UTICA The Utica Comets captured their third victory in a row on their home ice on Wednesday night with a 4-2 victory over the Abbotsford Heat at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

The Comets, who were playing the second of seven straight home games, reached the 20-point mark on the season with the victory.

Patrick Mullen tied his career high with two goals, while Kellan Lain and Alex Biega also found the scoresheet for the Comets. Alex Friesen picked up two assists for his first points as a Comet, while Cal OReilly extended his point streak on home ice to five games with an assist on Mullens second goal. Goaltender Joacim Eriksson, who earned his third victory in as many starts, made 24 saves in between the pipes.

The Comets got the advantage on the Heat early on by grabbing a 2-0 lead in the first period. The 6-foot-6 center Lain fired in the first Comets goal at 14:55 mark when he buried a centering feed from Alex Mallet to put Utica on the scoreboard first.

Utica doubled its advantage less than two minutes later with Mullens backhanded shot off a rebound, as Colin Stuart picked up the primary assist, while the center Friesen added his first point of the season on the play.

Abbotsfords Brett Olsen cut Uticas lead in half at 7:13 into the second period when he put one in top shelf from the left hand circle, but Utica responded with two more unanswered goals when Mullen fired his second goal of the evening on a two-man advantage three minutes later, and Biega put the game away with a shorthanded, empty-net goal with just 58 seconds left in the contest.

The Comets continue their string of games on home ice as the Heat return to the Aud for another matchup on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Comets continue solid play on their home ice