Comets Militia: Down on the Farm – January 23rd, 2015
By Josh W
9 years ago
Courtesy: UticaComets.com
Welcome back to the weekly Utica Comets report, where we cover all of the latest activities of the Vancouver Canucks farm team the Utica Comets. The Comets have had a lighter week with only two games on the schedule, and were only able to return to the Aud with a total of 1 of 4 points. With both the NHL All-Star break and the AHL All-Star break soon beginning, the Comets look to have a short rest while Jacob Markstrom, Cal O’Reilly and Bobby Sanguinetti are in the AHL All-Star starting line up.
Read past the jump for all of your Utica Comets stats and information.
The
Statistics
Friday’s 1-2 Loss vs Milwaukee
- On their special “Pink the Rink” jerseys in this game, Utica did not run a spell checker on their jerseys so the first period features a “Cal O’Reily”.
Wednesday’s 2-3 SO Loss @ Milwaukee
- The Comets first shootout all year, and earned their first shootout loss.
The Players
| Name | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SoG/G | Sh% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Cal O’Reilly | C | 39 | 4 | 26 | 30 | -3 | 6 | 0.77 | 53 | 1.36 | 7.55% |
| 21 | Dustin Jeffrey | C | 32 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 0.91 | 61 | 1.91 | 18.03% |
| 24 | Brandon DeFazio | RW | 38 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 37 | 0.66 | 97 | 2.55 | 13.40% |
| 6 | Bobby Sanguinetti | D | 32 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 0.59 | 62 | 1.94 | 12.90% |
| 17 | Nicklas Jensen | RW | 26 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 12 | 0.62 | 74 | 2.85 | 12.16% |
| 28 | Alexandre Grenier | RW | 30 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 0.53 | 63 | 2.10 | 12.70% |
| 10 | Brendan Gaunce | LW | 38 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0.42 | 72 | 1.89 | 5.56% |
| 9 | Hunter Shinkaruk | LW | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0.39 | 82 | 2.16 | 7.32% |
| 3 | Alex Biega | D | 35 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0.4 | 63 | 1.80 | 4.76% |
| 36 | Wacey Hamilton | C | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 0.42 | 42 | 1.35 | 9.52% |
| 25 | Darren Archibald | LW | 34 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 0.35 | 60 | 1.76 | 10.00% |
| 15 | Ronalds Kenins | LW | 35 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 0.34 | 59 | 1.69 | 8.47% |
| 41 | Will Acton | C | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 | 0.37 | 52 | 1.93 | 9.62% |
| 8 | Alex Friesen | C | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 0.42 | 38 | 1.58 | 10.53% |
| 4 | Kane Lafranchise | D | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.45 | 29 | 1.45 | 6.90% |
| 37 | Andrey Pedan | D | 25 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 93 | 0.32 | 39 | 1.56 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Carter Bancks | RW | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 0.2 | 43 | 1.43 | 9.30% |
| 40 | Peter Andersson | D | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0.17 | 30 | 1.25 | 6.67% |
| 2 | Travis Ehrhardt | D | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 0.18 | 20 | 0.91 | 5.00% |
| 14 | Mike Zalewski | LW | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 0.15 | 21 | 1.05 | 4.76% |
| 29 | Kent Huskins | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0.07 | 9 | 0.60 | 11.11% |
| 11 | John Negrin | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.07 | 12 | 0.80 | 0.00% |
| 27 | Tom Sestito | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0.86 | 0.00% |
The Goaltenders
| Name | GP | Min | GA | SO | GAA | W | L | OT | SA | SVS | Sv% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Markstrom | 17 | 1001:31:00 | 31 | 4 | 1.86 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 474 | 443 | 0.935 |
| 2 | Joe Cannata | 1 | 59:00:00 | 2 | 0 | 2.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 0.917 |
| 3 | Joacim Eriksson | 22 | 1311:26:00 | 52 | 0 | 2.38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 604 | 552 | 0.914 |
- Jacob Markstrom now leads the AHL in Save Percentage.
- Joacim Eriksson is also above league average, and is 27th in the league in save percentage.
The Transactions
- No
Transactions this week
The Schedule
The News
- With Eddie Lack a UFA this summer and Jacob Markstrom an RFA, the Canucks are reportedly willing to move one of them.
- While I could not find a source, the rumour on Twitter this week originating from Tony Gallaghar is that Markstrom will not re-sign with the Canucks this off-season.
- Alex Biega suffered a cut across the bridge of his nose to middle of his eyebrow, needing 27 stitches to repair. Biega is “very lucky the skate missed his eye.”
- ESPN Scout Corey Pronman is on TSN 1040 to talk about prospects.
- With the big AHL move coming next season, the latest rumours in moves are: Adirondack (Calgary) to Stockton, California; Oklahoma City (Edmonton) to Bakersfield, CA; Manchester (LA) to Ontario, CA; Norfolk (Anaheim) to San Diego; Hamilton (Montreal) to Manchester; St. John’s (Winnipeg) is Remaining; Worcester (San Jose) to the SAP Center in San Jose.
- I have not heard any rumours, nor do I see the Comets moving out west any time soon. They still have 3 years in their deal (with rumoured outs) and moving to the AHL Eastern Conference will be a nice bonus.
- Check out Lake Erie’s goaltenders’ goal and celebration which made a lot of people mad.
- Read Last Week’s Comet’s Milita Report.
- Join the Canucks Army Facebook Group to Receive Insiderrr Access.
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