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…
Syracuse, NY – The Comets headed to Syracuse for the second time in the last eight days and were defeated by a score of 6-3. The Crunch were the stronger team out of the gate, generating some…
Rochester, NY – The Comets faced the Amerks at Blue Cross Arena for the third time this season and were shut out by a score of 3-0. It was a defensive-minded opening period without many grade-A scoring opportunities from…
Utica, NY – The latest Comet we had the pleasure of chatting with was second-year pro, Josh Filmon. The 21-year-old was born and raised in Manitoba’s capital and largest city, Winnipeg. He grew up in what he described as an ideal hockey environment,…