April 11, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - It took extra hockey, a shootout to be exact, but the Utica Comets fell to the Binghamton Senators 3-2 Friday night at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. <\/p>\n
Brandon DeFazio (1-0-1) and Hunter Shinkaruk (1-0-1) scored for the Comets, while Joacim Eriksson made 35 saves in the loss. Cal O'Reilly did not register for a point for the first time in 14-games, which is a 2014-15 season high in the American Hockey League. <\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period, the Comets wasted little time in the second period. Off of a face-off to the left of Senators' goaltender Chris Driedger, Alexandre Grenier found Shinkaruk all alone in the slot for the game's first goal just 50 seconds into the period. <\/p>\n
Cashing in on a Comets turnover, Cole Schneider ripped a shot over the glove of Eriksson to tie the game at 1-1. <\/p>\n
With 8:13 left the Comets re-took the lead once again. On the power play, Alex Friesen sprung Brendan Gaunce and DeFazio in on a two-on-one. Gaunce sauced a pass over a sprawled out Senators' defender to DeFazio who one-timed it home. The goal was DeFazio's first goal on the road since November 21 vs. Rochester. <\/p>\n
Skating four-on-four just over three minutes later, the game was once again knotted. A two-on-one opportunity for the Senators. Eriksson turned aside the original shot from Derek Grant, but Buddy Robinson was there to pop the rebound into the empty net. <\/p>\n
After a scoreless third period and overtime, the teams headed to a shootout. The Senators scored in the second round, and that is all they would need to seal up the win. <\/p>\n
The Comets will wrap up their three-in-three weekend tomorrow afternoon as they take on the Syracuse Crunch at the Utica Memorial Auditorium at 3pm. <\/p>\n
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