This past weekend Chris Higgins, a veteran left winger with more than 700 games played in the National Hockey League, joined his new Comets' teammates in Toronto. Having played the previous 10 full seasons in the best league on the planet, you could…
Utica Comets Director of Hockey Operations Pat Conacher has announced that the club has released forward Michael Pereira from his professional tryout contract (PTO). Pereira, 24, scored once in six games, and picked up four penalty minutes for the Comets.…
This past weekend, the AHL’s Utica Comets had quite the following, as they headed to Toronto to take on the Marlies both Saturday and Sunday. Accompanied by the Comets front office staff and the 2004 and 2006 Elite teams and their families, Utica…
The American Hockey League today announced that Utica Comets left wing Darren Archibald has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a boarding incident in a game at Toronto on Jan. 24. Archibald was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule…
Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has reassigned forward Mike Zalewski to the AHL Utica Comets. Zalewski, 23, has appeared in two games for the Canucks this season registering one assist (0-1-1) and two penalty…
The Utica Comets had no answers for the Toronto Marlies offense in a 7-1 loss at the Ricoh Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The loss caps off the Comets 0-for-2 weekend north of the border. Carter Bancks provided the goal-scoring for the Comets (1-0-1),…
Special teams ruled the Ricoh Coliseum Saturday afternoon as both the Utica Comets and Toronto Marlies recorded multiple power-play goals in the Marlies 4-2 win. The Comets snapped an 0-for-10 skid on the power play and converted on their last two power…
John Kurtz is known as a fighter in the American Hockey League, but what many don’t know is that for years, he’s been fighting off the ice trying to help another tough guy he knows. It all began eight years ago, when he was shocked to learn…
Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has signed forward Mike Zalewski to a two-way deal for the 2015.16 season, replacing his AHL-only contract. Zalewski has subsequently been recalled from the AHL Utica Comets…
It has certainly been a wild two-and-a-half years for Comets fans in the Mohawk Valley.If you have not heard – (and how could you have not?) – the Utica Comets won for the 100th time in the regular season on Saturday with a thrilling 1-0 overtime…