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Jul. 18, 2022

Utica, NY – The Utica Comets General Manager, Dan MacKinnon, announced today that the team has made four player signings for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Players include forwards Nolan Stevens, Xavier Parent, and Filip Bratt along with defenseman…

Jul. 07, 2022

The leading scorer for the Springfield Indians on the Calder Cup winning team during the 1989-1990 season was a player called Mike Walsh. He put up a team high 34 goals and 20 assists for 54 points in 69 games on a pretty good team. Sure, they won…

Jun. 28, 2022

“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” – St. Thomas Aquinas.   Ryan Schmelzer was named the team captain of the Utica Comets last season. From that moment on, he took his…

Jun. 24, 2022

  Utica, NY – The Utica Comets General Manager, Dan MacKinnon, announced today that the team has signed five players for the 2022-23 season including forward Nick Hutchison to a one-way standard player contract along with defenseman Jarrod…

Jun. 22, 2022

If you put all the characteristics deemed vital into a single hockey player, you’d probably list skill, size, grit, tenacity, and heart. As a player develops, most tend to exhibit some traits over others. In the end, a hockey player’s game…

Jun. 21, 2022

Utica, NY – It was announced today by Utica Comets General Manager, Dan MacKinnon, that the team has re-signed last season’s captain, forward Ryan Schmelzer, to a two-year AHL contract. In addition, the club announced that forward Samuel…

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Jun. 15, 2022

It’s not often that history is on the line during the regular season; particularly in the month of November. Yet, the Comets found themselves in that situation when they stepped onto the ice at home on November 19th against the Charlotte Checkers.…

May. 19, 2022

Utica, NY-  The best of five series between the Utica Comets and the Rochester Americans came down to the deciding game inside the Adirondack Bank Center on Thursday night. Each team needed one more win to move on and play Laval for the North…

May. 17, 2022

UTICA, NY— It was full desperation mode for the Utica Comets, who trailed in the best of five game series two games to one against the Rochester Americans, on Tuesday night in Rochester. With the season on the brink, the Comets didn’t…

May. 16, 2022

Season on the Brink: Tuesday night the Utica Comets will battle the Rochester Americans to keep their season alive. Rochester has won back-to-back games in overtime to take a 2-1 series lead. Puck drop is at 7:05 at Blue Cross Arena.   Post-Game…