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Comets Battle past Chicago 2-1

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January 21, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets made it two in a row as they defeated the Chicago Wolves 2-1, in the inaugural meeting between the two franchises. In a battle of familiar faces, with 11 of Utica's 24 skaters being Wolves last season, the Comets came out on top to earn their first set of back-to-back wins of 2014.

Frank Corrado and Benn Ferriero each scored for the Comets, who improved to 13-20-2-3 this season. Joacim Eriksson, in his first start with the Comets after a spell with Vancouver, made 22 of 23 saves for his ninth victory of the season. Chicago got a 28-save effort from AHL All-Star Jake Allen, who kept the Wolves in the game despite a 30-23 shot differential in favor of the Comets.

Utica posted a dominant 15-5 shots on goal advantage during the first period, but could not solve Allen. Utica's best chance of the period came off a 2-on-1 break between Alexandre Grenier and Darren Archibald, but the Chicago netminder slid across and made an outstanding glove save on Grenier's bid. Eriksson was perfect as well in the period, despite facing just the five shots.

Chicago got on the board first, just 1:26 into the second period, courtesy of a deflected effort from Ty Rattie. The Portland Winterhawks product picked up his team leading 14th goal of the season as he got his stick on a point effort from defenseman Taylor Chorney. Dmitrij Jaskin also picked up an assist on the play.

Utica leveled at the 13:03 mark of the second, as Jensen took a feed from Cal O'Reilly to beat Allen for the first time. Jensen caught his teammate's pass on his backhand, did a full spin and fired a wristshot past Allen's blocker for his fifth goal over Utica's past six games. Benn Ferriero extended his scoring streak to six games with the secondary assist on the play.

Corrado gave Utica a lead it would not relinquish with 5:46 left on the clock in the third period. The defenseman took a drop pass from Ferriero at the blueline, which he took into the right hand circle and unleashed over Allen's blocker hand. The goal, just Corrado's third of the season, sealed the victory for the Comets. Ferriero collected his second straight multi-point game and his sixth of the season with the lone assist.

By defeating the Wolves, Utica moved out of the AHL's basement as they passed Hartford in the overall league standings. The Comets now sit on 31 points for the season, 11 points behind the current playoff line. Utica won for just the fifth time this season when they surrender the first goal and improved to 5-3-1-1 when tied after the second period.

The Comets are next in action this weekend as they make their second trip to Western Canada for a two game set with the Abbotsford Heat. The Comets enter Friday's action with a 4-1-1-0 record against Abbotsford, their best against any opponent. Puck drop on both Friday and Saturday night are set for 10:00 p.m. from the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre.

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Comets snap six-game losing skid with road win

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HAMILTON, Ontario The Utica Comets snapped their six-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs during an American Hockey League clash.

With the win, Utica claimed the season series from Hamilton, with five points over the quartet of games, as opposed to four points for the Bulldogs.

Comets netminder Joe Cannata bounced back in a big way after a rough two-game stretch with 32 saves on 33 shots.

Benn Ferriero scored twice for the guests, while Pascal Pelletier netted assists on all three Utica goals. Winger Alexandre Grenier also scored for Utica, which moved to 12-20-2-3 on the season.

Ferriero got Utica on the board first, as he redirected a shot home to open the scoring in the first period.

Peter Anderssons wrist shot from the point found its way through heavy traffic, off Pelletiers stick and onto Ferrieros stick, which jolted past Dustin Tokarski to make it 1-0 Comets. Ferrieros goal extended his point streak to five games.

Grenier then put the guests up 2-0 with a power-play goal with assists coming from Henrik Tommernes and Pelletier.

Uticas Maxime Macenauer brought the score to 2-1 after he scored 2:07 into the second period, and the two teams played back at one another before going into the final period with the Comets sporting a one-goal lead.

A tightly contested third period went back and forth with few whistles for much of the frame.

With Bulldogs goalie Dustin Tokarski on the bench, winger Ferriero found loads of open ice off of a pass from Pelletier and buried it into the gaping net to ice the game. Brandon DeFazio also picked up an assist on the play.

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Comets hold off upset-minded Bronchos in first-day finale

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January 21, 2014 Comets hold off upset-minded Bronchos in first-day finale

John McKelvey The Duncan Banner The Duncan Banner Tue Jan 21, 2014, 08:46 AM CST

VELMA In the final game of the first day of the Stephens County Tournament. the No. 1 seeded host Velma-Alma girls basketball staved off a challenge from the No. 8 Central High Bronchos in a 56-31 victory.

After a tough first quarter, the Comets found their groove and marched to a 15-point lead. However, coach Kenny Bare's team knew it wasn't going to be able to just throw it into cruise control.

"Early in the second quarter, the momentum really switched in our favor," Bare said. "That was what I was afraid of with the lead, you kind of relax and Central's not the team you want to relax on."

Instead the Comets came out determined to join Ryan, Comanche and Bray-doyle on the winners side of the bracket. They got the game under control and were able to substitute some of their bench.

"It was a good evening for the Lady Comets," Bare said.

The tough battle in the first half shows just how deep this girls bracket is. Bare said any of the four teams in the winners bracket have a good chance at winning.

"You have to come out and play some good basketball on Thursday to have a chance Saturday night," Bare said.

The Comets will play Ryan on Thursday at 7:40 p.m

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Comets fall to Holy Trinity

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ELDON Coming off a last-minute loss at New London on Saturday, the Cardinal boys basketball team began a busy week with a 67-19 Southeast Iowa Superconference south loss to Holy Trinity on Monday. The Comets lost for the fifth-straight time and scored just two first-quarter points against the Crusaders.

It looked like we were still caught on losing that game (to New London), which did seem to carry over to this game, Cardinal head coach Jay Olson said. We got out to a 5-2 start (in the game), then (Holy Trinity) started knocking down shots and we didnt compete like we normally do.

Charlie Rachford led Cardinal with six points. Holy Trinity was led by 13-point efforts from both Dylan Menke and Sam Harmeyer.

Cardinal (5-6, 4-6) will be on the court four times this week, including on Tuesday night in Fairfield against Maharishi as the Courier went to press. The Comets make up a postponed area contest at Pekin on Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Holy Trinity 67, Cardinal 19

H.T. 19 9 21 18 67

Card. 2 7 4 6 19

Cardinal (19) Charlie Rachford 6, Kaleb Durflinger 4, Cody Streeby 3, Sam Pederson 2, Chase Courtney 2, Logan Rachford 2. Totals 7-41 5-8 19.

3-point goals 0-11. Rebounds 18 (Durflinger 5). Assists 2 (Courtney 2). Steals 4 (Pederson, Streeby, C. Rachford, Quinn Honomichl). Blocks 0. Total fouls 9. Turnovers 19.

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Comets

A comet is basically a ball of ice and dust that looks like a star with a tail. Some comets do not have tails, looking like hazy, round spots of light.

A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus, which itself is a minor body composed of rock, dust, and ice. Comets' orbits are constantly changing: their origins are in the outer solar system, and they have a propensity to be highly affected (or perturbed) by relatively close approaches to the major planets.

Some comets are moved into sun grazing orbits that destroy the comets when they near the Sun, while others are thrown out of the solar system forever. A new comet may be discovered photographically using a wide-field telescope or visually with binoculars. However, even without access to optical equipment, it is still possible for the amateur astronomer to discover a sun grazing comet online.

Most comets are believed to originate in a cloud (the Oort cloud) at large distances from the Sun consisting of debris left over from the condensation of the solar nebula; the outer edges of such nebulae are cool enough that water exists in a solid (rather than gaseous) state. Asteroids originate via a different process, but very old comets which have lost all their volatile materials may come to resemble asteroids.

Historically, comets were thought to be unlucky, harbingers of destruction by anthropomorphic gods, or aliens, against humans. People are programmed to fear the unknown, but through scientific discovery, as with everything else along the way to enlightenment, there is always a physical explanation.

While hundreds of tiny comets pass through the inner solar system every year, very few are noticed by the general public. About every decade or so, a comet will become bright enough to be noticed by a casual observer - such comets are often designated Great Comets. In times past, bright comets often inspired panic and hysteria in the general population, being thought of as bad omens. More recently, during the passage of Halley's Comet in 1910, the Earth passed through the comet's tail, and erroneous newspaper reports inspired a fear that cyanogen in the tail might poison millions, while the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 triggered the mass suicide of the Heaven's Gate cult. To most people, however, a great comet is simply a beautiful spectacle.

Predicting whether a comet will become a great comet is notoriously difficult, as many factors may cause a comet's brightness to depart drastically from predictions. Broadly speaking, if a comet has a large and active nucleus, will pass close to the Sun, and is not obscured by the Sun as seen from the Earth when at its brightest, it will have a chance of becoming a great comet. However, Comet Kohoutek in 1973 fulfilled all the criteria and was expected to become spectacular, but failed to do so. Comet West, which appeared three years later, had much lower expectations (perhaps because scientists were much warier of glowing predictions after the Kohoutek fiasco), but became an extremely impressive comet.

The late 20th century saw a lengthy gap without the appearance of any great comets, followed by the arrival of two in quick succession - Comet Hyakutake in 1996, followed by Hale-Bopp, which reached maximum brightness in 1997 having been discovered two years earlier. The first great comet of the 21st century was Comet McNaught, which became visible to naked eye observers in January 2007. It was the brightest in over 40 years.

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January 19, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets finally made their way back to the win column as they ended a six game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs. With the win, Utica claimed the season series from Hamilton, with five points over the quartet of games, as opposed to four points for the Bulldogs.

Joe Cannata bounced back in a big way after a rough two game stretch with 32 saves on 33 shots, en route to a first star nomination. Benn Ferriero scored twice for the Comets, while Pascal Pelletier netted assists on all three Utica goals. Winger Alexandre Grenier also scored for Utica, which moved to 12-20-2-3 on the season.

Ferriero got Utica on the board first, as he redirected a shot home to open the scoring. Peter Andersson's wrist shot from the point found its way through heavy traffic, off Pascal Pelletier's stick and onto Ferriero's stick, which jolted past Dustin Tokarski to make it 1-0 Comets. Ferriero's goal extended his point streak to five games.

The Comets doubled their margin 13:43 into the first as Grenier tipped a rocket of a slapshot from Henrik Tommernes past Tokarski, for the games only power-play goal. Pascal Pelletier and Henrik Tommernes picked up points for the Comets, which extended Ferriero's point streak to five games. Grenier leads all Utica skaters with three goals against their divisional rivals this season.

Hamilton peppered Cannata with 12 shots during the middle stanza, but was only able to beat the Wakefield, MA native once, as Maxime Macenauer scored 2:07 into the period. The Bulldog winger came straight out of the penalty box and found himself in alone on Cannata shorthanded and finished shortside to cut the Utica lead in half.

A tightly contested third period went back and forth with few whistles for much of the frame. With Tokarski on the bench, winger Benn Ferriero found loads of open ice off of a pass from Pelletier and buried it into the gaping net to ice the game. Brandon DeFazio also picked up an assist on the play.

With the victory, the Comets once again move into a tie with the Hartford Wolf Pack in an effort to get out of the league's basement. Both teams now sit with 29 points. Cannata earned his fourth victory of the season and moved to 1-0-0-1 against Hamilton. Ferriero finished as the leading scorer during the four game series between Utica and Hamilton, as his two goals gave him a total of seven points (2-5-7).

The Comets have two days off, before they return to the ice on Tuesday with the Chicago Wolves coming to the Mohawk Valley for the first ever meeting between the two teams. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday is both College Night and Winning Tuesday at The AUD! College students can get a $12 dollar ticket with a valid student ID and fans can enjoy beer specials at all concession stands. If the Comets defeat the Wolves, all fans in attendance will also receive a free ticket to the following Tuesday's game against Lake Erie.

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Comets Split Weekend Series against Wave

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January 18, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (January 18, 2013) - One night after giving the Milwaukee Wave their worst defeat in team history, the Missouri Comets were unable to duplicate the result. This time in Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena, the Comets fell 16-4. Milwaukee's Jonathan Greenfield had two goals, one from three-point distance to lead his team to the win.

The Comets are statistically the best offensive team in the Major Indoor Soccer League. They have scored first and scored often in the majority of their games. Tonight, the Milwaukee Wave set out to slow down the high-powered Missouri attack. After setting in a defensive shell for the first fourteen minutes of the opening quarter, the Wave broke out and capitalized on a Comets mistake with Luan Oliviera scoring the game's first goal. Milwaukee's Jonathan Greenfield had two in the second quarter to put the Comets down 7-0 at the half.

The Comets offense could not be stifled all night however. Robert Palmer scored from the left side of the goal four minutes into the second half to get the Comets on the board. A minute later, Ramone Palmer stole the ball and dribbled up the left side of the field, drawing the Wave defense towards him before passing the ball to Stefan St. Louis for a tap-in goal. The score cut the Comets deficit to 7-4 and seemed to give the team life as they headed towards the final quarter.

Unfortunately for the Comets, the Milwaukee Wave restart was able to score two goals in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. Nicolas Perera and Ian Bennett scored to increase the Wave lead to 11-4.

Soon after, in a bizarre series of events, Comets goalkeeper Danny Waltman was issued two blue cards and faced a shootout and penalty kick. Waltman had been playing aggressive all night, as he pressed forward his shot was blocked and the Wave had an open path to goal. Waltman reached out to block the ball at midfield and was issued his first blue card. On the ensuing shootout attempt, Waltman came out of the box and tripped Guiliano Oliviero; earning his second blue card. Now with two players in the penalty box serving time, Waltman was unable stop the penalty kick.

As the Comets put in a sixth attacker, Ian Bennett broke the Missouri attack and added a three-point empty net goal to clinch the Wave's win.

The Comets will return home to the Independence Events Center next Friday, January 24th at 7:35p.m. CT to take on the St. Louis Ambush. The Comets will be hosting their Annual Retro Night and will be honoring players of the Comets/Attack history. The team will be wearing special jerseys and auctioning them off following the game.

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Comets roughed up again in sixth straight AHL setback

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UTICA The Utica Comets dropped their most lopsided decision of the season on Friday night, going down to an 8-3 defeat against the Albany Devils.

Despite a sold-out Utica Memorial Auditorium, the Comets were unable to put together a complete performance and lost their sixth consecutive game in a row.

Benn Ferriero, Alexandre Grenier and Brandon DeFazio scored for Utica in a losing effort. Goaltenders Mathieu Corbeil and Joe Cannata each surrendered four goals for the Comets, who fell to 11-20-2-3 with the defeat.

Rome native and Devils center Tim Sestito finished with an assist and racked up a 2-minute hooking penalty in the third period.

The 29-year-old Sestito has accounted for six goals and 10 assists in 25 games played this season.

Albany, which improved to 22-11-3-2 overall, scored two goals in the opening frame and four more in the second period to take a commanding 6-1 lead.

Goals came off the sticks of Mattias Tedenby, Rod Pelley, Kelly Zajac, Harri Pesonen, Mike Sislo, Mike Hoeffel, and a pair of goals by Joe Whitney.

Devils netminder Keith Kinkaid also stopped 31 of 34 shots in between the pipes.

The Comets will have to regroup quickly as they travel to Hamilton for a matchup with the Bulldogs this evening. Puck drop is set from Copps Coliseum at 7 p.m.

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