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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Rome native and Devils center Tim Sestito finished with an assist and racked up a 2-minute hooking penalty in the third period. <\/p>\n
The 29-year-old Sestito has accounted for six goals and 10 assists in 25 games played this season. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Devils netminder Keith Kinkaid also stopped 31 of 34 shots in between the pipes. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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