Comets Fall to Toronto 3-2

Posted on by

April 6, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets were unable to rebound from last evening's defeat in Syracuse, as they dropped a tight 3-2 decision to the Toronto Marlies on Sunday afternoon at Ricoh Coliseum. With the loss, Utica dropped to 31-30-5-4 and will sit five points out of eighth place at days end.

Center's Pascal Pelletier and Cal O'Reilly each scored for the Comets, while winger Alexandre Grenier collected two assists. Sam Carrick led the way for Toronto with two goals, while defenseman Eric Knodel had two assists. Joe Cannata took the loss despite a 33 save effort, while Garret Sparks was victorious with 23 saves on 25 shots.

This afternoon's contest started off slowly for the visitors, as Sam Carrick beat Cannata just 3:06 into the game. The third time proved to be the charm for Carrick, who saw his first two shots turned aside by Cannata, before he found the back of the net on his own rebound. Defenseman TJ Brennan collected the primary assist on the play, while Knodel had the secondary helper for his first career AHL point.

Toronto doubled its advantage just 1:43 later as Kenny Ryan scored for the home side. Ryan capitalized on a Yann Sauve turnover in his own zone, and went to the backhand to beat Cannata. The goal, which went down as unassisted, was the fifth of the season for Ryan.

For the fourth game in a row, the Comets made good work of their power play, as Pelletier found the back of the net from the right side to make it 2-1. Grenier made the final pass to Pelletier, who beat Sparks for the third time in their past two meetings. Brandon DeFazio also collected an assist on the play, which set a career high of 15 this season for the winger. Pelletier's goal gave him the team lead in power-play goals, with eight.

Toronto got the goal back, however, on a power play of their own midway through the third period. Carrick got his second of the night as a redirected shot from Korbinian Holzer found him at the back post with an open net. Carrick's goal was his third in three games against the Comets. Knodel also had an assist on the play.

Utica was able to pull back a late one inside the last minute, as O'Reilly finished off a pass from Grenier in front to cut the score to 3-2. With the helper, Grenier collected the third multi-assist game of his AHL career. With his fifth goal of the season, O'Reilly extended his scoring streak on the road to seven games.

Utica continues its five game stead away from The AUD this week upcoming, as they travel to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland for a two game set with the Lake Erie Monsters on Thursday and Friday. The Comets and Monsters meet for the final two times this season, with puck drop set for 8:00 p.m. in both games.

Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board... Digg this story Add to Del.icio.us

Read more:

Comets Fall to Toronto 3-2

Comets Dropped in OT

Posted on by

April 6, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets The Utica Comets suffered a gut wrenching loss at the hands of their rivals, the Syracuse Crunch, 6-5 in overtime on Saturday evening at the War Memorial Syracuse. The Comets held a three goal lead late into the third period, but three Syracuse goals in a span of just 46 seconds sent the game to overtime, before Brett Connolly won it for the Crunch.

Alex Friesen led the Comets offensively with two goals an assist, while Jeremy Welsh (1-1-2), Cal O'Reilly (1-1-2) and Alex Biega (0-2-2) also had multi-point games for Utica. For the Crunch, Jonathan Marchessault had two goals, while Vlad Namestnikov had three points (1-2-3). Joacim Eriksson took the loss for the Comets, with 25 saves on 31 shots, while Kristers Gudlevskis was victorious with 20 saves for the home team.

Syracuse opened the scoring 7:16 into the first period, as Philippe Paradis snuck behind the Utica defense and beat Eriksson over the glove hand. The feed from Namestnikov sprung Paradis loose and the winger went backhand, forehand on the Utica netminder for his fifth goal of the season. Defenseman Joey Mormina also had an assist on the play.

The Comets evened things up with a power play goal from O'Reilly at the 12:26 mark of the opening period. A scrum in front caused a bouncing puck, which skittered to O'Reilly at the left point, who fired a slap shot past Gudlevskis. The goal was the fourth of the season for the Utica center, who moved into sole possession of third place on the Comets with his 37th point. Biega picked up the lone assist on the play, with a touch in front.

A power play the other way swung the lead back to the home side, as Yanni Gourde beat Eriksson with a slap shot of his own, this from the right point. Blue line partner Dmitry Korobov sent a cross-ice feed to Gourde, who settled and fired past Eriksson. Winger Jon DiSalvatore also collected an assist on the play, his 15th of the season.

Once again, the Comets evened things up, this in the form of the red hot Friesen at the 11:39 mark of the second. After a grinding shift in the offensive end, Friesen took the puck out of the corner and avoided two Syracuse defensemen, before he slotted a shot past Gudlevskis on the glove side. Kellan Lain picked up the lone assist on the play, Friesen's fourth goal of the season.

Friesen did it again just under seven minutes later as he got on the end of a Biega rebound at the right post and put the rebound past Gudlevskis. The goal was the second of the night for Friesen, who now has 13 points over his past 13 games played. Center Jeremy Welsh also collected an assist on the play, which extended his scoring streak to five games.

The Comets expanded their lead to 4-2 at the 9:44 mark of the third period, courtesy of Patrick Kennedy's first career AHL goal. The winger took a feed from O'Reilly on the right post and put it past Gudlevskis. The helper extended O'Reilly's assist streak in away games to six games, while for Kennedy, it was his third point of the season in 33 games.

It appeared the rout was on for the visitors, as Jeremy Welsh scored just 65 seconds later to make it 5-2. After Friesen walked down the left wing and fired a slap shot that was shrugged off by Gudlevskis, Welsh was on hand in front to bury home the rebound and give the Comets a three goal lead. Friesen picked up his first career three-point game in the AHL with the helper. Defenseman Yann Sauve also had an assist on the play.

The Crunch, however, had other ideas about tonight's ending as Namestnikov scored with 99 seconds on the clock to cut the Utica lead to 5-3. The Russian's goal, off of assists from Paradis and Cedric Paquette, was his 18th of the season.

More:

Comets Dropped in OT

Comets rally to take down Trojans

Posted on by

April 6, 2014 Comets rally to take down Trojans

BY GREG FLINT sports@dancomnews.com The Commercial-News The Commercial-News Sun Apr 06, 2014, 01:57 AM CDT

OAKWOOD The visiting Covington baseball teams scored first, but in the end, Oakwood scored the most as the Comets defeated the Trojans 17-7 in six innings.

Covington got on the board with three consecutive walks and a hit batsman to take a 1-0 lead and force Oakwood coach Bob Sermak to change pitchers.

He brought in Skyler Slade who immediately got the Trojans to ground into a double play, but a run scored. The visitors added a third on a single by Brandon Simmons before Slade got the third out.

Oakwood answered quickly as Cameron Cawley and Landon Turner both hit bloop singles over the shortstop to put runners on first and second.

Kyle Girton walked to fill the bases for Slade. Covington coach Troy Bever found himself in the same situation as Sermak and he, too, changed pitchers, bringing in Gage Hegg.

A passed ball allowed Cawley to score then Slade hit a sacrifice fly to send Turner across the plate. A combination of a walk and a wild pitch allowed Girton to score to tie the game at three-all.

Covington managed only a walk the second inning, but Oakwood sent ten batters to the plate in their half. It led to the Comets scoring five runs to lead 8-3.

The Trojans had a small rally in the third as Peyton Cutrell led off and singled. Halen Noble singled and Simmons walked. A ground out and an error gave Covington two more runs to make it 8-5.

See the rest here:

Comets rally to take down Trojans

Carrick helps Marlies top Comets, clinch North Division title

Posted on by

TORONTO -- Toronto Marlies coach Steve Spott challenged his leadership group following an embarrassing 4-3 loss Saturday afternoon to the Rochester Americans.

The Marlies responded Sunday, as Sam Carrick led the way with two goals in a 3-2 win over the Utica Comets that clinched Toronto's third straight North Division title.

"I think if it's necessary, we can take the criticism, we can live with that," said alternate captain Korbinian Holzer. "I think that's part of the business. I'm fine with it. We're all grown ups."

Kenny Ryan had the other goal for the Marlies (42-22-6). Rookie defenceman Eric Knodel picked up his first two AHL points.

Garret Sparks made 23 saves for his 10th win of the season, helping ensure the Marlies will finish no lower than the third seed in the Western Conference.

Toronto became just the sixth team in history to clinch a division title in three consecutive years.

"I'm very proud of our whole staff," Spott said. "All of my support staff, the coaches, obviously Piero (Greco) our goaltending coach, our trainers, our equipment people. Everybody's worked so hard.

"Not a lot of people gave our hockey club much of an opportunity to make to even make the playoffs, nonetheless win the division. Very proud of our group."

With goaltender Joe Cannata pulled for an extra attacker, Cal O'Reilly got Utica to within one with 43.5 seconds remaining. But Toronto held on for the win this time.

On Saturday, Toronto allowed two goals in a 15 second span during the final minute of play to fall to the Rochester Americans 4-3.

Originally posted here:

Carrick helps Marlies top Comets, clinch North Division title

Crunch Rally Past Comets in OT, 6-5

Posted on by

April 5, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Syracuse Crunch Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Crunch scored three goals in 46 seconds in the final two minutes of the third period then added an overtime tally to rally past the Utica Comets, 6-5, tonight at the War Memorial Arena.

Crunch goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis stopped 20 of 25 shots in victory, while Comets goaltender Joacim Eriksson stopped 25 of 31. Syracuse was able to convert on one of three power-play opportunities. The penalty kill unit shut down three of five Utica man advantages.

The victory moves the Crunch to 29-30-4-7 on the season and 2-1-1-0 in the season series with the Comets. Despite tonight's win, the Comets have taken the Galaxy Cup.

The Crunch led the Comets, 2-1, after the first period. Philippe Paradis put the Crunch on the board with a breakaway goal 7:16 into the period. Vladislav Namestnikov passed ahead to Paradis, who faked right and beat Eriksson on the glove side. Joey Mormina was credited with the secondary assist. The Comets evened the score five minutes later. Cal O'Reilly found the back of the net with a power-play goal at the 12:26 mark. O'Reilly put the puck top shelf with a slap shot from the left circle off an assist from Alex Biega. Syracuse went up 2-1 with a power-play goal by Yanni Gourde. With 3:16 remaining, Gourde netted a slap shot from the right point. Dmitry Korobov and Jon DiSalvatore each earned a point on the go-ahead goal.

The Comets took a 3-2 lead in the middle frame with two goals from Alex Friesen. Friesen netted a shot at the 11:39 mark with an assist from Kellan Lain to tie the Crunch at two. Utica took the lead with 1:33 left in the period. Biega fired from the left circle, but was stopped by Gudlevskis. Friesen picked up the rebound and scored the power-play goal. Jeremy Welsh picked up his first point of the game for the assist.

The Comets built up a three-goal lead with the first two goals of the third period. O'Reilly passed across the crease to Patrick Kennedy, who one-timed it for a 4-2 lead 9:44 into the period. Welsh extended the lead a minute later when he picked up the rebound of Friesen's shot from the left circle. Yann Sauve earned a point with the secondary assist.

The Crunch scored three times in 46 seconds at the end of the third to force an extra frame. Paradis passed across the slot to Namestnikov, who began the Crunch's late rally with 1:39 left in regulation. Cedric Paquette was credited with the secondary assist. Jonathan Marchessault cut the Comet's lead to one 31 seconds later with a shorthanded tally from the slot. Brett Connolly and Gourde earned points with the helper. Marchessault evened the score with another shorthanded goal 15 seconds later. Mike Angelidis won the faceoff in the right circle. The puck got pushed to Paquette's stick and out to Marchessault at the left point, where he blasted it past Eriksson.

Brett Connolly scored at the 2:36 mark of the overtime frame with the help of Korobov and Namestnikov to give the Crunch a 6-5 victory over the Comets.

Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board... Digg this story Add to Del.icio.us

See the original post here:

Crunch Rally Past Comets in OT, 6-5

World Travel, Great. On Uncle Sam? Priceless

Posted on by

YouTube Videos Tweets Comments

Reading Deborah Jacobs piece,How To Follow Your Dream And Spend Your Retirement Traveling The World, got me thinking. You have to admit it soundsawfullygood. She describes a kind of fantasy: ditch your possessions and hit the road during retirement. And some people actually do it, including Lynne and Tim Martin.

It even lead to a memoir, Home Sweet Anywhere: How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World. I dont know about their tax situation, but it sounds like a legitimate second professional life to me, and probably was even a money maker. That makes it sound decidedly different froma case about world travelthe Tax Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered.

InMichael Oros, the Ninth Circuit agreed that Mr. Oros couldnt write off his world trip on his taxes. Oros was a full-time employee of Intel. But a trip around the world and writing about it sounded tempting.So in 2006, Mr. Oros began a long to South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.He traveled throughout South America in 2006, then to Asia, Africa, and Australia during 2007.

Throughout the entire trip, Oros was on paid vacation or paid sabbatical from Intel. He did try to act business-like about it, writing up a businessplan and keeping a contemporaneous journal.Trouble was, he had never previously written a book. Even worse, five years after the trip, he still hadnt completed it.

To the IRS and the courts, that meant he simply wasnt in the business of being an author. And that made all his tax write-offs no good. So for people like me that think a traveling retirement sounds great, will the IRS pay for your big trip?

The short answer is no. The more nuanced answer is that its conceivable, provided that you make it areal business. Of course, if you want to enjoy yourself and avoid any IRS hasslesmy standard adviceis to keep your business and personal pursuits separate.

But it can be tempting, as Mr. Oros could attest.Just look at the math. Assuming your combined state and federal tax rate is 45%, spending $20,000 really only costs you $11,000. The government pays $9,000.Butbe aware itis an area of intense IRS scrutiny.

In fact, the IRS hasissued a manualto help agents ferret out taxpayers improperly writing off hobbies.The IRS is less likely to question whether youre engaged in a business if your income from the activity exceeds your expenses. It also matters whether you conduct yourself in a businesslike manner. If you keep good records and hold yourself out as running a business, it will help.

If you can manage to eke out a profit three years out of every five (or two years out of seven, if your activity is horse breeding), the IRS willpresumeyoure in business to make a profit. That presumption is worth a lot, saving you from mud wrestling with the IRS over a more amorphous facts and circumstances test.

View post:

World Travel, Great. On Uncle Sam? Priceless

The Planner, April 7: 20 things Joe Gross is looking forward to in March

Posted on by

1. EMA, The Futures Void (Matador). The second album from the South Dakota singer-songwriter Erika M. Anderson, who brought us the amazing 2011 song California. (Tuesday)

2. Updike by Adam Begley (Harper). Long-awaited biography of the ground-breaking writer. (Tuesday)

3. Patton Oswalt, Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time CD/DVD (Comedy Central). New special from one of the great comedians of his age. (Tuesday)

4. Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley (HarperOne). The Starchild weighs in on the band he has fronted for 40 years. (Tuesday)

5. Joe. The newest movie from Austin director David Gordon Green, starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sheridan. (April 11)

6. A Field in England Blu-Ray/DVD. Ben Wheatleys seriously weird story of 17th century England was introduced to Austin audiences at last years Fantastic Fest. (April 15)

7. Rodney Crowell, Tarpaper Sky (New West). Speaking of 40 years in the music biz, this album reunites Crowell with his 1980s musical accomplice Steuart Smith. (April 15)

8. Nas, Illmatic XX (Columbia/Legacy). Heres the 20th anniversary edition of the 1994 hip-hop classic, remastered, with bonus material. (April 15)

9. The Afghan Whigs, Do to the Beast (SubPop). This is the first album Greg Dulli has made under the name Afghan Whigs in 16 years. Whigs bassist John Curley is on it, Whigs guitarist Rick McCollum is not. Your call. (April 15)

10. The Both, The Both (SuperEgo). The Both is Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Enjoy. (April 15)

See the article here:

The Planner, April 7: 20 things Joe Gross is looking forward to in March

Super system expensive, says Treasury

Posted on by

The system is too focused on supporting saving through the accumulation phase, and not focused enough on how it will manage payouts.

Australia's superannuation system is one of the world's least efficient and most expensive and financial disclosure laws aren't working, the Treasury says in its submission to the Murray financial system inquiry.

Of the 15 OECD nations whose pension operating expenses it graphs, Australia's are exceeded only by those of Spain, Hungary, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

In an apparent reference to overcharging, it says principal-agent theory suggests that the separation of the ownership of funds from those who manage them ''opens up the risk that managers rationally maximise their own interests at the expense of fund members''.

Other reasons why Australia's superannuation sector has high costs are its reliance on manual and paper-based back-office systems and the maintenance of legacy computer systems.

Advertisement

The super system is too focused on supporting saving through the accumulation phase, and not focused enough on how it will manage payouts to growing number of Australians who will be drawing down on their accounts. ''Neither it nor the insurance sector has sufficiently developed a broad range of products for individuals to manage their financial affairs through retirement,'' the Treasury says.

Also, account-based pensions as presently structured do not protect against longevity risks.

''Australia is the only country which relies predominantly on a mandatory privately administered defined-contribution structure for retirement income not to have incentives or mandates in place for longevity insurance.''

Treasury said Australia's financial disclosure laws have reached their limit, being both expensive to administer and of limited use to customers.

Link:

Super system expensive, says Treasury

Super system expensive and inefficient, says Treasury

Posted on by

The system is too focused on supporting saving through the accumulation phase, and not focused enough on how it will manage payouts.

Australia's superannuation system is one of the world's least efficient and most expensive and financial disclosure laws aren't working, the Treasury says in its submission to the Murray financial system inquiry.

Of the 15 OECD nations whose pension operating expenses it graphs, Australia's are exceeded only by those of Spain, Hungary, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

In an apparent reference to overcharging, it says principal-agent theory suggests that the separation of the ownership of funds from those who manage them ''opens up the risk that managers rationally maximise their own interests at the expense of fund members''.

Other reasons why Australia's superannuation sector has high costs are its reliance on manual and paper-based back-office systems and the maintenance of legacy computer systems.

Advertisement

The super system is too focused on supporting saving through the accumulation phase, and not focused enough on how it will manage payouts to growing number of Australians who will be drawing down on their accounts. ''Neither it nor the insurance sector has sufficiently developed a broad range of products for individuals to manage their financial affairs through retirement,'' the Treasury says.

Also, account-based pensions as presently structured do not protect against longevity risks.

''Australia is the only country which relies predominantly on a mandatory privately administered defined-contribution structure for retirement income not to have incentives or mandates in place for longevity insurance.''

Treasury said Australia's financial disclosure laws have reached their limit, being both expensive to administer and of limited use to customers.

See the original post:

Super system expensive and inefficient, says Treasury

WWIII "REAL ALIENS ON EARTH" ILLUMINATI Greater Community Spirituality (Chapter Sixteen) – Video

Posted on by


WWIII "REAL ALIENS ON EARTH" ILLUMINATI Greater Community Spirituality (Chapter Sixteen)
https://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Greater_Community_Spirituality.html Greater Community Spirituality presents a prophetic new understanding of God and human sp...

By: danielofdoriaa

Originally posted here:

WWIII "REAL ALIENS ON EARTH" ILLUMINATI Greater Community Spirituality (Chapter Sixteen) - Video

Religious Dogma, Spirituality & the Dark Side of Humanity [BYMJ Podcast Ep. 3] – Video

Posted on by


Religious Dogma, Spirituality the Dark Side of Humanity [BYMJ Podcast Ep. 3]
BYMJ Podcast - Episode #3: Sutekh Hexen. The Oakland Black Metal Noise band talk about controversy, religion, spirituality, the paranormal and using art to f...

By: Slim #39;s Presents

View original post here:

Religious Dogma, Spirituality & the Dark Side of Humanity [BYMJ Podcast Ep. 3] - Video

Disagreement continues over exploration lease

Posted on by

Editors Note An AP Member Exchange

By KARL PUCKETT Great Falls Tribune

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) _ John Murray, tribal historic preservation officer for the Blackfeet Tribe, opposes oil and gas exploration in Badger-Two Medicine in Lewis and Clark National Forest, a wild area of Montana that's home to grizzly bears and a place of worship for Blackfeet.

Sidney Longwell of Louisiana has held a permit to drill for natural gas in the Badger-Two Medicine for 21 years, but his efforts have been blocked. He contends he's being unfairly treated by the government in not being allowed to proceed after decades of delay.

The two men and others with a stake in what's known as the Hall Creek oil and gas exploration lease met face-to-face Thursday in Great Falls at a meeting called to work out their differences.

The Great Falls Tribune reports (http://gftrib.com/1mMzYdM ) that at the conclusion of the four-and-a-half-hour meeting, Longwell and Murray, the central figures, shook hands, but they could find little common ground, with Murray speaking of the ethereal qualities of the area, frustrating Longwell, who sought on-the-ground solutions to bridge the divide.

``What do you want to do?'' Murray said at one point.

``I want to be able to go in and drill,'' Longwell said.

``And that's where we're at an impasse,'' Murray said.

Can exploration occur in a way that does not harm the spiritual and cultural practices of the Blackfeet Tribe?

Read more:

Disagreement continues over exploration lease