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Feb. 12, 2015

Combing through Comets assistant coach Paul Jerrard’s hockey travels can be a bit exhausting.Jerrard, 49, along with fellow assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner, and head coach Travis Green and Comets, is in Glens Falls for a two-in-two nights with the…

Feb. 11, 2015

One goal made all the difference in Wednesday night’s match-up as the Utica Comets (28-13-5-1) fell to the Rochester Americans (21-26-3-0) 2-1 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. The loss broke the Comets four-game winning streak dating back to Jan.…

Feb. 08, 2015

As the blizzard came rolling into Utica so did the Comets in their return to The Utica Memorial Auditorium as they defeated the Binghamton Senators 7-4 in a wild game that seemed to have everything on Sunday afternoon. After the victory, the Comets finished…

Dec. 27, 2014

Travis Green is going to the AHL All-Star Game, and the Utica Comets’ coach doesn’t have to make travel arrangements.With the Comets’ 2-1 win at The AUD on Friday night over the Adirondack Flames, their 20th on the season, along with 45 points,…

Dec. 17, 2014

Hunter Shinkaruk sees his time with the Utica Comets as a fresh start; an opportunity to start a promising professional career. Being a top pick by the Vancouver Canucks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, 24th overall, in and of itself was a huge victory for…

Dec. 15, 2014

17 rows up in section 216 of The AUD, seated in a private suite, Vancouver Canucks’ general manager, Jim Benning, had a clear view of his organization’s future this past Wednesday and Friday.About two and a half hours after the Utica Comets and Rochester…

Dec. 13, 2014

Pat Kelly-More than four decades have passed since legendary Clinton coach Pat Kelly has slipped on a Comets’ jersey. Returning to the area where he and his teams are synonymous with unparalleled greatness during an eight- year stretch, this is no…

Dec. 01, 2014

As a defenseman, much of Bobby Sanguinetti’s game has him skating in reverse. In keeping his dream alive of playing full-time in the National Hockey League, the Jersey boy’s road going forward starts in Utica.Through his first 18 games as a Comet,…

Nov. 30, 2014

This past Friday’s post-game press conference in The AUD was anything but routine.On a night that the Utica Comets delighted their sixth sell out crowd, and a night where they picked up two points with a 2-1 win, coach Travis Green met with a half…

Nov. 25, 2014

“I’ll be honest, it’s a long time – three-and-a half or four hours,” Brendan Gaunce said on the wait to be drafted on Draft Day. “You always want to be drafted as high as you can but after today, the ranking doesn’t matter. It’s how much…