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Sep. 03, 2021

Utica, NY- The Utica Comets announced today that they will play the Rochester Americans at home on Friday, October 8th inside the Adirondack Bank Center at 7:00 PM. On that day, the team will kick off its Kids Club presented by Kidsteethonly…

Aug. 25, 2021

The Comettes Dance Team will hold open auditions for the 2021-22 AHL Season Friday, Sept 10th at Rise Performing Arts in Clinton Check-in will begin at 6:30pm.   Coach and Choreographer Cody Wheat will begin auditions with warm-ups, across…

Aug. 17, 2021

  Gilbert “Gil” Seltzer, lead architect of the Utica Memorial Auditorium (now known as the Adirondack Bank Center), passed away on Saturday, August 14, just two months shy of his 107th birthday. Seltzer’s firm, Gehron and Seltzer,…

Aug. 05, 2021

Utica, NY- The New Jersey Devils today announced it has named Kevin Dineen as Head Coach of the Utica Comets.  Dineen, the third head coach in Comets’ history, will lead a returning group of Associate Coach Sergei Brylin, Assistant Coach…

Jul. 23, 2021

Utica, NY- The Utica Comets and the American Hockey League announced today the details of the 2021-22 season schedule. The ninth season of Utica Comets hockey, which officially kicks off the affiliation with the New Jersey…

Jul. 20, 2021

Utica, NY - Utica Comets General Manager Dan MacKinnon announced today that the team signed two more forwards, Samuel Laberge and Ryan Schmelzer, for the 2021-2022 season.    Laberge, 24, hails from Chateauguay, Quebec and signed a two-way…

Jul. 08, 2021

Utica, NY - The Utica Comets General Manager Dan MacKinnon announced today that the club signed forward Jordan Kaplan and defenseman Joe Masonius to standard player contracts for the 2021-2022 season.     Kaplan, 24, spent three seasons…

Jul. 07, 2021

Utica, NY - The Utica Comets General Manager, Dan MacKinnon announced today that the club signed goaltender Mareks Mitens along with forwards Tyler Irvine and Patrick Grasso to standard player contracts for the 2021-2022 season.  …

Jun. 07, 2021

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson announced that the league’s Board of Governors has approved a schedule unification plan that will see all teams play a 72-game regular-season schedule beginning in 2022-23.…

COMETS END SEASON WITH LOSS TO AMERICANS, 2-1
May. 16, 2021

Game brings to close an era of Comets as AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks   Utica, N.Y – The Utica Comets took to the ice for the last time in the 2020-21 season and as the Vancouver Canucks American Hockey League affiliate in Rochester…