CEDAR PARK, Texas After falling behind 4-0, the Utica Comets made the closing periods interesting for the Texas Stars by getting to within one score, but their comeback bid came up just short that was deterred by a Curtis McKenzie goal as they wound up falling, 5-3, on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Travis Morin proved to be too much for the Comets to handle as he led the Stars with a three-goal hat trick to drop Uticas record to 11-19-2-2 and improve Texas to 23-10-2-3. <\/p>\n
Morin fired in all of his three goals in back-to-back-to-back occurances to kick the game off with his first coming off a feed from Colton Sceviour. <\/p>\n
Less than four minutes later, Morin netted his second goal of the night as he cut across the ice and fired a wrist shot past Comets goaltender Joe Cannata from the top of the circle. <\/p>\n
Morin finished his hat trick 4:53 into the second period with his league-leading 23rd goal of the season when he tucked a wrist shot just under the crossbar to give the Stars a 3-0 lead. The goal was Morins 50th point of the season, and was the first short-handed goal the Comets have given up. <\/p>\n
Cannatas night would end just under 10 minutes later when Sceviour fired an off-angle shot from the boards that snuck through his pads. The goal would set the stage for Mathieu Corbeils American Hockey Leagues debut. <\/p>\n
With Corbeil holding Texas down by stopping all 17 shots he saw in 23:42 minutes of relief action, the Comets charged back into contention off three unanswered goals by Cal OReilly, Alex Grenier and Brandon DeFazio. <\/p>\n
The one-goal deficit would be as far as the Comets would get before McKenzie sealed the deal with 45 seconds to play on an empty-netter. <\/p>\n
The Comets visit San Antonio tonight at 8 before returning home to take on the Albany Devils on Friday at The Aud at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n
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