flynn entered the offensive zone with speed and slipped a wrist shot between the legs of Legace giving Utica a 4-1 lead at 7:51. Syracuse found their way back to the score sheet after a faceoff win in the Utica zone and a point shot taken by defenseman Ryan Jones struck past Daws at 13:32. This cut the Comets lead to 4-2. Later, it was the Comets power-play that continued to be on fire. With just 7.2 seconds left in the middle frame, Chase DeLeo took a great pass from Ryan Schmelzer and made no mistake sending it to the back of the net. After 40 minutes of play, the Comets led 5-2.
Despite the Crunch striking for a goal in the third period off the Remi Ellie shot that closed the Comets lead to 5-3, the Comets ultimately skated away with a 6-3 win on the addition of a Nolan Foote Empty net goal. The Comets scored four powerplay goals in the win.
AJ Greer Returns to the Comets: The New Jersey Devils announced today they are loaned forward AJ Greer to the Utica Comets.
Greer, 26, skated in 22 games for the Comets this season scoring four goals and 11 assists for 15 points. His 52 penalty minutes currently lead the team. During his call-up with the Devils, Greer skated in two games without registering a point.
Comets Leading Scorers: The team’s leading scorer heading into the week is Chase DeLeo who has registered seven goals and 24 assists for 31 points in 22 games played. Following him is Fabian Zetterlund with a team leading 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points in 27 games played. Reilly Walsh leads all d-men in scoring with five goals and 20 assists for 25 points in 31 games. Tyler Wotherspoon leads the team in plus/minus with a +21 rating.