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Utica Comets news, updates and links from the @uticaOD.

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Comets set for matchup Wednesday at Laval and two more meetings this weekend against Syracuse

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Utica Comets 'build some character' with recent play
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Kasel was with Comets during training camp.
Ithaca native has 2.42 GAA in 5 games with ADK

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Comets played through some tough circumstances and got close but fall 7-6 at ROC.
Take the positive of clawing back.

Vukojevic (1-1), Russo (1-2), Irvine (1-1) and Schmelzer (2-0) with multi-point games. Wotherspoon has first goal of the season.

Team is 19-4-3-0 overall.

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Comets games Friday and Saturday -- a home-and-home against Syracuse - are free to watch through AHLTV

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There’s other Comets game that needed to be rescheduled.
Schedule now has Utica playing a 4 in 5 and includes playing at Saturday, Jan. 29 at Rochester and next day at Cleveland. Oh boy.

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Comets win 6-5 in a shootout.

Holtz and Zetterlund -- on a slapper in the slot -- score back-to-back and Mitens stops Nylander and Puustinen.

Comets are 19-2-3-0 overall.

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Moves officially announced by Devils

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Comets got to within 5-4 in the third period -- and had a good push with 14 shot in the the frame -- but Marlies get an ENG to hand Utica 6-4 loss.

First regulation loss for Comets since Nov. 24. Ends streak of 8 games with at least a point.

Team is 18-2-3-0 overall.

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Makeup dates scheduled for Comets road games

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Comets have makeup dates set for games postponed because of COVID issues

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Team still has two other road games from December (Cleveland and Belleville) that need to be re-scheduled.
Will be interesting to see how those might fit into an already packed schedule.

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Comets have previously postponed games rescheduled:
Utica scheduled to play at Springfield Feb. 9 (ppd from Dec. 29)

Utica scheduled to play April 29 at Rochester (ppd from Dec. 27)

Utica now plays at Providence April 30 (ppd from Dec. 5)

Each 7:05 pm starts.

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Four forwards join Comets. Team
Now has 15 forwards on the roster

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Laberge and Irvine set to re-join Comets. Kaplan and Grasso also get the call as well, per ECHL transactions. All signed to AHL deals.

(@trace_1114 says Grasso has been impressive recently.)

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Wednesday’s Comets game at Toronto is now an afternoon affair

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Extra six days in schedules allows for some time to re-schedule games.
(Comets currently have four to re-schedule from December.)

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And Holtz goes directly to NJD from world juniors.
Suspected that would happen.

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Comets suffer setback after giving up four-goal lead against Lehigh Valley

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WOW.

Phantoms rally all the way back to score a 6-5 win on a backdoor feed on the left side past Mitens.

Came after anti-climactic OT.

Comets are 18-1-3-0, have points in 8 straight.

But, that one will sting after leading 4-0 and 5-1.

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Comets say game Friday vs. Lehigh Valley is happening as scheduled.

First game since Dec. 17 for Comets following series of postponements.
Friday’s game scheduled for 5 pm start at ABC at UMA.