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Comets Militia: Down on the Farm – February 13th, 2015
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Josh W
By Josh W
Feb 13, 2015, 11:00 ESTUpdated:
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Courtesy: UticaComets.com
Welcome back to our weekly edition of the Comets Militia report, where we give you all the details, rumours, analysis and statistics of those weird as sh*t Comets down in the AHL.  With a heavy load this weekened due to a back-to-back-to-back, it was surprising to see the Comets finish out with 6 of 8 points and have seemingly put their losing streak behind them.
Continue past the jump for all your information on the farm team!

The Statistics

The Comets won 3 of their games this week to jump 1 spot in the league, they are still in 2nd in the conference and 4 points behind Oklahoma City for 1st in the West.  Their goal differentials saw some improvement, while their shooting percentage is still below average.  Their PK remains elite as they are 2nd in the league, but still can’t put pucks in the net.

Friday’s 4-2 Win @ Adirondack

[ Comets Review ] [ Highlights ]
Tom Sestito was hurt in the previous week so he did not play; Mike Zalewski came in the line up in his place.  

Saturday’s 3-2 Win @ Adirondack

[ Comets Review ] [ Highlights ]
The Comets were fatigued in this game, but was no excuse as Adirondack was as well.  The Comets had the early lead but Adirondack pulled ahead until the 3rd period when Mike Zalewski tied up the game before scoring the game-winning goal too.  The Comets decided to play the same goaltender in back-to-backs again.

Sunday’s 7-4 Win vs Binghamton

[ Comets Review ] [ Highlights ]
This was one of the craziest Comets games in a long time.  Utica was chasing Bingo early after a couple of quick goals and were trailing until the 3rd when the levee broke and the Comets scored 4 times.  Both teams had penalty shots and approximately a couple hundred penalty minutes were handed out.  A list of all Comets who were in a fight in just this game include: D. Archibald, B. DeFazio, C. Bancks, A. Pedan, N. Jensen, and D. Archibald (again).  Brendan Gaunce continues to really stand out this year, scoring once again, and likely providing more offence than was anticipated from him.

Wednesday’s 1-2 Loss vs Rochester

[ Comets Review ] [ Highlights ]
With the Buffalo/Winnipeg trade that went down Wednesday, Rochester had to pull Joel Armia out of the line up at the last minute.  Despite that, the Comets were outplayed in a low event game and weren’t able to walk away with any points.

The Players

NamePosGPGAPTS+/-PIMPPGSOGSoG/GSh%
21
Dustin Jeffrey
C
40
14
20
34
7
14
0.85
78
1.95
17.95%
16
Cal O’Reilly
C
47
4
30
34
-5
8
0.72
61
1.30
6.56%
24
Brandon DeFazio
RW
46
14
13
27
5
58
0.59
113
2.46
12.39%
6
Bobby Sanguinetti
D
39
10
13
23
20
6
0.59
82
2.10
12.20%
28
Alexandre Grenier
RW
38
10
10
20
3
53
0.53
87
2.29
11.49%
10
Brendan Gaunce
LW
46
6
14
20
6
15
0.43
98
2.13
6.12%
17
Nicklas Jensen
RW
34
10
8
18
-11
19
0.53
100
2.94
10.00%
9
Hunter Shinkaruk
LW
46
6
9
15
-5
20
0.33
94
2.04
6.38%
3
Alex Biega
D
41
3
12
15
-2
16
0.37
73
1.78
4.11%
41
Will Acton
C
35
7
7
14
-4
13
0.4
68
1.94
10.29%
25
Darren Archibald
LW
42
6
7
13
7
73
0.31
76
1.81
7.89%
36
Wacey Hamilton
C
31
4
9
13
4
25
0.42
42
1.35
9.52%
8
Alex Friesen
C
32
5
7
12
9
41
0.38
53
1.66
9.43%
15
Ronalds Kenins
LW
36
5
7
12
6
23
0.33
61
1.69
8.20%
37
Andrey Pedan
D
33
2
10
12
5
105
0.36
60
1.82
3.33%
34
Carter Bancks
RW
36
6
4
10
9
33
0.28
52
1.44
11.54%
4
Kane Lafranchise
D
24
2
8
10
2
4
0.42
33
1.38
6.06%
26
Frank Corrado
D
21
4
4
8
3
17
0.38
50
2.38
8.00%
14
Mike Zalewski
LW
26
3
5
8
2
6
0.31
29
1.12
10.34%
40
Peter Andersson
D
32
2
3
5
10
18
0.16
41
1.28
4.88%
29
Kent Huskins
D
23
1
3
4
3
2
0.17
10
0.43
10.00%
2
Travis Ehrhardt
D
25
1
3
4
1
18
0.16
25
1.00
4.00%
27
Tom Sestito
LW
10
1
0
1
-2
20
0.1
11
1.10
9.09%
11
John Negrin
D
19
0
1
1
2
4
0.05
17
0.89
0.00%
18
Patrick Kennedy
RW
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
1.75
0.00%

The Goalies

NameGPMinGASOGAAWLOTSASVSSAV%
Jacob Markstrom
22
1298:48:00
43
4
1.99
14
6
2
624
581
0.931
Joe Cannata
1
59:00:00
2
0
2.03
0
1
0
24
22
0.917
Joacim Eriksson
26
1490:17:00
61
0
2.46
14
6
4
705
644
0.913
Jacob Markstrom is currently 3rd in the AHL save percentage.  His position changes every game.

The Transactions

The Schedule

The schedule for the next week is a mixed bag; there are no back-to-backs, and the games come against two weaker opponents, then Willie Desjardins’ old team.  The Comets are visitors in 2 of the games, so that does work against them.

The News

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