UTICA The Utica Comets picked up their second victory in a row as they defeated the Chicago Wolves 2-1, in the inaugural meeting between the two franchises on Tuesday at the Utica Memorial Auditorium during an American Hockey League matchup. <\/p>\n
In a battle of familiar faces with 11 of Uticas 24 skaters being Wolves last season, the Comets came out on top to earn their first set of back-to-back wins of 2014. <\/p>\n
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 brief stint with Vancouver, made 22 of 23 saves for his ninth victory of the season. <\/p>\n
Chicago got on the scoreboard first, just 1:26 into the second period, courtesy of a deflected effort from Ty Ratties team-leading 14th goal as he got his stick on a point effort from defenseman Taylor Chorney. <\/p>\n
Utica leveled the score at the 13:03 mark of the second when Nicklas Jensen took a feed from Cal OReilly to beat Allen for the first time. Jensen caught his teammates pass on his backhand, did a full spin and fired a wrist shot past Allens blocker for his fifth goal over Uticas past six games. Corrado soon 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 Allens blocker hand. <\/p>\n
By defeating the Wolves, Utica moved passed Hartford in the overall league standings and now sit on 31 points for the season. <\/p>\n
The Comets make their second trip to Western Canada for a two-game set with the Abbotsford Heat this weekend. Puck drop on both Friday and Saturday are set for 10 p.m. <\/p>\n
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