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Utica, NY – The Comets hosted the Amerks for the final time this season and fell by a score of 4-1. The Comets were gifted an early power play just 16 seconds into the contest when Amerks’ defenseman Vsevelod Komarov was…
Utica, NY – Last week, we grabbed some time with Comets’ rookie netminder Jakub Malek, who gave us a glimpse into his background and journey to the US. Malek is from Kromeriz, a small city in the southeast region of Czechia with a population…
Utica, NY – The Comets hosted the Amerks on Star Wars Night and were defeated by a score of 5-1. The Comets applied the pressure early on, forcing the Amerks into a delay of game penalty when Isaac…
Utica, NY – The Comets hosted the Bridgeport Islanders on Friday for the second and final time this season and came away with a 2-1 shootout win. It was the first meeting between the two teams in nearly a month, and…
Laval, QC – The Comets headed north for their third game in Laval this season and lost by a score of 6-2. The Rocket jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Marc Del Gaizo set up Laurent Dauphin at…
Utica, NY – The Utica Comets and the American Hockey League announced today that Brian Halonen has been selected to participate in the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO, scheduled for February 10th and 11th in Rockford, IL. Utica’s Seamus…
Utica, NY – We bumped into Comets’ defenseman Jackson van de Leest after practice last week who took us on a tour of his riveting hockey journey. Van de Leest grew up about 240 miles northeast of Vancouver in Kelowna, British Columbia, what…
Utica, NY – The Comets faced off against the Hershey Bears on Saturday for the first time this season and fell 4-3 in overtime. The Bears were awarded a penalty shot just 1:07 into the game when Hershey forward Ilya Protas…
Utica, NY – After practice last week, we bumped into Comets’ forward and sixth-year pro, Jonathan Gruden. Gruden grew up in Rochester Hills, MI, a city of about 76,000 people in suburban Detroit. He grew up with an older and a younger sister,…
Utica, NY – The Comets hosted the Crunch on Sunday and came away with a 5-1 win. The Comets had the start they were looking for, going on the power play just 1:26 into the game when Crunch defenseman Tommy Miller was called…












